Development of education system in India / J. C. Aggarwal

Unit-1: Education in Ancient India: Vedic and Brahmanic period;
1. Vedic education;
2. Education in Brahmanic period;
3. The buddhist education;
4. Religion-oriented ancient education: Institutes of higher learning in vedic and buddhist period;
Unit-2: Education in Medieval India;
5. Islamic education: Its salient features;
Unit-3: Education in british period;
6. Indigenous system of education in India at the beginning of the eighteen century;
7. Macaulay's minute (1835);
8. Wood's despatch (1854) and report of hunter commission (1882);
9. Movement for compulsory education: Gokhale's bill;
10. University education commission (1902) and calcutta university education commission 1917;
11. National education movement towards development of a national system of education;
12. Government of India act (1935) and wardha scheme of education (1937);
13. Sargent report (1944);
14. Overview of the system of education during the British rule;
Unit-4: Development of education during the post independence period;
15. University education commission (1948-49) and secondary education commission (1952-53);
16. Kothari commission report or education commission (1964-66);
17. National policy on education- NPE (1986) and its revised formulation of 1992;
18. The right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009;
Unit-5: Contemporary educational problems and issues;
19. Universalisation of elementary educaiton (UEE);
20. Women's education;
21. Distance learning;
22. National and educational integration;
23. Medium of instruction;
24. Education of weaker sections;
25. Adult education;
26. Quality control in higher education;
27. Secondary education and its major problems: expansion and vocationalisation;
28. Continuous and comprehensive evaluation by central board of secondary education (CBSE) 2009;
30. National knowledge commission:report to the nation-school education 2006-2009;
31. Growth and development of education in Himachal Pradesh: Problems and priorities;
Unit-6: Educational statistics;
34. Staewise comparative development of education in India;

The book includes a comprehensive survey and analysis of the development of education system in India from the vedic times to the modern times.