Essay name: Informal Education of Sanskrit in Kerala
Author:
Jayasree M.
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Sahitya
This essay studies the informal education of Sanskrit in Kerala with special reference to Ayurveda. It provides a historical overview of Sanskrit education in India, highlighting its roots in the Vedas and the growth of the Gurukula system. It further discusses educational institutions in Kerala such as Shalas, Mathas, Kalaris and more formalized schools during colonial rule.
Chapter 2 - Informal Education: Definitions and Agencies
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social life have altered many educational agencies and some of them have
disappeared altogether. A study of informal agency in Sanskrit education
has to consider these matters.
The informal agencies of education consists of family, work place,
community, religion and state etc. In the past, in addition to these,
occasions of social gatherings like religious rites, festivals, were sources of
informal education. A person knew about the world outside through
pilgrimage, trade, market, migration and so on. All these agencies are
relevant even in this modern age though the roles they play have been
changing when we consider their educational importance.
It has been already stated that there is no clear cut dividing line in
classifying educational agencies into formal, non-formal and informal
agencies. Even a school can take the form of a Non-formal agency of
education when it organizes adult education classes and programmes.
Students in the school acquire a good deal of education through informal
contacts with the peers and the teachers. The press, radio and the
television are normally termed as informal agencies of education. When
they take up occasional programmes of formal education, they assume
the form of non-formal agencies of education.
The entire programs of correspondence /distance/open education
may be classified both formal as well as non-formal depending upon the
