There was an article about govt schools in Karnataka. 13% of the students in class 7 can only read class 1 text books. 29% of the students do not know how to subtract according to ASER report.
All this nullifies the whole RTE effort of the government. Yes, every child has a right to study in a good school. But why should that good school be a private school. Why can not the government schools provide qualit y education? Or are they providing any education? Why is the condition so pathetic in these schools? And after that, if the government says allow poor children admission in rich private schools, it is like saying I have built myself a crappy house. So let me stay in your cozy house.
Not only in Bangalore and tier two cities, even in small towns also, the strength of students in government schools is very very low.
My domestic help is ready to send her son to a private school by paying 25000 Rs as donation, rather than sending to a govt school which provides free education.
And our education ministers and their associates need not undergo a trip to some foreign country to study how to provide quality education. They can just google good schools in Bangalore or some other town and go and study the school and implement the same system in their schools sans donation and fees.
That will make the cost and the effort our country puts in primary education worthwhile.
All this nullifies the whole RTE effort of the government. Yes, every child has a right to study in a good school. But why should that good school be a private school. Why can not the government schools provide qualit y education? Or are they providing any education? Why is the condition so pathetic in these schools? And after that, if the government says allow poor children admission in rich private schools, it is like saying I have built myself a crappy house. So let me stay in your cozy house.
Not only in Bangalore and tier two cities, even in small towns also, the strength of students in government schools is very very low.
My domestic help is ready to send her son to a private school by paying 25000 Rs as donation, rather than sending to a govt school which provides free education.
And our education ministers and their associates need not undergo a trip to some foreign country to study how to provide quality education. They can just google good schools in Bangalore or some other town and go and study the school and implement the same system in their schools sans donation and fees.
That will make the cost and the effort our country puts in primary education worthwhile.
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