1.3.2

 1.3.2. Institution familiarizes students with the Diversities in school system in Indian as well as in an international and comparative perspective.

The students were familiarized with the diversities in the school system prevailing in India. Various discussion and activities were held in our institution which helped the students to get a clear picture about the development and functioning of the school system.

To understand about the development of school systems each student teacher had to visit an institution having more than 50 years of history. The student collected various data related to it from the time of establishment of the school. Every area of the school system was taken into consideration. After the collection of data the student teachers prepared a report on it. The various aspects of report were discussed in general. This helped them to acquaint the knowledge about like its history, geographical aspects, infrastructure, faculty member student enrollment etc. The student teachers visited various schools such as government school, aided school, unaided school etc. This helped them to understand main development occurring in the school system in detail.

  While discussing about the functioning of school, the influence of the type of management on the functioning of schools were also dealt with. The different types of management included government, aided, unaided, minority recognised and non recognised schools. Through this the student teachers acquired knowledge that the school has an essential role in a democratic society.

During this discussion the students teachers also analyzed the different functioning  of the various boards of school education. It included CBSE, ICSE, IB etc. The major functional differences of each board were discussed and the student teachers realized the various pros and cons of each system. Our institution consists of students who have studied in various boards of school system. The student teachers were given an opportunity to express and share their experiences in their school. This helped the student teachers to analyze and realize the various different boards.

Our institution also provided opportunity for the student teachers with the various types of assessment prevailing in the school systems .This helped to understand the various changes that had happened in the field of assessment in the school system. Based on the discussion held the student teachers prepared a report about the major educational boards, its general features, examination pattern etc. Various assessment practices like continuous and comprehensive evaluation and also reforms like open book assessment, internet based assessment, and online assessment etc were also included.

       From all these activities and discussion the students were able to analyse and compare all the aspects of school education. They also got the opportunity to analyse and realise that the curriculum of each board focus on the all round development of the student teachers.