The vision of WikiEducator-India
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- COL vission of realisation of free version of the education curriculum by 2015.
- A periodically updated standard curriculum.
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The mission of WikiEducator-India
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| The mission of the WikiEducator-India project is the consolidation of world standard syllabi for a standard index of courses from Primary Education Level to Professional Education and Governance Training, with the facility for opting different variations of topics based on factors such as geographical, linguistic etc and its periodical review, that can effectively guide the development of appropriate open e-learning tools as well as content through the active invovement of Universities, Academic Boards, other partner organizations, Educationalists, Volunteers etc
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Objectives
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- Enlist standard categories of education curriculum.
- Workout detailed syllabus with concept of uniform standard of education and update/revise the syllabus periodically with the active involvement of other prominent educational boards/bodies, institutions and experts inside and outside the country.
- Explore the possibilities of other educational boards/bodies following WikiEducator syllabus for curriculum planning so that the works of the WikiEducator teams and communities will always be a boon to the student and teacher communities.
- Relate the standard curriculum with the activities of other WikiEducator Teams for content development, technology development etc.
- After piloting the idea of a Common Standard Education Curriculum for Inida, the idea may be taken up to a larger perspective of a Common Standard Curriculum for Common Wealth Countries and there after institution of a World Standard of Education Curriculum Certification.
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| ***Read, revise, take up ….it is open to all…***
Towards a Common Standard for Education Curriculum ...Please click on the link above to view/ edit the Action Plan for the same
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| Please click on the above link to view/ edit Curriculum for different courses
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Background
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| India has a very rich educational history. In the ancient days, sages and scholars imparted education orally, but after the development of letters, it took the form of writing. Palm leaves and barks of trees were used for education, and this in turn helped spread the written literature. By the spread of Buddhism in India, education was made available to everyone and this led to the establishment of some world famous educational institutions Nalanda, Vikramshila and Takshashila.
Later, when the British arrived in India, English education was popularised with the help of the European missionaries. Thereafter, Western education has made steady improvement in the country. Hundreds of universities were established and thousands of colleges were affiliated to them. Now India has scores of colleges in every discipline and has positioned itself comfortably as a country that provides quality higher education to its people in specific and to the world in general.
However,because of so many factors, the expense for education (especially professional education) has gone up to very high levels and poor families find it very difficult to send their children for higher and professional education. Hence, the free and open curriculum of WikiEducator becomes important.
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How can you participate?
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At present the WikiEducator-India curriculum is in its very beginning stages of development and the framework of the curriculum is being taking shape. The popular categories of education in India are listed and link pages were created (follow the Curriculum INDEX link below).To start with First of all you have to create a Log in ID.
There by you can;
- Revise the categories of Education
- Add New Courses
- Add detailed syllabus for each course
- Add content in accordance with the syllabus.
- Beautification/ formatting of the content being added
- Edit any of the items as listed above
There is no limitation for you to use your creativity in a productive way to achieve the goal of free version of education curriculam by 2015. You can add or enrich any items in accordance with your aptitude. You needn’t worry if you are not familiar with the html formatting. You may just go to the edit mode of the relevant page and copy/ type the content there and press Save Page button. Some other friends interested in formatting may surely attend the rest of the job.
Most immediate milestone for scaling the progress of WikiEducator-India project is the completion of the foundation of the project by connecting various WikiEducator country teams, prominent Educational Boards/Bodies, Institutions, Experts and Volunteers to WikiEducator-India project and preparation of a standardized index of courses by December 31, 2007. Members are encouraged to analyse the curriculum of different Universities and Academic Organizations before proposing courses and syllabi.
Commence your work right now, tell others about WikiEducator and hope to see more friends onboard very soon.
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