Abstract

The research paper has come out with the advantages of social work education in India which has been explained on the basis of questionnaire framed. The received responses from the social work academicians according to their considerations and suggestions about the strengths and limitations of social work education in India till now, has been incorporated in this paper. Mode of teaching, use of audio-visual mode for teaching, number of social work journal purchased by the university, faculty exclusively to coordinate field work, kind of publications on social work, exchange / exposure visit programme for students / faculties, department publishing journal, seminar / conference organized by the department, award / scholarship / chair instituted / established in the honor of any former social work faculty, participation in any expert committee meeting / workshop on curriculum revision / development, satisfaction with present social work syllabi of their school / department and need for further indigenization of social work curriculum are the basis for the analysis of this research paper. Also, this research paper discusses the limitations of social work education which were analyzed such as non-uniformity of Social Work Curriculum and lack of Indigenous Literature on Social Work Education in India. Acknowledgement of western literature for reference and not the indigenous literature by most Schools of Social Work in India as mentioned in First Review Committee, Second Review Committee and UGC Model Curriculum.

Keywords: Social Work, Education, Strength, Weakness, Challenges, India