Education:
“Plants are developed by cultivation and men by education” (John Locke). Education is the building block for a society. Every society is built on the basis of how educated they are. A country on the whole is …show more content…
Formal education is planned with a particular end in view, limited to specific period, with well-defined and systematic curriculum, given by specially qualified teachers, includes activities outside the classroom and observes strict discipline. Informal education is incidental and spontaneous, not pre-planned, not imparted by any specialized agency, no prescribed time-table or curriculum, and might result in negative education. Non-formal education is derived from the expression ‘formal education’, lies outside the realm of formal education, which is conscious and deliberate, organized for a homogeneous group, and serving the need of an identified group (Dushi, N.D). There are several levels of education: primary, middle, secondary, higher secondary, degree college/university. Primary education is between the ages 5-9, middle education between the ages 10-13, secondary between the ages 14-16, higher secondary between the ages 17-18, degree college/university between the ages 19-25 or