Rajaji Views on the Education System in Tamilnadu

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, , language: English, abstract: This book is organized into six chapters. The first gives the theme of the study and mentions the reasons for choosing the scheme and also explains the objectives. The second chapter covers the socio-educational profile of Madras Presidency during and before the introduction of Kula Kalvi Thittam. It also focuses the attention to portray the social and communal politics of Madras Presidency.

The political life of Rajaji, his political experiences, visions and ideas of education are expressed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter acclaims the introduction of Kula Kalvi Thittam, its broad features and make-shift of historical sequence. It represent that this policy is neither the national interests, nor the masses. This educational policy is represented on the personal bias of Rajaji, backed by the ambitions of the members of the upper classes and the Brahmin interests.

The fifth chapter presents the critical view of the theorists, educationalists, politicians, writers and orators. It is also criticized because of its narrow-egoistic views. In the final chapter an attempt is made to summaries some of the concrete views of Kula Kalvi Thittam.