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This article focuses on the professional aspect of sociology, that is teaching of sociology at the school level in India. Sociology as a major discipline among the social sciences is a relatively new arrival on the syllabi of Indian Universities. Though it had been taught since the 1920s, it was introduced at the postgraduate level only about quarter of a century ago and has been permitted as an option to the undergraduates only in the last decade, and that too with a great deal of seemingly inexplicable hesitation. At Delhi University, for instance, out of nearly fifty colleges only five provide courses in sociology for bachelor of arts degrees. They have always found it difficult to understand or appreciate the trepidation that some eminent sociologists in positions of authority have exhibited in extending the teaching of sociology to lower levels of education. The National Council for Educational Research and Training has consulted several seminars on the advisability of introducing Sociology at the Plus Two level in schools. This is in fact a particularly helpful feature of the new system in the context of the widely felt need for raising the standard of teaching at the undergraduate level. It is hoped that if sociology is taught to students at the Plus Two level they will be in a much better position to respond to undergraduate teaching and will thereby induce a general upgrading of the teaching standards right from the start. |
