Why do people need education? No one could question the people’s need for education about 20 years ago. For us to succeed back then, we need a solid educational background. It was everyone’s dream to go to college in order to gain the necessary knowledge in order to succeed in life. But nowadays, you can see people scoffing at the idea of spending a lot of money on education. Who can blame them? Some of the wealthiest people in the whole world were either college dropouts or didn’t have any education at all. So we take into heart the motto – if they can do it, so can I. But what will they be missing if they didn’t educate themselves? Why do people need education in the first place? A…
Education is spreading its wings and strengthening its roots globally. Students donât shy away from crossing boundaries and traveling to different poles for achieving better education. Different countries serve niche in different fields of education. While Scandinavian states like Norway and Denmark offer a great scope for IT studies, UK offers state-of-the-art management studies options and Central Europe (Spain and Germany) is a hub for engineering studies.
Talking about Europe, it has carved a niche as a prominent destination for qualitative education abroad among international students. You name the education field and Europe has it- fashion designing, hotel management, engineering, management, study of medicine, etc. Europe is acting as an emerging education focal point. Scholars from all over are considering European education to be a push start…
Terminology
The federal law governing special education is called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA. It is codified in Title 20, United States Code, starting at section 1400. It was initially passed in 1975. A number of major reauthorizations have taken place. The two most recent were in 1997 and in December 2004. The December 2004 changes took effect, for the most part, on July 1, 2005. The changes made in the 2004 Act are numerous and varied, but perhaps not revolutionary.
In early 2002, President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) which is intended to ensure quality education and a high level of accountability. Many of the provisions of NCLB had an uncertain impact on…
EDUCATION IN INDIA
India has an ancient tradition of education. The world’s first university was established in
Tashkila in 700 B. C. Indian mathematicians introduced the zero, the decimal system and the
method of multiplication.
PRIMARY EDUCATION
India has made huge progress in terms of increasing primary education attendance rate andexpanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the population. . The National Council ofEducational Research and Training (NCERT) is the apex body for school education in India.
SECONDARY EDUCATION
The National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986, has provided for environment awarenes,science
and technology education, and introduction of traditional elements such as Yoga into the Indian secondary school system. Another feature of India’s secondary school system is its emphasis on profession based vocational training to help students attain…