EDUCATION – SECTOR

“INTELLIGENCE + CHARACTER IS THE GOAL OF EDUCATION” – Martin Luther King

Why education is so important in India ???

By 2020 India contribute 160 million workforce

Analysis of India Education path

#Expansion : 1947 – 26%,,,,,,2011 – 74%

#Equity : Female literacy : 1947 – 8%,,,,2011 – 65% (male – 82%),,,,,,this female literacy rate is not even close to national average,,,,,,

#Excellance : only 17 % contributing to research output whose number is 2.4 %

#Employability : 5 lakh engineering graduates and only 68% are employed

statistics

–>Gross Enrollement Ratio (GER) : Age group based enrollement in education institutions

  • primary : 116 % [clear indication of miscalculations]
  • 8th : 69% [reduction in rate because of child labour, ]
  • 10th : 39% [child labour , child marriage]
  • Graduate : 18 %

=>ASER[Annual Status of Education] Report by PRADHAM

  • children in class 5 who could read class 2 is 47.8%

=>Issues in india 

  • Genetic transmission of employment
  • Rote learning
  • India is well filled and not well formed

==>Solutions 

  • Make the problem visible : attend survey and accept figures
  • Build systematic and instituional capacity : continous and comprehensive evalauation
  • Establish a READING MISSION :
  • Reforming board exams
  • Holistic development of education : sports, arts etc

=>>Constitutional Provisions

  • Artcle 21(A)
  • Art 45
  • Art 51(A)k
  • Schedule 11 and 12

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