APSC Prelim – Education Paper Syllabus

APSC CC (Prelim) Exam - Education Paper Syllabus

PART – I

1. Meaning, definition and scope of education.
2. Aims of education-individual, social, liberal and vocational education in a democracy.
3. School and community – their relation, functions and responsibilities.
4. Curriculum, Definition and types, Defects, principles of curriculum construction.
Corelation of studies- Importance of curriculur activities in school.
5. Discipline – Definition, Importance of discipline in education, Relation between freedom and discipline, Reward and punishment in school.
6. Theories of play – Importance of play in education.
7. Educational for national integration and international understanding.

Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University – Education Notes

PART – II
1. Psychology – meaning and definition, importance of educational psychology, scope and
methods of educational psychology.
2. Physical basis of mental life – reaptors, effectors and central nervous system – sensation,
perception and conception.
3. Needs, drives and motives.
4. Emotions and instincts – their importance in education.
5. Habits and their formation.
6. Learning – theories and laws of learning, motivation in learning.
7. Attention and interest – their importance in education.
8. Intelligence – its meaning, nature, stanford, Bint- Intelligence tests.
9. Statistics in education – Mean, medium and mode calculation of quartile deviation and standard deviation, Calculation of co-efficient of corelation by rank difference method.

Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University – Education Notes

PART – III

HISTORY OF EDUCATION

1. Charter Act of 1813. Maculay’s minute and Lord Bentinks resolution of 1835.
2. Woods Despatch of 1854 – its impact of Indian Education.
3. Indian Education Commission of 1882 – Primary and Secondary Education.
4. Lord Curzon’s Educational Policy on Secondary and University Education.
5. Resolution of 1913.
6. Hartog Committees report of 1929.
7. Wardha Scheme of Education 1937.
8. Introduction of primary education in Assam – problems in its implementation.
9. Adult Education Programme – its meaning and scope. Problem in the implementation of the programme and their solutions.
10. Educational Policy of 1986.