J. Krishnamoorthy
The Present paper dicusses about the historic journey of Indian education system, which can be chornologically categorized into Ancient Vedic times, Medieval Buddhist period, Islamic period and modern pre and postcolonial era. Indian education system as well as the culture enjoyed its excellent status during ancient time. Education flourished at Nalanda, Takshahila, Ujjain, and Vikramshila Universities during medievel Buddhist period and earned prestige and reputation everywhere forever. With the advent of Mogul regin in India, the traditional methods of educational Madresas and Maktabs and disapproved previous systems of education prevailed in India. The present educational system of India is nothing but a replica of British education system, introduced and founded by Macaulay in the 20th century. During 19th century in higher education.the British rule did not take adequate measures to help develop science and technology in India and instead focused more on arts and humanities. Though there are problems and disparities between the objectives and their implementation in education, the present education system in India has come a long way and will continue to improve in the future.
Ancient Vedic Times, medieveal, Pre independence, Post indendence, Indian education system, Islamic Education.