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The twenty first century is round the corner. The nations of the world are striving utmost to bring into the lives of their people the marvels of science and technology. Undoubtedly, human life on this planet has been greatly enriched with the incredible scientific advance. One would normally derive immense satisfaction from the above trend of affairs but the global status is quite the contrary. We are living in a fast changing worried world, ever stricken with fear of war and annihilation. Even if we overlook these global threats for a moment and focus our vision on India the scenario is alarming. India reputed in the ancient lore as a custodian of the 'soul' is now becoming a nation without soul. Materialism has engulfed us to the extent that everyone by and large has become a worshipper of mammon. Too much of dominance of materialism in a country leads to lack of faith in idealism which is not good for that country.
Taking up a little-known story of education, schooling, and missionary endeavor, Helen May, Baljit Kaur, and Larry Prochner focus on the experiences of very young ‘native’ children in three British colonies. In missionary settlements across the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand, Upper Canada, and British-controlled India, experimental British ventures for placing young children of the poor in infant schools were simultaneously transported to and adopted for all three colonies. From the 1820s to the 1850s, this transplantation of Britain’s infant schools to its distant colonies was deemed a radical and enlightened tool that was meant to hasten the conversion of 'heathen' ...
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Education and training systems are under escalating stress to respon to the recent skills demands created by a swiftly changing and globalised market. Educational institutions and universities need to counter to the cycle of innovation and become accustomed with their officialdom and pedagogies to serve increasingly diverse learner profiles and advance the teaching and learning of a variety of skills for innovation. Present compilation of ideas may serve as foundation to educational institutes and educationists as key performers in the production, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. This will definitely facilitate Re- research and enlighten academicians for their future endeavours.