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Types of Education:
The main three types of education are as follows:• Formal Education
• Informal Education
• Non-formal Education
Formal Education:
Formal Education is organized and structured system of education. In other words, we can say that Formal Education or Formal learning usually takes place within the premises of an educational institution, where an individual may learn basic, academic, or trade skill.Examples of Formal Education:
• Learning in a classroom• School grading/certification, college, and university degrees
.• Planned education of various subjects having a correct syllabus acquired by attending the institute.
Characteristics of Formal Education:
• 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 must be covered within a selected time period.
.• The child is taught by the teachers.
.• Practical adult learning.
.• Diversity in methods and content.
• Mobilizes local resources.
• Built on learner’s participation.
.• Real life examples of learning.
Non-Formal Education:
Non-Formal Education is less organized in view of formal curriculum and structure and any credentials like certification but it empowers the individual capacity and skills. This kind of education involves more experienced teachers in the process. In other words, we can say that Non-Formal Education consists of basic education, adult literacy education or school equivalency preparation. In Non-Formal Education, someone can learn literacy, other basic skills or job skills.Examples of Non-formal Education:
• Fitness programs• Community-based adult education courses.
• Free courses for basic education developed by some organization
.• Learning from Experience
.• Learning from Home.
• Learning from Environment
Learning from Work.
Characteristics of Non-formal Education:
• Unlike theoretical Formal Education, It is practical and vocational training .• Non-Formal Education has no age limit.
• Certificates can or can not be necessary.
• It can be be full time or part-time learning and one can earn and learn together. It involves learning of professional skills
Informal Education:
Informal Education is not structured and organized in terms of curriculum and credentials and time. The teacher may be elder of family like mother, father, grandfathers etc.Informal Education could also be a parent teaching a children the way to prepare a meal or ride a bicycle. People also can get an Informal Education by reading many books from a library or educational websites.Examples of Informal Education:
• Teaching the kid some basics like numeric characters.• Someone learning his/her mother tongue.
• A spontaneous sort of learning, “If an individual standing inside a bank learns about opening and maintaining the account at the bank from someone.”
Characteristics of Informal Education:
• It is independent of boundary walls.• It has no definite syllabus.
• It's not pre-planned and has no timetable.
• No fees are required because we get Informal Education through daily experience and by learning new things.
• The certificates/degrees aren't involved and one has no stress for learning the new things.
• You'll get from any source like media, life experiences, friends, family etc.
• It is different from both Formal Education and Non-Formal Education.
• It includes discussion among students, learning outside the classroom, and learning from videos etc.
• Training activities
• Source of acquiring knowledge are going to be the web , Social Media, electronic/print media, group discussion amongst friends/family members.