B.Ed. (Full Time) Education for Rural Development Syllabus - Mumbai University

Objectives

• To understand the characteristics of rural areas.
• To understand the educational problems of rural areas.
• To develop empathy towards the rural community.
• To apply gained information and understanding pertaining to rural areas.
• To develop an appreciation of the role of education for rural development.
• To develop an appreciation of the contribution of social reformers for rural education.
• To create an awareness of various government policies, programmes of rural development.

Module 1: Education in Context of Rural Development 2 credits

Unit 1: Rural Education: Concept of Rural Development

• a) Concept of Rural area – Definition, characteristics, needs of tribal community in India.
• b) Concept of tribal area- definition, characteristics. Needs of tribal community in India.
• c) Concept of Rural development – Definition, needs and importance, scope of rural development.

Unit 2: Education in Rural Areas (Status and Issues & Recommendation)

• a) Status& issues of Education in rural areas.
• • Early childhood Education in rural area. (Anganwadi, Balwadi)
• • Formal education in rural area. (Primary education, Secondary education, Higher Education.)
• • Non - Formal Education and Adult education.
• b) Status& issues related to Tribal Education.
• c) Recommendation of Government Pertaining to Education in Rural & Tribal Area.

Unit 3: Gandhian Theory of Rural Development

• a) Mahatma Gandhi’s Concept of Gram Swaraj and Rural Development
• b) The concept of environmentalism & Gandhi
• d) Gandhian approach towards sustainable development with special reference to Hind Swaraj.

Module 2: Policies, Schemes and Programmes for Rural Development 2 credits

Unit 4: Policies of Rural Development

• a) Panchayat Raj after 73rd Amendment and its impact on rural development.
• b) Khadi and village Industries Commission: Objectives, Functions, Programmes
• c) Right to education, Education for all

Unit 5: Government Schemes & Programmes for Rural Development

• a) Women empowerment- self help group ( SEWA)
• b) Health improvement – Gram swachta abhiyan , National Programme of Midday meal, National Rural Health Mission
• c) Concept & types of Rural Tourism (Eco tourism, Agro Tourism)

Unit 6: Experiments of Rural Development

• a) Water Resource: Rajendra Sing (Tarun Bharat Sangh, Jalbiradari -Rajasthan), Vilasrao Salunkhe( Pani panchayat), Water Movement
• b) Health care – SEARCH: Dr. Rani Bang, Hemalkasa, Anandwan - Dr. Amte
• c) Educational Development: Pabal , Nai Talim ( Ramesh Panase)

Module 3: Internal Assessment 2 credits

• Any two of the following tasks:
• a) Explore any one Project of rural development and write a critical review of it.
• b) Panel Discussion on Issues pertaining to rural area & rural development.
• c) Promotion of Rural Tourism in the school/community through essays, posters, poems or stories
• d) Visit to one educational institution in rural area & write a report about it.

References

• Iyer R., Moral and Political Ideas of Mahatma Gandhi, Oxford, 1975
• Parekh B., Colonialism, Tradition and Reforms, Sage, Delhi, 1989
• Bandurant J., Conquest of Violence, Berkley University, Cambridge, 1955.
• Seth P. N. Gandhi and Green Theory, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, 2001
• Mathur J. S. and Mathur A. S. (Ed.), Economics Ideas of Mahatma Gandhi.
• Ramma Reddy G. (Ed.) Patterns of Panchayati Raj in India, Delhi, 1977
• Narayan I. (Ed.) Panchayati Raj Administration in India, Popular, Mumbai,1985
• Khanna B. S., Panchayati Raj in India, Deep and Deep, Delhi.
• Sharma K. C., Leadership in Panchayati Raj, Printwell, Jaipur1996.
• Mishra S. N., Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Concept, 1981.
• Kaushik S., Women in Panchayati Raj, Har Anand, Delhi, 1993.
• Thakur D. and Singh S. N., District Planning and Panchayati Raj, Deep and Deep, Delhi, 1993
• Baviskar B.S. and Mathew George (Eds) "Inclusion and Exclusion in Local
• Governance : Field studies from rural India, Sage Publications, New Delhi
• planningcommission.nic.in/sectors/index.php?sectors=rural
• nrhm.gov.in
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Child_Development_Services
• w.w.w.icds.gov.in
• hp.gov.in/ssa/page/RMSA.aspx
• www.rssaindia.org.in
• indiasanitationportal.org/1807
• http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/know_sharing/flagship_initiatives/towards_new _policy.pdf
• http://wwwunicef.org/india/ile
• www.unicef.org/india/education.html
• www.unevoc.unesco.org/up/India_Country_Paper.pdf
• dspace.iimk.ac.in/bitstream
• www.searchgadchiroli.org
• www.grammangal.org/pdf/trible development.pdf