DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN INDIA
The
development of modern science in India is an implant by the British. The
outbreak of the world war 1st brought about a radical change in
science education and in the pattern of scientific research and technological
developments. After independence educational pattern of science got influenced
to considerable extent by the incidents which took place in European nations.
Introduction of modern science in our nation took place in slower pace. The
government policies were also relying too great extent on the scientific
developments. It was this ideology that led to the establishment of Science
policy resolution, All India seminar on teaching of science, Indian
parliamentary & scientific committee, N.C.E.R.T. etc.
NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC POLICY RESOLUTION(1958)
Policy highlights:-
Ø To foster, promote, and
sustain by all appropriate means, the cultivation of science and scientific
research in all aspects-pure, applied & educational.
Ø To ensure an adequate supply
of research scientist of the highest quality.
Ø To encourage individual
initiative for dissemination of knowledge & for the discovery of new
knowledge.
Ø And in general, to secure for
the people of the country all the benefits that can acquire from the
acquisition and application of scientific knowledge.
The
implementation of s .p .r. resulted in many scientific organizations such as
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO-1958), The Department of
Space (DOS-1972), The Department of Electronics (DOE-1971), The Department of
Science & Technology (DST-1971) & The Department of Environment
(DOE-1980). N.S.P.R. envisaged the cultivation of science and scientific
research in all its aspects.
The government policies
were also relying too great extent on scientific developments. It was this
ideology that led to the establishment on Indian parliamentary & scientific
committee in 1961.
INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY & SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (1961)
It was under the chairmanship
of LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI. The main objective of this committee was to study the
problem of the science education in Indian school. Members of the committee
were intended to find out the relationship existing in between the policies and
decisions of central and state governments in the matters concerning with the
science courses offered in the schools & other educational institutions. It
studied the relationship between : growth of school population, shortage of
qualified teachers, accelerated achievements in science, changes in the process
and goals of science, views held by different thinker in regard to the
structure of the school system and content necessary for education of youth.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & TRAINING (1961)
It
is an autonomous organization of the government of India. It is established on
1 september 1961. It's headquarters are located at Sri Aurbindo Marg in New
Delhi. The design of the NCERT logo is taken from an Ashokan period relic of
the 3rd century B.C. which was found in excavations near Maske in Raichur
district, Karnataka. The motto has been
taken from the Isha Upanishad and means 'life external through learning'. The interwined hansas symbolize the integration of the 3 aspects of the work of the N.C.E.R.T. :
1) Research & development
2) Training
3) Extension .
ROLES
OF N.C.E.R.T. :-
Ø To monitor the administration of National Institute of
Education(NIE)
Ø To organize pre-service and in-service education programmes for the
teachers.
Ø To prepare and publish study material for students & related
teacher's handbooks.
Ø To undertake aid, promote and co-ordinate research in all branches
of education for improving school-education.
Ø To search talented students for the award of scholarship in
science, technology and social sciences.
Ø To undertake functions assigned by the Ministry of Education (now
HRD) for improving school-education.
Ø To conduct special studies, surveys & investigations.
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