EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In India’s constitutional values equality applied to education means
A
To impart same kind of education to all
B
To impart education to all up to the same level
C
To have same kinds of institutions for all in the society
D
To equalize the external or material circumstances of obtaining education
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Equality for educational opportunity means that the state should be devoid of discrimination on grounds of caste, sex, religion, region, race, language, etc. Every state has a moral responsibility that without any discrimination every person should get an equal opportunity of an education.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Education is desirable for achieving the goal of socialism, secularism and democracy enshrined in our constitution. As per the National Policy on Education (1968), the aim of education is “to promote national progress, a sense of common citizenship and culture and to strengthen national integration”.

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