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UNIFORM CIVIL CODE AND ITS HISTORY

  India has number of laws when it comes to its personal laws or family laws to be specific. Every religion has their own personal laws be it Christians, Parsis, Hindus or Muslims. Some of these laws are codified some of these are not, some are old and some are new,  needless to say this system has created disharmony and confusion in our family laws  at the present.   India in its Constitution has tried to establish the ideal of secularism and it in that regards is trying achieving the status of Uniform Civil Code in the country. UCC is enshrined under Art. 44 of the Constitution stating “the State shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code (UCC) throughout the territory of India.”.  UCC basically calls for framing of one common law for the whole of India which is applicable to all people irrespective of their religion in matters relating to marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption etc.  UCC would help in laying down protection to t...

Distance Education

  What is Distance Education? In the facilities of education starting from school to university level distance education is an innovative dimension. Also called correspondence instruction or education through correspondence, it is popularly known as Distance Learning or 'Distance Education.' All these concepts have the same meaning. As an effective alternative to formal education, it helps in bringing equalisation of educational opportunities. Need and Purpose of Distance Education Education involves the transference or communication of information, knowledge and skills from one point, i.e., the source or in other words the teacher, to another, i.e, the receiver or the students. In traditional teaching it involves the physical presence of both the sources. To solve the problem of space, educational technology has come forward. The development of the technology of communication has placed at our disposal, the means to transfer knowledge more effectively to a larger number of rec...