Education can be formal, informal, or non-formal. Formal education occurs in institutions and has a structured curriculum and certification. Informal education is lifelong learning from experiences like family and media with no set objectives. Non-formal education is flexible learning outside institutions, like workshops, that acknowledge individual needs and interests but does not result in degrees. The document discusses the key characteristics and differences between these three main types of education.

1. EDUCATIONEDUCATION
It is not the learning of facts,It is not the learning of facts,
but the training of mind tobut the training of mind to
think.think.
- Albert Einstein- Albert Einstein
Project by Bhavna Srivastava.

3. EDUCATION
The word “Educate” comes from a Latin word “ Educere”, which
means to Lead out or Bring out.
Education is the process of bringing desirable changes into the
behavior of the human being.
It can also be defines as the process of imparting or acquiring
knowledge or habits through instructions or study.
Webster defines education as the process of teaching to
develop the knowledge, skill and character of the student.

4. of
Education
FORMAL
EDUCATION
INFROMAL
EDUCATION
NON- FORMAL
EDUCATION
Types

6. FORMAL EDUCATION
Formal Education is intentional, organized and
structured form of learning, imparted in educational
institutions like School, College or University in order to
modify the behavior of an individual.
MEANINGMEANING –
Formal education is the education that occurs
within an organized and structured context. It is
usually located in institutions dedicated to
education or training, structured via learning
objectives or learning strategies, facilitated by a
teacher or trainer, intentional on the part of the
learner and leads to certification.

8. Characteristics of Formal
Education

9. Merits and Demerits
Merits
•Imbibes self-
discipline
•Continuous learning
•Generates habit of
reading & writing
•Focuses on growth
and development of
different faculty of
learner.
Demerits
•Different kinds of
learners, learn together.
•Rigid program
•Does not consider
student’s attitude, value &
customs.
•Unnatural way of
teaching and learning.

11. INFORMAL EDUCATIONINFORMAL EDUCATION
Definition-
Learning that goes on in daily life and can be
received through daily experiences, such as
from family, peer group, the media and other
influences in a person’s environment.
- Onate, 2006

12. MEANING -
 Informal education covers a vast array of learning
that all people take part in, in their lives every day.
 It covers activities like individual and personal
research on a subject or interests for themselves
by using books, libraries, informal trainers, the
internet or other resources.
 Informal education also includes aspects whereby
the individuals seek or want to learn a specific skill.
But informal education means also learning things
without the learner realizing that he learned it.
 This can be any kind of information that the learner
picked up from the television, radio, conversations
with friends and/or family.

13. INFORMAL EDUCATION

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15. Merits & Demerits
Merits
•Anywhere & Anytime
•Takes place every
location.
•Uses a variety of
methods.
•Lifelong education.
•Focuses on Early stage
development of learner.
Demerits
•Tends to be
unpredictable.
•Can be negative.
•Can absorb wrong
information through
media.

17. NON- FORMAL EDUCATIONNON- FORMAL EDUCATION
Definition -
“Learning resulting from daily activities related
to work, family or leisure. It is not organized or
structured in terms of objectives, time or
learning support’’.
Example –
Swimming sessions,
Certification courses
Distance learning

18. MEANING -
o Non-formal education has an adopted strategy where the
student attendance is not fully required.
o The educative progress in non-formal education has a
more flexible curricula and methodology.
o The activities or lessons of the non-formal education take
place outside the institutions or schools.
o Here the needs and interest of the students are taken into
consideration.
o Because of the importance of the interests and needs of
the students, this form of education meets the individual
needs better.
o Non-formal education is focused on the student and this
will have as result that the student participates more.
o When the needs of the students change the non-formal
education can react quicker because of its flexibility.

20. CHARACTERISTICS

21. Merits & Demerits
Merits
•Flexibility in organization &
method.
•Acknowledging the
importance of education.
•After school programs.
•Community based
organizations.
•Can lead to greater
confidence in formal
classroom.
Demerits
•Inconsistency.
•Does not result in Degree/
Diploma.
•Does not provide school
level education.
•Needs highly self
motivated learners.
•Teacher are not well
trained.

22. BASIS Formal Informal Non - Formal
Time
Restricted till School or
college.
Life long process. Its is a continuous
process.
Scope
Limited and Narrow Scope is vast. Scope is vest.
Agency
Schools, colleges,
university.
Home, market,
playground, temple.
Structured organization
and institutes providing
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Aim
Intellectual
development of man.
It lays stress
practicality.
All-round development
of man.
Curriculum
Fixed syllabus and
curriculum.
Curriculum is the life
itself. No fixed
curriculum.
There is need based
syllabus.
Rules
It has rigid and fixed
rules and regulations.
There are no rules
and regulations.
It has flexible rules and
regulations.
Source
Taught by trained
teachers.
It is received from any
and every person.
Taught by experienced
trainers.

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