Emily L, Matt B,

Nadia, Eric

EDUCATION AND PASTIMES

EducationLiteracy

Definition:

Can read and write above the age of 14

Total % of the population:

61%% of the male population:

73.4%

% of the female population:

47.8%

*note there is a large gap between men and women as of 2001

10 + 2 + 3

• The 10 + 2 + 3 pattern is a template for education• 10 From the age of 6, 10 years of primary and secondary

education • 22 years of higher secondary• 33 years of collegeThis system has been in place since 1964Since 2009 children in the government education age 6 – 16 get free education

School Life Expectancy

• primary to tertiary total expectancy : 10 yearsexpectancy of males: 11expectancy of females : 10

• In 2001 6,000,000 elementary school teachers only 2,000,

000 aboveNote the heavy weight on primary and secondary

education

Government

• 80% of recognized elementary schools are government run or supported

• preschool is limited to neighborhood nursery schools and small chains

• Post independence education was viewed as a good way to change the population

Private Schooling

• Most Middle Class Send Their Children To Private schools because of the bad quality of education in the government run schools

• 27% of children are privately educated• Privately owned and managed schools can have

public in name • Private education is taught in English and Hindi

is taught

Private SchoolingPrivate Schooling-Private schools offer a wider variety of curriculum and offer extracurricular activities

-Dropout rate is virtually zero

-Compare to public schooling: ~55%

-Commonly run by missionaries or church societies

-Private colleges cost 10-12 times more than public

Public Public SchoolingSchooling-73% of all students are taught through public schooling

-Average teacher to student ratio is 1:35

-Compare to America’s 1:20 average ratio

-Many schools have poor infrastructure and a lack of:-Water-Electricity-Toilets-Furniture

Sports

• Cricket is the most popular sport within India

• Badminton was invented in India and is widely played throughout the country

• Football (soccer) is rising in popularity, primarily in the younger generation

• Chess is considered a sport, and played and watched by many

Shopping

• Bargaining is a big part of the shopping experience within India

• The Mall of India is currently being constructed, and is projected to be one of the world’s largest malls

• Baazar’s are open markets where clothes, food, etc. are sold.

Bollywood

• Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), Maharashtra, India.

• Bollywood does not include all Indian films• Formally referred to as Hindi Cinema • Most Bollywood films have English integrated in,

which is know as Hinglish• Bollywood does not exist as a physical place• Bollywood film music is called “filmi” music (from

Hindi, meaning "of films").

TIMELINE

• 1913: First film, silent film (Raja Harishchandra)

• 1931: Films with sound (Alam Ara)

• 1930s-1940s: Bollywood struggles because of numerous economical problems

• 1937: Color films (Kisan Kanya)

• 1950s: Color films became popular

• 1940s-1960s: The “Golden Age”

• late 1960s- early 1970s: romance movies

• 2000s: the world’s interest in Bollywood films grew

Works Cited

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood

• http://countrystudies.us/india/37.htm

• http://www.globalenvision.org/library/8/767

• http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=28

• http://www.bing.com/images/search?adlt=strict&q=public+india+school&qft=+filterui:imagesize-medium&FORM=R5IR2#view=detail&id=BF7EB14BDE91252997405FC0FA4147EE2085A1F0&selectedIndex=5

• http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=india+private+shcool&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=20649C026F720936C74C41BEB748B9DF2FC0934E&selectedIndex=13

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18074307• http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/shop/how-bargain-india-ultimate-guide-134371• http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/life/indias-bazaars-435318• http://www.thefinancialist.com/smoother-waters-could-lie-ahead-for-india/• http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-fights-status-cricket-crazed-164346793--sow.html• http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-fights-status-cricket-crazed-164346793--sow.html• http://www.facts-about-india.com/sports-in-india.php