Education:
It is the production of desirable changes in knowledge (things known), attitude
(things felt) and skills (things done), either in all (or) one or more of human behaviour.
Types of Education
a) Informal Education – Is the life long process by which every person acquires knowledge,
skills, attitudes and insights from daily experiences and exposure to the environment at
home, at work, at play etc.
b) Non-formal Education – Is an organised, systematic educational activity carried on outside
the frame work of the formal system to provide selected types of learning to particular subgroups in the population, including adults and children. E.g.: adult education, vocational
education, functional literacy, continuing education, extension education etc.
c) Formal Education – Is highly institutionalized, chronologically graded and hierarchically
structured, education starting from primary school and reaching upto university education.
It is the production of desirable changes in knowledge (things known), attitude
(things felt) and skills (things done), either in all (or) one or more of human behaviour.
Types of Education
a) Informal Education – Is the life long process by which every person acquires knowledge,
skills, attitudes and insights from daily experiences and exposure to the environment at
home, at work, at play etc.
b) Non-formal Education – Is an organised, systematic educational activity carried on outside
the frame work of the formal system to provide selected types of learning to particular subgroups in the population, including adults and children. E.g.: adult education, vocational
education, functional literacy, continuing education, extension education etc.
c) Formal Education – Is highly institutionalized, chronologically graded and hierarchically
structured, education starting from primary school and reaching upto university education.
