Formal Education
• Formal education or formal learning usually takes place
in the premises of the school, where a person may learn
basic, academic, or trade skills. Small children often
attend a nursery or kindergarten but often formal
education begins in elementary school and continues
with secondary school.
• Post-secondary education (or higher education) is
usually at a college or university which may grant an
academic degree. It is associated with a specific or
stage and is provided under a certain set of rules and
regulations. The formal education is given by specially
qualified teachers they are supposed to be efficient in
the art of instruction. It also observes strict discipline.
The student and the teacher both are aware of the facts
and engage themselves in the process of education.
Example:
▪ Learning in a classroom
▪ School grading/certification, college, and university
degrees
• ▪ Planned education of different subjects having a
proper syllabus acquired by attending the institution.
Characteristics:
Formal education is structured hierarchically.
• It is planned and deliberate.
• Scheduled fees are paid regularly.
• It has a chronological grading system.
• It has a syllabus and subject-oriented. The syllabus has
to be covered within a specific time period.
• • The child is taught by the teachers
ADVANTAGE OF FORMAL
EDUCATION:
▪ An organised educational model and up to date course
contents.
▪ Students acquire knowledge from trained and
professional teachers.
• ▪ Structured and systematic learning process.
▪ Intermediate and final assessments are ensured to
advance students to the next learning phase.
▪ Institutions are managerially and physically organised.
▪ Leads to a formally recognised certificate.
• ▪ Easy access to jobs
DISADVANTAGES OF FORMAL
EDUCATION:
▪ Sometimes, brilliant students are bored due to the long wait for the
expiry of the academic session to promote to the next stage
▪ Chance of bad habits’ adoption may be alarming due to the
presence of both good and bad students in the classroom .
▪ Wastage of time as some lazy students may fail to learn properly in
spite of motivation by the professional trainers.
▪ Some unprofessional and non-standard education system may
cause the wastage of time and money of the students which leads to
the disappointment from formal education and argue them to go for
non-formal education.
• ▪ Costly and rigid education as compare to other forms of learning.
