Third International Conference on Communication & Media Studies

Abstract

This paper reviews how educational communication transformed from ancient time to modern days in India. In ancient days, education communication was on-to-one between the monks and the disciples mostly oral later transformed into written as well. The communication was related to mostly religious and moral. In medieval period, education communication was both oral and written and mostly religious. In colonial period the, rulers neglected the local languages and promoted English for creating persons into the defence and administrative services. Post-independence India has evolved a well structured educational system balancing between regional languages and English. Today it is at the threshold of digital communication forging ahead by producing best human resources for the world. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is catching up in India too.