what are the positive impact of industrialization on indian education
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The process of industrialization has transformed the entire old socio-economic structure which was founded on traditional feudal and pre-feudal principles of birth and status. It has brought about changes in property system and in division of labour, and has given rise to new social strata and classes which stand above the traditional division of region and religion.
The people in the pre-industrial West in general were illiterate. There was not much need for literacy. Learning was the privilege of the aristocrats, vocation of the priest and a necessity for the trader. National educational system did not exist in any European country.
There were public schools for well to do. The atmosphere in these schools was not good. Flogging was common. Dr. Arnold, the Principal of Rugby, in England, improved the conditions there. He insisted on religion and morality being accepted as the basis of education.
The grammar, Private and the Church school served the rest of the community. In the continental countries the state of education was no better. In the modern industrial society literacy is an expediency. In view of the high skills, acute division of labour and job differentiation, higher level of technical training is essential.
This has necessitated the differentiation in the fields of knowledge and specialization in several areas of learning. By the Fosters Education Act (1870) in England the country was divided into school boards. Schools were placed within the reach of everybody.
By the abolition of Test Act, Cambridge and Oxford were opened to everybody: To stimulate education at the university level recruitment to the Civil Service, except to the Foreign Service, came to be made on the basis of competitive examination. Education, finally was made compulsory at the primary stage.
In France, education was specially attended to after the revolution of 1789, and during the Napoleon regime. But, it continued to be dominated by church down to the closing decades of nineteenth century. The Third Republic (1874), relieved education from the church control, and primary education was made compulsory in 1882.
Education in the industrial West has remained the concern of the State. There exist educational institutions of various types. Education is imparted according to the social requirements. From the normative learning there is shift to the acquisition of knowledge and technical skills. All higher education is profession-oriented.
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