EDN/IV/EC/04 Student's Copy
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CBCS
4th Semester
EDUCATION
FOURTH PAPER
Issues and Trends in Contemporary Indian Education
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. Free and compulsory education is provided to children of the age group
6-12 years
6-13 years
6-14 years
6-15 years
2. DIET prepares people for teaching in
Elementary School
High School
Higher Secondary School
Colleges
/331 1 Contd.
3. The curriculum making body for secondary education at the national level
is
UGC
CBSE
NUEPA
NCERT
4. The SCERT in Mizoram was established as the academic wing of the
Directorate of Education on
18th January, 1980
20th January, 1980
21st January, 1980
20th January, 1981
5. The UGC is making efforts to improve
elementary education in the country
secondary education in the country
higher secondary education in the country
higher education in the country
6. AICTE was set up to maintain
the standard of technical education
the norms of architectural education
the financing of technical education
the management of engineering education
7. The first Education Minister for adult education who coined the term
'social education' is
Radhakrishnan
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Abdul Kalam
Farooz Abdullah
8. NLM seeks to impart functional literacy to illiterate person in the age group
of
12-30 years
13-32 years
15-35 years
14-35 years
EDN/IV/EC/04/331 2 Contd.
9. Sex education is also known as
adolescence education
sex-oriented education
education for the youth
gender-based education
10. Socially useful productive work was introduced in the school curriculum in
1978 to promote
Gandhian values
social values
sex values
educational values
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write briefly on the following 3×5=15
1. Any three functions of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
OR
Role of SCERT in elementary education
2. Functions of NUEPA
OR
Role of NCERT for secondary education
3. Concept of technical education
OR
Types of Universities
4. Meaning of non-formal education
OR
Use of mass media in continuing education
5. Aims of population education
OR
National Policy on Education on population education
EDN/IV/EC/04/331 3 Contd.
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. What is universalization of elementary education? Explain the problems of
universalization of elementary education. 3+7=10
OR
Briefly examine the functions of National Council for Educational Research
and Training (NCERT) for the development of elementary education in
India. 10
2. Explain the role and functions of National University of Educational
Planning and Administration (NUEPA). 10
OR
Discuss the role and functions of Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) for improving education at the secondary level in India. 10
3. Discuss the role and functions of AICTE in improving technical education
in India. 10
OR
Discuss the recommendations of National Knowledge Commission
(2005-2008) on higher education. 10
4. What is adult education? Discuss the key features of National Adult
Education Programme 1978 launched in India. 3+7=10
OR
Explain the characteristic and objective of National Literacy Mission
1988. 5+5=10
5. What is work experience? Discuss the various problems and solutions in
implementing work experience in educational institutions. 3+7=10
OR
What is value-oriented education? Explain the importance of
value-oriented education. 3+7=10