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1:0, Introduction, As a result of globalization and technological, revolution, there is increase in the migration of people, to other countries for education, jobs and commercial, activities. As a result of this, social diversity too has, increased. Our Indian society has many social differen-, tiations based on religion, caste, language, rich-poor, and rural- urban divide and thus social diversity is its, main feature. Due to the increase in immigration of, foreigners and their settling down in India, the social, diversity of India increases further. Unless these, diverse communities maintain harmony and goodwill, among themselves, economic development of the, country and rise in the standard of living of people will, not become possible. In a situation where there is lack, of harmony and goodwill among the different social, groups, various clashes and conflicts will arise and, stall the economic development of the country., Moreover, in a country with social diversity, there will, be abundance of talents and diverse abilities. This, makes it 'easy for that country to progress in all fields., Education can play a vital role in removing the social, inequalities and strengthen social harmony. Education, is essential to promote positive attitudes and tolerance, Scanned by CamScanner

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get education and achieve economic progress., Contemporary India and Education, among the people. Due to the development of this, responsible for this kind of differences among the, Diversity', Various levels of social diversity i.e. social, groups such as Irulas, Todas, Gonds etc. and racial, understanding, most of the democratic countries follow, diversity at individual level, regional level, linguistic, the policy of equalization of opportunities for all, to, In this unit, Meaning and definition of 'Social, one's living, class based on economic levels, differential, occupa-tional pattern etc. Indian culture is unique. It, is different from the cultures of other countries. People, living in the Indian cultural environment are the, as the upper class, middle class and lower class; they, followers of various religions such as Hinduism, Islam,, others; they are of different economic classes such, belong to many castes, too. There are different tribal, groups such as Aryans, Dravidians, Mangols and, Christianity Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and several, level, religious level, caste level, and tribal level and, the Role of education in understanding the social, diversity, are taken up for a detailed study., Meaning and Definition of 'Social, Diversity, 1:1, 1:1:01 Meaning of 'Social Diversity', Those who live in a society with particular culture,, differ among themselves in various ways. The factors, people are caste, religion, race, language, region o, others and are living in more, India, Scanned by CamScanner

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Understanding the Social Diversity, 3, like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh,, Jammu-Kashmir, Haryana, Nagaland, Meghalaya etc., and speaking different languages like Tamil, Hindi,, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi etc. The nature of the, society with such a vast differences is known as 'Social, Diversity'., 1:1:02 Definition of 'Social Diversity', "Diversity means variety, or the opposite of, homogeneity. In social organizations the term, 'diversity' usually refers to the range of personnel who, more accurately represent minority populations and, people from varied backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities,, and viewpoints" (Barker, 2003)., A broad definition given to 'Social Diversity' by the, Society for Human Resource Management states, "diversity ranges from personality and work style to, all the visible dimensions of diversity such as race,, age, ethnicity or gender, to secondary influence such, as religion, socio-economics and education, to work, diversities such as management and union, functional, level and classification or proximity /. distance to, headquarters"., To sum up, social diversity means, along with, differences in the society from the resulted reflection, of individual differences, the differences arising out, of the cultural backgrounds of human groups also, combine themselves to form the various kinds of, diversities in the society., Scanned by CamScanner

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Education for Understanding the Social, Diversity of India, 1:5, India is a multi cultural country having people, speaking various languages and having different, religious beliefs, socio-economic status and innumer-, able castes. It is only by finding unity in diversity and, learning to live in harmony with all our country men,, people's living standard and country's economic, development could become possible. The lessons and, co-curricular activities in the curriculum are to be so, arranged to make the students understand the diverse, nature of the Indian society and the need for finding, unity in diversity., Students should be familiarized with our freedom, struggle, the suffering and sacrifices made by our, leaders, the basic principles enshrined in our, Constitution such as equality, secularism and social, justice, steps taken to provide free primary education, to all, measures undertaken for the protection of, minorities and dalits and the steps taken to improve, their living conditions by implementing priority, schemes etc. by including all of them in school, curriculum at appropriate places in subjects like, languages, history etc., Scanned by CamScanner

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of each State etc. should be incorporated as contents, rencouraged to join the National Cadet Corps (NCC),, Every yearian educational tour to other parts of India, Contemporary India and Education, National Social Service (NSS) etc. and get training., culture of various parts of the country could be, various States in our country, their natural resources, could be arranged. Video shows and photo exhibitions, in lessons enabling all students to know about them., Day. In school functions, cultural shows depicting the, In science lessons, importance should be given, may be arranged during the celebration of Independence, and industries, life style of people and important products, In geography lessons, information about the, like celebrating national and State festivals, partici-, for students to inculcate scientific temper and develop, 18, for students to inculcate scientific temper and develon, reasoning ability., to, It should be made compulsory for all students to, . learn their mother tongue / regional language, Hindi, and English by implementing the three language policy., Those who have Hindi as their mother tongue, must, learn one of the South Indian languages. Each student, D by mastering a minimum of three languages will get, the opportunity to know about various regions of the, country and also the social diversity of India. Students, should be made to understand that the knowledge of, Hindi is essential for all Indian citizens., Students may be involved in co-curricular activities, . like celebrating national and State festivals, particr, pating in handicrafts exhibitions. Students may be, rencouraged to join the National Cadet Corps (NCR, presented., Scanned by CamScanner