Correct Answer - Option 2 : Neither I nor II
In ancient India, both formal and informal ways of education system existed. Indigenous education was imparted at home, in temples, pathshalas, chatuspadis and gurukuls.
- There were people in homes, villages and temples who guided young children in imbibing pious ways of life.
- Temples were also the centres of learning and took interest in the promotion of knowledge of our ancient system. Students went to viharas and universities for higher knowledge.
- Teaching was largely oral and students remembered and meditated upon what was taught in the class.
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Traditional education is also called customary education or conventional education.
- All the students were taught by the same method, that is, by using the lecture method.
- The main motive of traditional education is to pass on the values, manners skills and the social practice to the next generation which is necessary for their survival.
- In traditional education, the student learns about the customs and tradition of the society.
- This type of education is mostly imparted to the students by the means of oral recitation.
- There is very less written work or practical work. The students simply sit down together and listen to the teacher or another who will recite the lesson.
- The traditional does not include written tests but it includes some oral tests which are not very formal.
- Traditional education is very far from the use science and technology.
- Neither the education about sciences we study today in a great detail is imparted in the traditional education system.
- Traditional education system basically included the knowledge about customs, traditions, and religions.
- That is why it is called traditional education.
Hence, both statements are not true in the context of traditional education.
