“HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF EDUCATION OF BIDAR DISTRICT”

The education in India has a rich and interesting history. It is believed that in the ancient days, the education was imparted orally by the sages and the scholars and the information was passed on from one generation to the other. After the development of letters, it took the form of writing using the palm leaves and the barks of trees. This also helped in spreading the written literature. The temples and the community centers formed the role of schools. Later, the Gurukul system of education came into existence. This system is referred as the oldest and the most effective system of education. In the first millennium and the few centuries preceding, there was a flourishing of higher education at Nalanda, Takshashila University, Ujjain, and Vikramshila Universities. he Nalanda, and Md Gawana Madaras (University) at Bidar etc being the biggest centers, had all the branches of knowledge, and housed up to 10,000 students at its peak. The British records reveal that the education was widespread in the 18th century, with a school for every temple, mosque or village in most regions of the country. The main subjects were the arithmetic, the theology, the law, the astronomy, the metaphysics, the ethics, the medical science and the religion. The school had the student representatives from all classes of the society he present system of education was introduced and founded by the British in the 20th century, by the recommendations of Macaulay. It has western style and content. The British government did not recognize the traditional structures and so they have declined. It is said that even Gandhi described the traditional education. This aricles/paper concentrates the issues on Education system developed in Bidar District. i.e Bidar district background, Mohamd Gawan’s Madrasa, being in the modern period, Urdu as a Medium of instruction, Literacy and Education, and Growth of literacy through the decades. Thus the progress and richness of Nation is definitely based on the of system of education given to the pupil, Hence the present paper concluded that for the development of education in India, Bidar District also play its vital historical role.