ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY

EDUCATION IN INDIA

INCLUSIVE, GOOD-QUALITY EDUCATION IS A FOUNDATION FOR

DYNAMIC AND EQUITABLE SOCIETIES.

-DESMOND TUTU

NEED FOR EDUCATION

REFORM

To eradicate quota system,

To ensure equality in its true sense,

For betterment of the country,

Educated youth will result in development of the country

in every field,

To ensure world class quality education, and

To ensure the citizen/children of this country are no less

than anyone studying abroad.

CAUSES OF THE

PROBLEM

Over Population

Lack of Funds therefore lack of infrastructural set up

Uneducated Parents

Lack of Awareness

Discouraging atmosphere at schools

Lack of honest attempts

REASONING

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality

education.

One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals

and communities is making certain that any individual who

wants to receive a quality education can do so.

PROSPOSED SOLUTIONS

Implementation of SARVA SIKSHA ABHIYAN (2000) at grass root level.

A Common Cluster of School Model ( 7-8 Primary branch schools connected to Central Primary School in a village to aim exchange of resources between schools, meeting of teacher and training and compensating the absence of teachers).

Transportation for Students and Teachers. (This is to establish smooth functioning of schooling in far areas benefiting students from other villages if schooling facilities are not there).

Convincing parents to send their little ones to school. This

process involves introduction of awareness programs to parents

and ensuring the child’s security and providing them all the

necessary facilities in school.

Parents will be more likely to send their children to school if they

see possibilities for further education after primary school. Flash

of safe future and job opportunities to their children and good

secondary education.

Two meal scheme instead of Mid Day Meal (Proper

implementation without mal-practicing and supervised by the

authorities directly with hard sanctions against the wrong doers).

Teacher’s Willingness to perform their task.

Proper Finance by the Government to ensure the students must

get all facilities in the school.

Sports facilities to make students Fit and act as a “talent hunt”

with coaching facilities.

COMPARITIVE OVERVIEW

EXISTING SYSTEM

Poor infrastructural facilities at grass root level

Mid-day meal Scheme (adulterated food).

No counseling

Criteria for selection of primary school teachers : Unchecked

PROPOSED SOLUTION

High quality infrastructural facilities at grass root level

2 meal scheme (unadulterated food).

Counseling of family members and the student

Criteria for selection of primary school teachers : Proper test, interview, training,etc

EXISTING SYSTEM

No regulatory body to

keep a check on day to

day happenings of school.

No power to student.

No speedy justice

PROPOSED SOLUTION

Regulatory body : specially

assigned and designated to

keep a check on day to day

happenings of school.

Power of students to reach

to the specially constituted

regulatory body in case of

any problem.

Speedy justice to any

student abused by teachers/

bad teachers/ bad food

EXISTING SYSTEM

No involvement of Youth

No Student/Teacher

Exchange Programmes

PROPOSED SOLUTION

Involvement of Youth – college students, school students of developed cities to go to villages and create awareness.

Students/ Teachers exchange programme : where they send recommendations of changes till the schools don not reach to same level

PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

Teacher’s training should be must.

NGO’s shall be given a task to supervise and ensure quality

education.

Opportunity for paid work for students to enhance their

skills and provide them with some financial aid.

Promoting student’s performances by rewarding them and

their teachers.

Companies have started with the concept of corporate

social responsibilities, big companies shall adopt the school

and provide them with necessary things and material.

IMPLEMENTATION

It is not difficult to implement small -small steps in order to create and strengthen the education system at the grass root level.

School students, college students as a part of their institution’s compulsory activities can take up the task of helping NGO’s working in this field.

Students can do internships with such NGO’s and help in bringing a change in the society.

Its like adopting a village, adopt a school concept !!

Government at their level must allocate funds for the lower

level education sector by ensuring how mush they require on

the basis of a committee after their surveying is done.

The teachers at the primary level must be evaluated and

checked. They should have a minimum attendance criteria, they

must show what she is teaching and must give a detailed report

of each student and his need and interests.

The collector must designate people and form special

committees to take up this task.

The District Magistrate must be the reporting authority for all

the schools in his/her jurisdiction.

IMPACT

The change will be evident from the list of number of

students who would have enrolled themselves in 10th and

12th standards.

Where quota system will not be a need because the

education at this level will bring everyone at the same level.

CHALLENGES

Convincing for allocation of appropriate funds

Absence of dedicated youth

Lack of government support in establishing a committee to

review the functioning of all the schools.

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY:

MOZAH BINT NASSER AL

MISSNED

The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path

to bridge the gap between different cultures and to reconcile

various civilizations. Without such a right, the values of

liberty, justice and equality will have no meaning. Ignorance

is by far the biggest danger and threat to humankind.

A collective affair by:

Anisha Mathur

Gajanand Kirodiwal

Abhishek Kumar

Purvasha Mansharamani

Suyash Pratap Singh

Symbiosis Law School, Noida