EXISTING SOCIAL ORDER

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND EXISTING SOCIAL ORDER : RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND EXISTING SOCIAL ORDER Dr. Sushil Kumar SinghLOVELY SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONLOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITYPUNJAB

DIMENSIONS OF INDIAN SOCIAL ORDER : DIMENSIONS OF INDIAN SOCIAL ORDER SOCIAL POLITICAL EDUCATION CULTURAL

Slide 3 : TRADITIONAL AND MODERN INDIAN SOCIETY MAIN CHARACTERISTICS: CASTE SYSTEM AND JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM CASTE SYSTEM BECAME RIGID DURING THE COURSE OF TIME ARTICLE 15: NO DISCRIMINATION ON CASTE OR CREED GROUNDS; RIGHT TO USE PUBLIC WELLS, TANKS, BATHING GHATS, HOSTELS, RESTAURANTS, ETC. ARTICLE 16: NO PROHIBITION TO PLACES OF WORSHIP ARTICLE 17: ABOLITION OF PRACTICE OF UNTOUCHABILITY JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM HAS BOTH MERITS AND DEMERITS AGRICULTURE WAS MAIN OCCUPATION WITH SIMPLE IMPLEMENTS JFS WAS AFFECTED BY INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANIZATION SOCIAL REFORMERS -RAJA RAMMOHAN ROY: FOUNDED BRAHMO SAMAJ -SWAMI DAYANAND: FOUNDED ARYA SAMAJ -GANDHIJI: LAUNCHED MASS CAMPAIGN AGAINST UNTOUCHABILITY

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY : SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY INDIAN SOCIETY HAS THREE SOCIAL CLASSES UPPER MIDDLE LOWER UPPER MIDDLE LOWER MIDDLE MIDDLE 70% OF THE POPULATION AGRICULTURISTS, INDUSTRIAL LABOURERS LOW PAID EMPLOYEES DAILY WAGE EARNERS CLASS STRATIFICATION AND CASTEISM ARE STILL OBSERVED IN RURAL AREAS TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT MOBILITY FROM ONE OCCUPATION TO ANOTHER HAS BEEN GRADUALLY BECOMING COMMON

POLITICAL : POLITICAL

NATIONAL POLICY OF EDUCATION, 1986. : NATIONAL POLICY OF EDUCATION, 1986. “THE STATUS OF THE TEACHER REFLECTS THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ETHOS OF A SOCIETY; IT IS SAID THAT NO PEOPLE CAN RISE ABOVE THE LEVELS OF ITS TEACHERS.” INDIAN SOCIETY & SOCIAL EVILS: CASTE SYSTEM, DOWRY, CHILD MARRIAGE, STATUS OF WOMAN, GAP AMONG SOCIAL CLASSES. EDUCATION: CAN IDENTIFY THE WEAKNESSES OF SOCIAL SYSTEM CAN INITIATE THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

EDUCATION : EDUCATION LIBERAL EDUCATION -AIMS AT INCULCATING IDEALS AND VALUES OF GENEROSITY, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPENMINDEDNESS -OPPOSED TO UTILITARIAN AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION -TERMED AS KNOWLEDGE EDUCATION AND ELITIST EDUCATION -WORKS FOR THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL UTILITARIAN EDUCATION -VACATIONAL EDUCATION OR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION -ENABLES THE INDIVIDUAL TO PRODUCE SOMETHING -RESPONDS TO THE EXTERNAL NEEDS AND DEMANDS; BREAD AND BUTTER ETC. SYNTHESIS BETWEEN LIBERAL AND UTILITARIAN EDUCATION IS NEEDED. SHOULD ENABLE INDIVIDUAL TO EARN LIVELIHOOD AND LEAD FULLER AND RICHER LIFE. LIBERAL EDUCATION MUST NOT EXCLUDE THE UTILITARIAN ASPECT AND VICE-VERSA.