ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN INDIA

Abstract

Any educational system should be an inherent product of the, society reflecting the dominant themes of the culture. A system of education which Is not attuned to the ways and needs of the society had only bleak chances of healthy existence. "Education cannot come into its own in any country unless the cullure at that country has the same aim as education", If the aim of the society is to gain prosperity and power through the Use or toohnology the consequences must be as Jacques Ellull sees thou. "Instruction must be useful to life. Todays life is technique. It follows then Instruction* must above all else must be tochnicait Evaluating the system or Architectural education, should tharsfore be in the light of the socio-oultural, economic, and technological trends and aspirations of our own society.