What is Education? Characteristics of Non-Formal education: It is flexible.

It is life, environment and

The word Education is derived from the Latin word ‘educatum’ or ‘educare’ learner oriented. It is diversified in content and method. It is non-authoritarian. It
meaning “to lead out”, “to bring out” “to train”, “to mould”;”to bring up”, “to is built on learner-participation. It enhances human and environmental potential.
lead out”, “to draw out or propulsion from inward to outward”. Education is the Informal Education: The truly lifelong process whereby every individual acquires
process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, attitude, values, skills and knowledge from daily experience and the educative
beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, inferences and resources in his or her environment from family and neighbors,
training, and directed research. form work and play, from the market place, the library and the mass media.
Characteristics of Informal education:
Webster defines education as the process of teaching to develop the knowledge, Informal education is the least controlled, that’s why this type of education
skill, or character of the student. Education is the process of bringing desirable cannot be excluded of somebody’s life.
change into the behavior of human beings. It can also be defined as the process of Informal education consists of unplanned, unclear, quantitative information.
imparting or acquiring knowledge and habits through instruction or study. Informal education refers even to emotions, feelings, beliefs etc. Informal
education offers responsiveness ready response when interact with environment.
Education is a systematic process through which a child or an adult acquires Informal education offers possibility to freely act in unknown situation.
knowledge, experience, skill and sound attitude. It makes an individual civilized, Informal education offers freedom of self-formation.
refined, cultured and educated.
Formal Education Non-Formal Education
Education develops in the body and soul of the pupil all the beauty and all the
Target Group Mainly young, Universal, Compulsory, Mainly adults, those interested, voluntary and
perfection he is capable of. Plato Education is the creation of sound mind in a selective open
sound body. It develops man’s faculty specially his mind so that he may be able to Time Scale Full time and Primary activity Part time and Secondary activity of participants
Relevance Separate form life, In special Integrated with life, In the community, In all
enjoy the contemplation of supreme truth, goodness and beauty. Aristotle institution, In sole purpose buildings kinds of settings
Programme Run by professionals, Excludes large It is participatory, Includes large parts of life.
Education is the child’s development from within. Rousseau
parts of life
Education is enfoldment of what is already enfolded in the germ. It is the process Curriculum Curriculum One kind of education for Education to meet learner
all
through which the child makes the internal-external. Froebel Methods, Teacher centered Mainly written Learner centered, Much is Oral
Education is the harmonious and progressive development of all the innate Objectives Conformist Promotes
Independence Set by teachers, Competitive Set by learners and Controlled by Learners
powers and faculties of man- physical, intellectual and moral. Pestalozzi Orientation Future Present
Education is the development of good moral character. J.F. Herbert Validation Validated by education Professional Continuing validated by learners

Meaning of Education
Narrower meaning: A process for certain periods from schooling to colleges
through fixed time, fixed curriculum, fixed classes, fixed subjects for degree or .
certificate. Wider meaning: it goes on throughout the life from birth till death.
Need of aims: to bring certain desirable change, gives direction to activity.

Importance of Education
Enabling the person to deal with life as a whole, Become a Human, Leading an
Independent life, Lessons of Equality
Development of social life, Leads to Inner-freedom, Procure a Job, Social &
Physical development, To earn a living

Aim Process & purpose of Education

The Complete Living Aim: Developing Democratic Citizenship, Vocational
Efficiency, Development Personality or Character, Education for leadership,
Increasing national productivity; Achieving social and national integration;
Accelerating the process of modernization; Cultivating social, moral and spiritual
values.
Process: Education by Accretion or Storage Education as formation of mind,
Education as preparation. Education as mental discipline, Education as growth
and development, Education as direction, Education as adjustment and self-
activity, Education as social change and progress, Education as Process
Socialization.

Aim: The main aim of education is Intellectual, Physical, social, Political, Ethical
and aesthetical development of man. Vocational Aim, Knowledge or Information
Aim, Culture Aim, Character Formation Aim or the Moral Aim, Spiritual Aim
Adjustment Aim, Leisure Aim, Citizenship Training Aim and Harmonious
Development Aim,
Purpose: The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. The
purpose of education would be met if the schools provided educational methods
of Self-development by which the individual can gain complete possession of all
his powers”.

Type of Education
Formal Education: Formal education is basically an: Institutional activity, Uniform
and subject oriented, Full time, Sequential, hierarchically structured, Leading to
certificates degrees and diplomas.
Characteristics of Formal education: Full time education. Technical and
professional training. A variety of specialized programmes. Running from primary
school through the university. Chronologically graded education system
Non- Formal education: Any organized education activity. Outside the established
formal system whether operation Separately. As an important feature of some
broader activity that is intended to serve Identifiable learning clienteles and
learning objectives.