A Comprehensive Study on Influence of Ancient, Medieval and Pre Independence Education on Modern Education

Abstract

We have entered into the era of globalization where focus has been laid on globalization of education. Before looking into the modern global aspect of education need was felt to peep into the roots of Indian education which could be traced from the very beginning of Indian history. So, a philosophical study was conducted to see the impact of ancient, medieval and pre independent history on modern education under the objectives; to study the influence of Vedic education system on Modern Education: to study the influence of Medieval Education System on Modern Education; to study the influence of Pre Independence education system on Modern Education; to study is the Modern Education System a bag of borrowers from the history? As the area of ancient history is very wide, Ancient period was limited to Vedic and post Vedic education system. Medieval education system was limited to 1400 to 1708. Pre Independence Education system was limited to 1857 to 1950. To find out the results various aspects like aims of education, physical condition of school, teacher taught relationship, learning conditions, place of women, fee structure, impact of education on society, impact of society on education, political influence on education were studied and results were found out in support of objectives that the roots of modern ideologies of education somewhere lies in the ancient Indian history and such ideologies and philosophies are being recognized and admired today worldwide. Suggestions for further studies were given and educational implications of the study in present scenario were discussed.