Dear All,
Primary school enrolments in India dropped by 2.6million in the past few years, according to government data. This is a disturbing statistic. Did a column on the possible reasons. The TOI link is here.
As always, comments are welcome and do read other people’s comments, as one column alone cannot cover all aspects and I might have missed something. If you like someone’s comment you can praise them too!
Regards,
Chetan
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We don’t need no education?
Recent HRD ministry statistics show a significant decline in national primary school enrolments. Given Indian demographics, where the number of children is increasing every year, the results are even more shocking. This is despite all the noise about right to education for every Indian. While we may choose to forget this statistic for the next sensational news item, this is an extremely disturbing development.
If India’s population is not trained to face the globalised world – and primary education is the first step in that training – we will become a nation of servants and clerks. Given our highly educated, ex-educationist prime minister is of late more interested in covering up scams than education, it doesn’t seem likely that our top leadership cares. Still, if enough citizens care, maybe politicians will take notice. It is with this hope that i try to analyse the possible reasons for this decline, what will happen if we don’t address it and what we can do to actually fix it.
There are five main reasons why enrolment could have dropped. One, the most obvious reason is that the schools are terrible. If you ever visit a village school, you will realise how everything is low quality, from the classrooms to the desks to the quality of teachers. Why? Don’t villagers deserve good schools for their children? One may say the schools are subsidised so quality cannot be there. Well, maybe we need to spend more money then. Maybe we need more private partners. Maybe we need to redesign the traditional model of a school, perhaps using technology to impart learning. The education may be at the primary level, but it still needs to be high quality. Low quality education is not really education at all.
Two, the curriculum in our schools is obsolete. How much has the professional world changed in the last 30 years? How much has our curriculum changed? Who sets our curriculum? Do they revise it from time to time keeping in mind the needs of industry and the services sector? One big reason poor people send their kids to school is that they will learn skills to make more money. If schools don’t give them those skills, why will they bother? Advanced concepts like education to satisfy curiosity, or learning for learning’s sake, do not apply to people with no money. A hungry person does not watch Discovery channel. Surveys show a person with decent English language skills can increase earning power by 400%. Why don’t we teach our poor people English? Why do government schools start teaching it so late?
Three, the massive inflation rate has made life extremely difficult for people with low incomes. Every pair of hands on the fields is now more valuable than sending a child to a substandard school for several years, the benefits of which are unclear.
Four, there isn’t enough money being put into education, to make more schools or improve existing ones. Tax collections have seen high double-digit growth rates for several years now. However, much of taxpayers’ money is used to fund scams and mass bribery type subsidies or to pay interest (often on borrowings made to fund past budget extravagances). If 2G auctions were done properly, or the Commonwealth Games didn’t waste so much money, we could have had a lot more schools. If instead of NREGA we provided villagers the right skills to modernise, enhance farm income and increase job eligibility, maybe we would generate wealth rather than burn it.
Five, a controversial, sinister reason: the hidden benefits of illiteracy to politicians. Illiterate people are useful when it comes to maintaining vote banks and keeping scam parties going. If everyone were well-educated, would the government get away with so many scams? Even today, our PM’s biggest defence is: ‘People vote for us, hence our actions are justified’. The DMK still has a solid support base in Tamil Nadu. If every Indian really understood what happened, could the loot continue? So while there may not be a deliberate strategy to keep people illiterate, there is no burning passion or political incentive to make India educated either. And politicians only work on incentives, not on the goodness of their hearts.
This problem won’t go away. It will get worse. If today millions aren’t being educated well, how will they get proper jobs tomorrow? Won’t the education crisis translate into a far scarier job crisis in a few years? Or are we happy for our kids to be poor forever?
This can be fixed. Primary education has to be so vast in scale and scope as to be seen as a utility – such as power or telecom. The most modern techniques, thinking, strategy and execution are needed on a massive scale to educate our people. Ideally, just as with a few power utilities, the effort should be privatised, maybe on a semi-subsidised basis. In any case, if the education is worth it, people pay for it.
Course materials have to be brutally revamped to make them in sync with the modern world. Rural schools need net connectivity, even more than big city ones. These are things we should demand from the leaders of our country. They don’t seem to care much. But we, the citizens, have to be the strict teachers who tell our leaders that they have a lot of homework to do.
Dear Chetan
Congratulations for writing on education. No one is paying attention to this, while, as you have rightly noted, politicians are busy destroying quality and spreading illiteracy through another elaborate bribe called Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act. They have removed all exams from classes I to VIII. Children have stopped taking studies seriously, even in city schools. License permit Raj has been introduced with a vengeance. Rigor has been removed. Teachers dis-empowered. Private unaided schools sought to be converted to aided schools and thereby ruined through massive govt intervention. All managements will be forced to be corrupt as far as possible. I will try to send to you a detailed clause wise analysis. I will be posting many things on my website http://www.kqer.in by today 5pm.
i believe that one of the basic reason for that is dormant attitude of most of the educated people in our country…..only few are like you who practically think about all this.but most of the people just include these issues during a discussion or debate….i think people need to be little radical minded when there comes an issue related to our country’s development and integrity.
Chetan,
While you have slightly tread into the confusing line between literacy and education, I agree to everything you say. What this nation needs is a revolution of sorts when it comes to education reforms. That at many levels.
In good old days, in your time and slightly even mine, competition was necessary to bring the best out of everyone. There were exams, that held the nerve of the students. We were continuously told: “You have to be very good so that you get to the next level.”
These exams, now retired from education system, is a welcome effort in many ways. Especially because, students are being choked to death in the name of competition. Todays generation has so much competition that it goes without saying they have to compete. The way in which exams were revoked is extremely dangerous for the system and its products – its students.
Individuals like you (who have the burning desire to change) and many individuals like me (who have this raging ire against the wrath-worthy politicization of human conditions) need to come together, somehow. And try to bring an end to this colonization of the common man.
Call me a socialist, maoist or even an extremist, but it is my firm belief that if we, as a society, don’t act now: it is only going to get worse. The revolution will start somehow, I just don’t want things to begin the way of common man taking a lead from ‘The Wednesday’.
Political upheaval, I don’t care. We need change. We need better education system in place.
Hi CB,
May be you would also like to read –
Govt funds non-existent schools in Assam http://t.in.com/bdKy
Thanks
Hi,
You are true about PM’s biggest defence is: ‘People vote for us, hence our actions are justified’, but truth lies in the fact that people voted because they are not aware of scams.Huge amount of population in India is struggling to earn 2 meals a day hence voting ,thinking about nation takes second seat or no seat…they are illiterate.politician want to keep same situation alive so that they and their next generation can keep looting the nation.
Hi Chetan,
For the first time I read your blog, I’m impressed. Now, my question is ‘will these words, blogs, open letters and other things change our politicians?’
Dear Chetan,
I belong to a remote village in bihar called chainpur.there is a chainpur school in the villlage.They have even computers provided by the govt,but kept in the box.because we have power hardly 2 to 3 hours in a day and more importantly there no one in the school who knows how to operate a computer.
Apart from this there r teachers who dont know how to multiply 3 digit numbers.i dont want to talk abt english because i dont think i’ll be able to justify their talent
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This story is not just of one school.I dont think there is any dearth of money injucted by the govt but how far can they @ execution level?How can they hire good teacher @ such a massive scale.So sadly I dont see a great future of education in village for atleast 15 to 20 years.God knows what will happen after that…
Hi Chetan,
Thanks for indepth analysis of current primary education system in India. I would like to draw your attention on privatisation of primary education system, in most of the cases it increases the problem. Sometimes the private player start investing in education just for profit.In Maharashtra we can see lots of builders are in education, I doubt their knowledge about educating childern or rather solving those five points you have mentioned (may be they have come up with jazzy infra).
Do you think privatisation will solve this problem?
Chetan,
This is one of the thing,which i was thinking from long time.Its not only about the Govt School ,even the Private schools also. Teachers are also not well qualified to groom the students.
We need to change the total system from the scratch.
1. More bucks should be alloted than any other stuff.
2. Increasing the Teacher’s standard.
3. Bringing more Self Sustaining syllabus(Kinda entrepeunal)
Dear Mr Bhagat,
This topic should be a biggie for education revolution – both in terms of rural (quantities and quality) and urban education (quality and attitudes) needs.
The well-meaning NGOs need to start the spark in the rural population on how education can help them and their children and then watch the raging fire. These rural folks should be able to demand them in lieu of casting vote. Basically, play dirty with the government to give them their votes.
We ourselves who quietly and conveniently hire illiterate minors to work so that our homes are well-managed should start the fire in the minds of their domestic help and help them with education.
A revolution rocks the boat both at national and very personal levels and we should be ready for it. Somethings are just acquired the hard way – education is one of them. Look at the countries fighting the regimes of the Africa and Middle East.
I agree with almost everyone here. And I seriously think, an urban revolution of the literate educated is called for to end corruption. If blood need to be shed, so be it – ourselves included. And until we come to that point, the games and writings will continue. I do not think for minute that the powers that be bother with these articles unless it hurts their bank accounts or vote banks.
The public has been pushed around too long and still remains complacent because they want to be ‘safe’. Someone else should shed blood, someone else should start the wars and they want to be bystanders to reap the benefits later. This is exactly what benefits our governments.
I hope you bring this up in some talk of yours, so that it effects at least 10 of the crowd of 1000 and over the next few years becomes a trend and we get to the point to begin. By the virtue of your fame, education and power, you (and some of us) have the power to start the spark.
Best,
Great points
Hello Sir,
I have deep respect for individuals like you, who can bring revolution to the nation by bringing welcome change to the system. We heard about 2G scam, commonwealth game ficaso , the ongoing CBI scam. No body who is educated has a clear picture still of what happens behind these so called investigations. The real chain the money passes through. Suppose X is the suspect but he has a head for whom he worked, in a very important position immune to all existing legal or judicial system. What happens to the poor illiterate, if we the few fortunate literates also don’t know if the person I chose as representative of house from my constitution is involved or not. Because all parties survive on scam money. So my question is, do we refrain from voting ? Otherwise we vote only independent candidates and campaign among poor for independent candidates. Because a person who has got ticket from an established party is so obliged to refund the amount by collecting money by unfair means. Later he has to take bribe to survive. More later he does it by habit. The question in his mind is ‘What’s wrong if I did it ? After all everyone like me does it.’ So , Sir, I request honest, thoughtful people to stand for MP, MLA seats next election and chose a national leader of their own.
With Best of Luck
Devi
hi
chetan sir u r very true ,i don’t understand why kapil sibal is so interested in making ur higher education better which is not that much bad , the place which need consideration is our primary education.it should be the first priority.
The sinister reason was very aptly presented…must be conveyed to d politicians…
good one carry on. Plz. Highlight the health services in India in your subsequent article. Good luck
There could be one more reason
read an article some time back
try it http://woman.intoday.in/woman/story.jsp?sid=6749
there is one more reason, probably the most important reason for girl students and women faculty, toilets! Ever seen toilets in public schools? you can’t step anywhere close to 50 feet!
I’m sure the enrolment no.s will change even if simple thing is done like giving the contract to sulabh saunchalaya for toilets
Dear Mr. Bhagat
This post is the first of yours I am reading. And being one of the stakeholders in that very system you speak of, I would like to congratulate you on the practicality of your perspective. All those points you present are relevant.
Fortunately, there is a slight paradigm shift. The CBSE has come out with the new CCE, or the Continuous and Comprehesive evaluation, right from Class 1 to 10. Numerous methods of assessment in a stress free environment, added to a lot of scaffolding in the learning inputs, and learner focus is the main thrust of this move. Of course it means greater workload in the initial stages for the teachers, but then some sacrifice somewhere is needed. However, the manner of implementation leaves much to be desired, as instructions on step by step progress, in putting into practice and in-service courses are sadly lacking.
One thing I would like to underscore, in your post, is the necessity for English to be taught, and taught well, early on itself. The Colonial/British prejudice be damned!
It was a delight to share in this post.
Uh-oh! For a teacher who hates spelling errors, I seem to have made a huge one
The spelling of my name 
It’s Usha Pisharody! ‘s’ not ‘d’, third letter, surname!
Dear Chetan
I read the TOI editorial page and just want to say that I am not reading these lines first time ..I came across several blogs / sites / magagines / newspapers which tells about our Education system and the way we are managing it. When I say WE is it Indian Government as well as Us(The educated youth of India). I agree that Government has to change the way it is working on Reforms (Especially the execution part of it…which is always executed through Well Educated Indians only) but at the same time WE EDUCATED YOUTH OF OUR MOTHER INDIA should also bring some changes to the Society we live. We have to take the responsibilty like ANANTH KUMAR From BIHAR took and initiated programs like SUPER 30!
Whenever I think about my father’s time and the time my kid will have …I see a major change in the Society used to work earlier, and the Society which we live..Today EDUCATION and MEDICAL which used to be SEVA (Services) has become a Great Business. Today I am planning to Admit my Kid to KINDER GARDEN School and Schools are asking for 32 K (Which was the amount I paid for my 4 Year Engineering Graduation). Now MOTHER INDIA IS EXPECTING SOME CHANGES FROM HER EDUCATED YOUTHS.We have to come forward and Bring this change to the society we live!
Dear Chetan,
I get immense anger (cant express in words) when I hear the Election propaganda in our state. No clue is required for anyone to find out which state I am from. Freebies is the word found and heard for these days in our state. Yes TN. I want to slap at the face of both the party heads for making us fools in the name of aid. Unfortunately we have closed our eyes and mouth for so long that the politicians have stretched their wings of freedom.
Grinders, Mixers, Gold, Mineral water, laptops and the list continues. Why all these are not considered as bribes to the voters. Why the hell, the politicians don’t address to some of the long outstanding issues like education reforms, water scarcity, unemployment, power in their agenda. Poor people now are rather happy that they get something for certain if they vote for someone. They cant be blamed for that also, as someone above rightly pointed out that when their stomach is empty, how can we expect them to think about the society and the nation in total.
I feel, we should join hands and step into the streets and throw away the silence, until we throw every wrong politician out of the stage and get answers for all our fundamental needs. Atleast the future of India is to be saved with equality in rights among the citizens of India.
regarding your latest blog titled ‘We don’t need no education’
i would like to say something
firstly
as i just read in one of the above comments
which brought my attention to the recent change adopting and enacting the law of no examinations upto class 8
obviously this was done by politicians–or better the Indian Government
but the Government is ruled by politicians
so politicians are responsible for this anyways
now what percentage of indian people will say that the above measure is a good one
2 sections of indian society will like it
politicians from the party in power of the Central Government
and a portion of the indian student fraternity
well,basically what i want to say is i am a student from kolkata and i don’t like this measure
i simply don’t
its because—-
the Government in defence to the Opposition’s so-common-routine-claims that the law is bad–bad for no reason at all
said that the law had been adopted and enacted by the indian government
in order to increase the literacy percentage in india
well,a simple question
does removing the examination system imply increase in literacy rate??
the answer is no no and no
it simply doesn’t
the Government should think about other methods to increase literacy rate
but actually and for all practical purposes its not possible to keep all the Indian children under primary-school-arrest
it is not possible
and why should it be?
it shouldn’t be like that
changes can be made in the education system in our country
may be the teaching procedure
but just removing board exams removing exams
thats just not a solution
and to tell the truth it is not possible for the Government to increase primary school enrollment
so whenever a Government in power announces—’we will achieve 100% literacy by 2010′ or bla bla bla
it automatically outlines the government’s unwillingness to do any subsantial work which in any way causes any sustantial good to the country
you have written books about many important phases of life
Business,Cricket,Politics,Religion— The 3 mistakes of my life
Higher Education problems– Five-Point Someone
Love,Marriage and the prejudices of the ideal indian society– 2 states:the story of my marriage
and of course a bit of spiritualism–@one night at the call centre
i would like to suggest something
after 4 novels it would be really great if wrote a story-even if it is a romantic comedy…!) about the indian political society and its effect on various sections of indian life
in the 3 mistakes of my life you associated politics with religion
it would be nice if politics matched up with something else in one of your later novels
this is just a suggestion!
nothing else!
and one more thing
poverty should be eradicated first
before that it is not possible to improve literacy rate
just IMPOSSIBLE
Dear Chetan
Kudos to you for focussing on the need of the hour!! They say illiteracy erradication is the need of the hour but there is a need to define Literacy (Is just signing our name enough?) and is there a will or true intent on the part of the society and government? I agree with you on the your Five point (i.e. point no. 5 – benefits of illiteracy for politicians)
As for the revamp – I totally disagree, not because there is no need for it, but for the panel that is involved in making the changes. Are the members of such committees (maybe qualified) aware of the ground realities and have they vested interests? Our education has stood the test of time but I agree it needs to change with the times. But the changes implemented over the last few decades seem to have successfully broken down the school system. The consequences of which, are there for us to see; Mushrooming parallel education centres/ coaching classes, pressures on children, suicides, improper implementation and lack of understanding of the comprehensive evaluation schemes by school authorities thereby causing unnecessary workload on teachers, students and parents so on… The whole system seems to be on the brink.
Plus the schools (not the 5 star schools) where a student from the average middle class goes, has very little focus on physical activity. It’s a whole emphasis on bookish knowledge! Students are under mental pressure!!And now even that pressure is being eased!! So basically we will now create generations who will not be able to cope with any pressure, neither physical nor mental!
As for the money part, let me take the example of the Kendriya Vidyalayas, there is enough money. It is the will that is lacking! And the KVs where there is a will, we can see the results!! But I agree that many schools and the whole system can do with much more investment. As the saying goes, you pay peanuts and you get monkeys! We need better teachers and pay them well and demand a system that will be more accountable.
Unfortunately it’s a case of democracy leading to anarchy in India.
Thank you, Chetan, for choosing this topic! Its people like you who can make a difference.
hi i like your article a teacher i feel you are but it there any way to come out of it? i am teaching in a primary school and really it is too difficult to teach as the students are even not able to write a,b,c .Is the gov. responsible for it? and if yes why? no one can say but yes one thing is sure if we all youth come together and fight to corruptions we ll be able to give fresh air to our children to breath.As a teacher i have started to fight it at my levels.but still need a lot of help and support.may be your articles will help so please keep on writing about education
one more thing of we are not corrupted we can fight with it. so keep on working to make our society corruption free.with all the efforts we can do.and still we need help with our primary education which is very poor.
Hi CB,
Thanks for writing this article.
I observed in most of the schools, teachers absenteism and not teaching students is the main reason for dropout and inefficiencies. I have suggestion to make our rural school function well. why dont we install a CCTV camera in the schools and monitor attendance and teacher performance. Our teachers in rural India is not answerable to anyone. Transparency and records will bring out the flaws in the system. Instead of giving TV sops in elections, why can’t our leaders and policy makers make such changes. Investment in primary education is the future of the country.
Thanks & Regards
Mohan Reddy
studied in one of the rural India schools
Hi Sir,
I have been an ardent admirer of your writings. I have begun blogging for quiet sometime now and just have a sincere request. Could you go through my blog and let me know on the areas I can improve on.
Have done my MBA and work as a HR professional. This career fails to interest me as much as writing does. If things work out, I would like to turn writing into my career.
Please consider it as a sincere request from a one of your fans.
Regards,
Haritha.
Education is a subject I feel passionately about. As an engineer with a deep and enduring interest in education I’ve stayed in the UK for three years and looked closely at their primary education system. There are several several positive one can pick up from there. For a brief insight into how the developed world educates its children worth looking at the videos of lessons posted on http://www.teacherstv.co.uk. Mind you these arent private schools. These are govt funded public schools
I also realized there is a tremendous emphasis on reading, writing and presentation skills in the UK schools. Initially for someone from India this appeared to be prehistoric idea. But I gradually realized what ‘skills’ really means when mentioned in this context.
But lest we get carried away one area where the western education really starts failing badly is when it comes to discussing morals/ethics, etc. The treatment of these subjects is very superficial. To put it bluntly one gets the feelong that anything good for business alone is treated as ethical. This is one area where our own culture and ancient scriptures are well endowed.
In my view if we could combine the primary school education techniques of the west with the moral/ethical principles of India and evolve a low cost means of delivering it to our children we could solve some of the biggest problems of our times, not just in India but all over the world
dear chetan, u r right about the reasons for the pathetic state of primary edn in india.i could think of the following things that may , when properly utilised bring about the necessary change….
1)allow private sector to invest in primary education
2)competent teachers r the need of the hour, so y not get retired scientists, professors and other eminent people into it??
3)make a shift in curriculum.. move away from rote learning
4)satellite based education has to make a massive inroad into our system which seems the only way to pan out the difference of quality amongst urban & rural areas
5)for all these to take place the educated need to wake from their deep deep slumber and cast their votes,, after all its the political will thats the need of the hour..
Dear Chetan I love the simplicity in your works..Regarding this topic i feel you are absolutely right/
Hello sir,
am a law student at HNLU, Raipur, first year. Primary education, as you have correctly said, is what is going to describe us (Indians) tommorow. I am originally from Bhilai, our house helper has 4 kids, and I have seen how much Shanti (our house helper) wants to send them to school. Its not that the poor don’t want to send their children to school, but yes they are not satisfied, because the education they get there is not education.
Half of the school children in villages wouldn’t know which state they are living in! or what a state is!
And as far as the point, that our politicians deliberately are not letting education reach the poor is concerned, I really don’t think that is possible, because non of them is intelligent enough to have that futuristic a sight!
I think the problem lies in the working of people, by people here i mean the ones who have to actually go and work on the field. Its not that plans are not made, its not that we don’t have good politicians who really do want to bring a difference, but what we are lacking is the “pressure from above” at each and every level, which would make people work.
Indians, I feel sad to say, have a “take it easy” attitude! Its not a big deal for many that the work that has been given to them has not been completed. They are happy being scolded at than completing the job. This attitude might have crept into them due to the primary education that they have got at their time. But no one here wants to work until their own child is being effected by it!
India now has reached the point of development where we know where we are lacking, we know how to overcome it, we have kind of enough resources to do it, but somehow it isn’t being done. We need to remove the problems in “between” now, in between work being planned and being actually worked out. It can be done only by each and everyone feeling the need for it!
Rahul Anand
and are you too a Pink Floyd fan?
I remember reading in FPS, “Pink Floyd sounds better when your high!”
All in all your just another brick in the wall!
Dear Chetan,
You are proving to be one of the whistle blowers in this country of Kumbhakarans ( the politicians/ the guardians / the parents). Congratulations for that.
At the same time, you are becoming an inspiration for the younger generation, my son Rahul Anand being one of them. He sent me a mail asking me to go through your blog / column. When I have read his comments I can only tell “Thanks Chetan” – my son is coming of age thanks to the traiblazers like you.
Now, on the issue of the pitiable condition of primary education in our country and the reverse growth in the enrolments; your analysis is dot on target.
I have one small appeal to make to youngesters:
Take a pledge to teach at least one child at the primary level; do it by actually teaching yourself, facilitating some others to teach more than one child ( at least one for himself & one for you ) or contributing to some NGO( forget & forgive the corruptio there) to support education of a child.
I am sure with such a resolve from young group like yours the situation will improve despite and inspite of the great(sic) politicians we are forced to elect to govern us.
May God help us, help others,
May God help us help others.
read the TOI editorial page and just want to say that I am not reading these lines first time ..I came across several blogs / sites / magagines / newspapers which tells about our Education system and the way we are managing it. When I say WE is it Indian Government as well as Us(The educated youth of India). I agree that Government has to change the way it is working on Reforms (Especially the execution part of it…which is always executed through Well Educated Indians only) but at the same time WE EDUCATED YOUTH OF OUR MOTHER INDIA should also bring some changes to the Society we live. We have to take the responsibilty like ANANTH KUMAR From BIHAR took and initiated programs like SUPER 30!
Whenever I think about my father’s time and the time my kid will have …I see a major change in the Society used to work earlier, and the Society which we live..Today EDUCATION and MEDICAL which used to be SEVA (Services) has become a Great Business. Today I am planning to Admit my Kid to KINDER GARDEN School and Schools are asking for 32 K (Which was the amount I paid for my 4 Year Engineering Graduation). Now MOTHER INDIA IS EXPECTING SOME CHANGES FROM HER EDUCATED YOUTHS.We have to come forward and Bring this change to the society we live!
Could you share the source of the statistics. I could not find them in an online search. Perhaps if you have the PDF file that would lend the story a lot more credibility.
Dear Chetan.Primary education is a base for children nd it make their way to their future.now we Indian are 121.2 crore but with having such a large population how many r earning to satisfy atleast their basic need proprly.You said right that the data is disturbing but its not that we cant do anything.we can start from our level.in each nd every village.mohalla or society why not make a commitee to check regularly the condition of the schools fall in their area.nd if not satisfied the staff nd the local ward commissner has to answer nd not only but the member of commitee can also check the use of funds coming fm government.atleast by using these the concerned officers would get frighten that he or she will be punished.nd also the local political leaders atleast for their vote will take care of these schools.
One more thing it is useless to blame government because they will do only such thing that can help to sworn them on important posts.So we as a true patriot have to take responsibility .only that can make a difference
I read the article and in my sickest senses too , I agree. I am already in process of painting my Tee
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hi chetan i may be contradicting but frankly its okay as people are not going to school now a days reason being poor sanitation and less available needful information etc. trust me the children can get more wise by watching news than sittign in a unhygenic, stressful environment with lot of classwork and home work and all the formal education system of our nation is confusing the minds of little ones. in school they have to learn and mug up the dates and years of history.what is the for a kid who’s aim is to become a marketing head to know anatomy of a creature? y learn the shakespear ” as u like it” when the kid wants to become a doctor? y learn who discovered or invented xyz when the kids aim is to make a new designs in clothes (designer).. if its the farmers kid who wants to study let him know his dad’s hardwork and give him the knowledge that he require to easier his father’s life and excell in one field.
give opportunity for kids to excell in one thing than being “jack of all trades and master of none”
all these r my perceptions.lemme know if u agree vd this. pooja
Blindly relying on this govt. data can be misleading. The fag govt. officials might have missed out a couple zeroes or shifted decimal place unpurposefully in the wrong way making this figure appear large. Amid this huge discussion and stir regarding the sink in primary education enrollment, the data needs a careful proof read before plucking nuts.
Dear Chetan
It is REALLY a good presentation. Concerned authorities must let complete glance (cursory glance does not work) over this.
Good luck!
Hello Chetan.
This is your second blog,which i read. M impressed by your thinking about the education system of our government. I had visits to some schools in villages. There condition is so poor. There was not enough teachers in the school. 2 teachers nd five classes. Government and public should pay attention on this matter,since children are d future of our country. to brighten the future the children of our country should educated properly.
hiee….luvd reading your article. some of the points were awesome and so true as points relating to politicians.
hope you keep writing your views..
thanks and tc..:))
Hi chetan ji im reading your book revolution.its very realistic.all the best..
Great article on education. Every educated person in India knows about all these problems but no one does nothing about it. If today’s young generation spare at least one hour with rural kid to educate them on basic math and reading skills then problem can disappear or else if you don’t have time then donate to someone who is already trying http://www.ishavidhya.org/ .