Essay name: Informal Education of Sanskrit in Kerala
Author:
Jayasree M.
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Sahitya
This essay studies the informal education of Sanskrit in Kerala with special reference to Ayurveda. It provides a historical overview of Sanskrit education in India, highlighting its roots in the Vedas and the growth of the Gurukula system. It further discusses educational institutions in Kerala such as Shalas, Mathas, Kalaris and more formalized schools during colonial rule.
Chapter 2 - Informal Education: Definitions and Agencies
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CHAPTER - 11
INFORMAL EDUCATION: DEFINITIONS AND AGENCIES
Introduction
A human being is molded by the education he receives. The
civilized societies of the world had recognized this truth from the ancient
times onwards and therefore designed teaching and learning methods
which was intended to produce, store and transmit knowledge in the
society from generations to generations in an uninterrupted manner. The
history of education shows that several institutions of education, both long
lived and those existed for a short period, appeared and disappeared in its
long course. Education was given for the children in order to make them
efficient in various arts and crafts and enable them to achieve a good
livelihood. This required some meticulous planning by the society in
deciding the content and form of education. At the same time education
could not be restricted to a certain period in human's life. One studies not
only from his teachers, but also from the experiences he achieves
throughout his life which are informal and accidental in nature. Based on
this view there are three important ways of education - the formal, informal
and also the non-formal, which carries the tendencies of the informal in a
large manner but negotiates between the formal and informal. This
chapter makes an attempt to describe the main concepts related to the
