beginning of their relationship with India, the British, who had come as traders and had become rulers and administrators, had influenced the economic and political systems of the country. Their impact on the cultural and social life of India was, however, gradual. Till 1813, they followed a policy of non-interference in the social and cultural life of the Indians. Yet, changes were taking place in these fields (the social life of Indians). These changes related to education, the condition of women, the
chapters according to the following plan – 1. ESL in India: A historical perceptive. 2. Curriculum Design (ESL) : The present Scenario 3. The Efficacy and Implementation of E.S.L. Curriculum. 4. Conclusion. In first chapter ‘ESL in India: A historical perceptive’, a discussion about the historical perceptive of English language in India has been carried out. A historical survey of how English has entered in India and how it has become a subject in India has shown that many English administrative officers
According to Unicef the women literacy rate is far lower than that of Indian men: 74,4 to 88,4 percent (Unicef). Gupta clearly advocates that education of females, and males, is a universal human right. Human rights have been given frequent attention and are founded by universalists who claim that certain concepts can and should be applied to any individual, situation or lifestyle. Thus, human rights
is an exploratory study of teachers teaching in self-financing courses in higher education institutions in Mumbai. 1.8.1 Profile of study area The present study is concerned with the urban dimension of working condition of teachers in self-financing courses, the empirical work being centered round a single city, Mumbai. It is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the largest metropolis in India and the most populous city in the world. Mumbai is the largest industrial centre of
countries were underdeveloped and no industries. Majority of the people were unable to read. The education system was old, and the schools were restricted in numbers. They did not have any kind of communication with the other world. The difference between these countries and the European countries were that the Asian countries were advance in every way. When colonialism
religion plays important role in order to strengthen the Muslim nation and nationalism. Because of religion divided the nation according to their culture and habits. In India the Hindu to replace British-Raj with Hindu-Raj the purpose of this Hindu and Congress wanted to impose their ideology and philosophy on other nations that live in India. In fact in Gandhi teaching nationalism and religion were allied. Both Hindu and Muslim nationalism were avowedly based on religion. Hindu emphasis on caste system
Homer, Virgil or Ovid and this proves children’s enjoyment of adventures and fantasies. The middle Ages saw the predominance of the Christian church and education was largely under the control of the church. However, education was available only to the privileged few and books were scarce and expensive. Children’s Literature in the Context of India: Like
This research mirrors the formative journey of Indian English literature in the form of novel “The rise of the novel in India was not purely a literary phenomenon.It was a social phenomenon as much, rather the fulfillment of a social need’’.1 Writes K.S.Ramamurti in his book Rise of the Indian Novel In English . Of Course, fiction can be called a new branch, a new attempt in comparison with poetry, prose and other treatises but today we can claim that it is the most popular genre of Indo-Anglian
Restructuring English Education in India. Abstract We have, in this paper, tried to discuss how colonization, thanks to Macaulay’s Minute has impacted the educational system in India over the past few centuries and the need to restructure the English education in India. It has been observed that introduction of Indian writings in English in addition to the original English writings to a large extent can help us learn English well. Key Words: Decolonization, English language, Indian education system, Macaulay’s
In Western countries, the mainstream media tend to portray sexual violence and gender oppression as a barbaric practice that are culturally entrenched in developing countries. Gender violence is the stuff of others – it is something that members of ‘less civilised’, less enlightened societies do. In comparison, the Western media depict sexual harassment and rape in their own societies as fear-mongering events involving individuals, rather than an indictment of an entire culture. Illustrating that