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Sherman, Taylor C. – History of Education, 2018
After independence India's leaders committed the country to democracy with universal franchise and to pursuing a socialistic pattern of society. As part of these interlocking projects, it was widely recognised that India's educational systems needed reform. However, with scarce resources, Indian policy-makers faced the dilemma of whether to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Development, Educational Policy
Malancharuvil, J. M.; Kalleppallil, J. – New Frontiers in Education, 1973
Reports on the positive results of a study in India to determine whether wealthy students were capable of being educated for social awareness and social change. (Author)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Higher Education, International Education, Interpersonal Competence
Mitra, C. R. – New Frontiers in Education, 1973
Briefly presents the higher education system in England for guidance in innovative experimentation in selected institutions in India. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
McLevy, Catherine – Literacy Discussion, 1975
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Dropout Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Matheikal, J. T. – New Frontiers in Education, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries, Language Ability
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1970
This report analyzes the initial results of UNESCO's Experimental World Literacy Programme and makes recommendations for future action. The meaning of functional literacy is discussed, and pilot projects in twelve countries are briefly described. The analysis reveals that the programme has fallen seriously behind schedule, that the number of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Developing Nations, Experimental Programs
Swaminathan, Mina – NIE Journal, 1970
Describes some experiments in community participation in preschool education. Volunteers attempt to encourage parents and others in this form of social action. (WY)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Schools, Experimental Programs, Inservice Education
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Rao, N. V. Subba – University Administration, 1974
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs, Extension Education
Diraviam, K. – New Frontiers in Education, 1973
Due to the financial constraints facing Indian education, innovative and noninstitutional methods of imparting instruction must be developed, such as, correspondence courses, continuing education, technical education, and redevelopment of existing resources. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Education, Educational Administration
Krishnamoorthy, P. V. – Literacy Discussion, 1975
SITE is an experimental project which would provide vital inputs in designing and executing a satellite-based instructional television system, particularly in rural areas, to stimulate national development in India with important managerial, economic, technological, and social implications. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Educational Television
Dyer, Caroline; Choksi, Archana – Compare, 1997
Recounts the creation of an ethnographic study of literacy acquisition among nomadic pastoralists in Gujarat (India). Describes the project's goals and methods, research problems, and experiments with Regenerated Freirean Literacy Through Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) methods for literacy learning. Concludes with suggestions for future…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
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Shukla, Sureshachandra – Comparative Education, 1983
Proposes a typology for examining Indian educational thought and experiments: the British period and its legacy, basic education, elementary education, higher education, adult education and literacy, and other trends. Concludes the essential prototype of education as represented by the university and the formal school system has remained India's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classification, Colonialism, Comparative Education
Mulay, Vijaya – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1978
Describes the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) which provided information and instruction via satellite to rural India. The satellite program supplied inservice teacher training to update content knowledge and teaching approaches in science. (KC)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Television
Buckley, Dennis L. – Western European Education, 1978
Reports on procedures of teacher preparation for experimental lifelong education programs developed in Germany, Singapore, Hungary, Australia, and India. The programs were part of a research project employing principles of lifelong education including (1) horizontal integration of formal, nonformal, and informal learning, and (2) democratization…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC. – 1975
The Applications Technology Satellite-6 (ATS-6) pilot study being conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) includes 20 experiments in the use of satellites for educational delivery systems in rural areas and for scientific and technological information dissemination. Initial usage of the system has been in North…
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
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