Common School System

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2. Common School System
- What is Common School System
- Who introduced it
- What was the objective behind it
- Key features of it
- How much impactful it was

3. How should be an ideal school system
A place where we have equality and social justice

4. What were some of the evils prevalent in the past
in the school system in India
- Education was restricted only to few community people.
- Education was restricted to few high class people.
- Education was restricted to only male gender.
- No all courses were available in India, thus people had to go abroad to pursue education.
-- Unequal distribution of facilities in the schools
-- Many other drawbacks were there……

5. To overcome these drawbacks from the Indian
Education System, Policies were introduced
One of the Major Policy which was introduced was Kothari Commission(1964-1966)
This policy was introduced under the dynamic leadership of D.S.Kothari
It introduced Common School System

6. Common School System
- Common School System means a system of education providing education of an equitable
quality to all children irrespective of their caste, creed, community, gender, economic condition,
social status and physical or mental ability.
-This definition is given by Kothari Commission.
-The commonness of the Common School System derives from the fact that it calls for the
application of common minimum norms of quality education by all schools in the system.
-The most fundamental anong the minimum norms is the principle of equality and social justice.

7. Essentials of Common School System
- A common school belongs to every child and entry is not restricted to any religion, caste or creed
or community.
- It is wholly funded by the State. No fees are levied and children are entitled to free education.
- No discrimination of any kind is permitted not only in admission but in the classrooms.
- Mother- tongue will be the medium of instruction
- Education of equitable quality will be assured to all children in a full- time regular school . It will be
promote the development of the Head, Heart and Hand of the child.

8. In addition to it
- Minimum infrastructure consisting of land and building, number, size, design and furnishing of
classroom, drinking water and toilets, playgrounds and sports facilities, libraries, laboratories,
fine arts material, teaching aids, easy access of facilities for students suffering from disabilities.
Well qualified and trained teachers and optimal teacher- student ratio
Common curriculum framework with flexibility wrt textbooks, teaching aids, teaching- learning
process, evaluation parameters etc.
A pedagogy which is holistic and child- friendly
A decentralized school management with adequate autonomy and representation of parents.
A common language policy

9. Neighbourhood School
For Neighbourhood School, it is the necessary to admit every child in the neighbourhood to the
school.
Advantages-
The travel time will be saved
No need of free bus passes
Death of children due to accident will be minimised
Children will know the other children living in the near by areas.
The community will consider the school as its.