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Pooja said:
A very Good Afternoon Friends. The topic, that we will discuss today, beholds the future of our country.
The reality of Primary Education in India is the entrenched system that perpetuates inequality. Thus, while mention of reservation for schedule castes and tribes and OBCs in institutes of higher learning leads to demonstrations and heated debates in the media, the pathetic state of primary education continues virtually unnoticed and unaddressed. And millions of Indian children still go to schools without buildings, without books and without teachers. This is the disheartening state of primary education in India and the Government should understand that whether there are seats reserved at higher levels for the disadvantaged matters little if they continue to be deprived of quality education at the entry level.
Aman said:
Hello friends,
I agree with what my friend has just stated that Government should focuses more on primary education so that it could come out of the wretched condition it is in. We can say that primary education is a root of tree. If a tree's root will not strong how will it grow. Elementary education should be given the highest priority because this is the child’s stepping-stone. If they are able to undergo their elementary education, there is a great probability that they will not even continue up to high school, forget about higher degree colleges. The Government should remember that the journey to a thousand miles begins with the first step.
Sunil said:
Hello friends,
I also agree with my friends.
The present system of primary education does not serve the purpose for which it has been started by the Government. And in private schools, primary education itself has become so profitable a business that the quality is lost. The purpose of primary education for a child should be the all round development of his personality but the present day scenario of Indian primary education is neither imparting true knowledge of life & world to the students nor helping them in standing on their own legs which will help them achieve laurels in the field they are interested in.
Swati said:
Good Afternoon Friends.
I think the Indian primary educational system is lagging in all the respects. Whether its school building, teachers, updated study material or motivation for the poor students. This situation has proved the greatest barrier in the way of our progress. Primary or elementary education has remained basically a paper tiger and has not been realized properly. School buildings are non-existent in tribal and hilly areas, study materials are not up-to-date and poor parents and students are not properly motivated to avail of these educational facilities. This alone states the pathetic situation of Indian Primary Education System.
Saurabh said:
Hello friends,
Recently I saw a report on the situation of Primary Education in India in one of the leading newspapers. According to that report, about 20% of Indian children between the ages of 6 and 14 are not enrolled in school. Even among enrolled children, attendance rates are low and 26% of pupils enrolled in primary school drop out before Grade 5. The situation is worse in certain sectors of the population: the poor, those living in rural areas, girls, and those living in some states, such as Bihar and Rajasthan. Literacy rates are 21% lower for females than for males. Among those children aged 6 to 14 not enrolled in school, more than 60% are girls. Some communities do not see the need to educate daughters because they will be married off at an early age and live and work with their in-laws, mostly doing housework and raising children. These figures are proof enough for showing the dismal condition of our primary education.
Sunil said:
So now if we put our concluding remark, we all agree that the Government has failed to upgrade our primary education system to a large extent and primary education facilities are not yet available to all. Also, that before providing for higher degree colleges like IIT’s and IIM’s, Government should make sure that the students get the best of primary education which is in wretched situation for now.
Remarks:
Team – The whole team was on a very superfluous level and no any member tried to dig down into the real problem. Everyone was repeating the issue in their own words. Only Saurabh was seen backing his argument withsome data. All the other members discussed what it was already mentioned in the topic.
Also, no one discussed the following important topics:
- How to handle this situation?
- What actually Government is doing and what should it do differently?
- Innovative Projects and Programs like –
Lok Jumbish and Shiksha Karmi Projects - Apart from DPEP, Lok Jumbish (Peoples' Movement) and Shiksha Karmi Projects are the other two important programmes, which are, received attention at the international level. Both these projects are under implementation in Rajasthan since 1992, which is one of the most educationally backward states of India. Lok Jumbish and Shiksha Karmi are funded by SIDA. The main objective of LJP is to achieve EFA through people's mobilization and participation. Whereas, SKP focuses its attention on universalisation and qualitative improvement of primary education in remote, arid area and socio-economically backward villages with primary attention given to girls.
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) - The main goal of this program is that all children of 6-11 years of age should complete primary education by the year 2007 and all children of 6-14 years of age should complete eight years of schooling by 2010. This plan covers the whole country with special emphasis on girl education and education of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) children and children with special needs. The SSA centers are mainly opened in those areas, which do not have any school or where schools are very far off.
Operation Blackboard - It was started in 1987-88. The aim of this program is to improve human and physical resource availability in primary schools of India. According to this program every primary school should have at least two rooms, two teachers and essential teaching aids like blackboard, chalk, duster etc.
National Bal Bhavan - The National Bal Bhavan was opened with the aim of developing overall personalities of children of all strata of society irrespective of their caste, creed, religion and gender. It supplements school education by helping children to learn in play way and natural environment.
Special girl oriented programs like:
- Girl education at elementary level.
- National Program for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL)
- Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)
- Mahila Samakhya Scheme
The chances of selection of any one from this team is not very bright.
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