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Regular Universities

1. Compulsory learning- individual interests and learning styles are not taken into account

2. Limited time and opportunity to understand the subject in-depth

3. Evaluation based on testing which creates fears, inferiority complexes and a sense of competition with others

4. Grooming of learners so that they become spectators, producers and consumers for the state and corporations

5. Teaching matter and the process is disconnected from their immediate world

6. Geared towards finding a job in the government or a corporation

7. Students separated by age groups. Students from similar age group are put together in the classrooms.

8. Hierarchical and authoritarian learning environment

9. Larger class size, so lack of individual attention

10. Teaching done in English

1. Self-directed learning where individual interests and styles are the foundation of the program

2. Learner decides the amount of time he/she requires to go into the depth of the subject

3. Learners carry out self and peer evaluation as well as develop their own learning portfolios

4. Grooming of learners so that they question the current state of society and develop the commitment and practice of sustainable action

5. All the learning opportunities are real and are based on understanding of local issues and their global context

6. Geared towards starting one’s own enterprise

7. Co-learners with wide age mix that can help in bringing different flavours and learning resources to the process

8. A sense of community and democratic co-learning environment

9. Each learner will have a mentor in his area of interest and a mitra to guide him in his learning  process

10. Hindi and local languages are used in the learning process to bring out feelings and nuances