| EDUCATION IS a concurrent responsibility of both the Union and state government as stipulated in the 42nd Amendment of the Indian Constitution in 1976. School education, as a formal socialization process however, is a joint responsibility of the Central and state government. In other words, a of the state, which decides the broad aims of schooling through educational policies, keeping in focus the nation goals. Hence, school education is more formal, structured and rigid in terms of rules and regulations pertaining to criteria of admission, type of curriculum, method of assessment, evaluation and promotion, record keeping, teachers training, etc, as compared to the non-formal system of education. Thus, school is a social institution where consciously designed learning experiences are provided with the objective of achieving social aims at large, over a period of time. Nevertheless, the relationship between any school and its immediate community can be considered only as a part of larger general relationship between education and society. |