Deck 9: Non-Formal Education and Literacy Programs in India

Question 1

When education is imparted in a free atmosphere, without the rigidity of rules and regulations associated with school or college education. It is term as

A)Formal Education
B)Non-Formal Education
C)Informal Education
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Non-Formal Education

Question 2

Persons, who received their education through the channels of multifarious events, situations and association of life, it is known as

A)Formal Education
B)Non-Formal Education
C)Informal Education
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Informal Education

Question 3

YMA, MHIP, KTP, Sport Clubs etc. are the agencies of

A)Formal Education
B)Non- Formal Education
C)Informal Education
D)All of the above

Answer 3

Non- Formal Education

Question 4

Para-formal and popular education, personal development, professional and vocational training are the various types of

A)Formal Education
B)Non-Formal Education
C)Informal Education
D)None of the above

Question 5

NFE Programme must be

A)Rigid
B)Not Diversified
C)Flexible
D)All of the above

Question 6

NFE Programme is particularly useful for

A)School drop-outs
B)Educated unemployed of various ages
C)Labourers, farmers, workers
D)All of these

Question 7

Among the three sets of NFE objectives, removal of illiteracy is under the range of

A)The immediate
B)The middle range
C)Long range
D)None of these

Question 8

The age of children to be covered by NFE was

A)6-14
B)7-14
C)8-14
D)9-14

Question 9

'Rural Functional Literacy Project' (RFLP) was implemented throughout India in a year

A)1978
B)1979
C)1987
D)1989

Question 10

Launching of nationwide adult education programme of 'Community Development Programme with Social Education' was recommended by

A)The 1st Five-Year Plan
B)The 2nd Five-Year Plan
C)The 3rd Five-Year Plan
D)The 4th Five-Year Plan

Question 11

Adult learning process includes

A)From whole to part
B)From simple to complex
C)From direct to indirect
D)All of these

Question 12

The main objective of 'Education for all' is to be

A)All of these
B)Promote to economic development
C)Promote to health facilities
D)Promote to child education

Question 13

The National Adult Education Programme was stated in the year

A)1978
B)1976
C)1977
D)1988

Question 14

Which of the following states in India has the lowest literacy rate?

A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Bihar
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Uttar Pradesh

Question 15

Literacy, Awareness and Functionality are the three basic components of

A)Non-Formal Education
B)National Literacy Mission
C)National Adult Education Programme
D)None of these

Question 16

The main aim of functionality is the improvement of

A)Vocational Skills
B)Academic Education
C)Both
D)None

Question 17

The duration of learners participated in the Adult education centre would be

A)5-6 months
B)7-8 months
C)9-10 months
D)11-12 months

Question 18

The target of NAEP was to cover the entire illiterate population of the age group of

A)15-30
B)15-35
C)15-40
D)15-45

Question 19

"Promotion of Literacy skills, Creation of Awareness and Raising Functionality Capabilities" are the objectives of

A)NFE
B)NAEP
C)NLM
D)All of these

Question 20

The National Literacy Mission (NLM) was started in India in the year

A)1978
B)1982
C)1985
D)1988

Question 21

At what speed of a person, to be declared a literate, must be able to read aloud a simple massage prescribed by the NLM?

A)30 words per minute
B)35 words per minute
C)40 words per minute
D)45 words per minute

Question 22

The NLM has decided to make determined efforts for imparting literacy among

A)Adult illiterates
B)Specially women
C)Disadvantaged sections
D)1978

Question 23

Jana Shiksha Nilayan (JSN) scheme was established in the realization of the need for

A)Post-literacy
B)Continuing education
C)Both 'a' and 'b'
D)None of these

Question 24

The concept of JSN is based on

A)Life-long learning process
B)Participatory training processes
C)Only 'a'
D)Only 'b'

Question 25

Which of the following committee was established to function as a promoter, sustainer and monitor of the Jana Skiksha Nilayan (JSN)?

A)Village Level Literacy Committee
B)Village Adult Education Committee
C)Committees on Adult Education
D)Adult and Continuing Education Committee