Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'National Education Policy needs revision' that was published in Newsband

National Education Policy needs revision
National Education Policy, needs another revision. The state of education, particularly in the critical primary and pre-primary years, is far from satisfactory. Children in elementary education should be provided with classrooms, uniforms, textbooks and other teaching materials, and a larger contingent of teachers.
Getting children into school is the first step. Create the kind of workforce that India wishes to develop: nimble, highly-skilled and ready for the digital age, the global economy and new pathways of occupational mobility. Boost the quality of learning in higher and vocational education.
Policymakers ought not to ignore early childhood education and primary schooling, the phases during which the most important cognitive development milestones are attained. The government should make a system to examine the level of education. Lack of teaching staff is a major problem in primary education system. Government should organize Teacher Training Program on the basis of modern concern to make education more approachable to students.
Regionalism has killed education to some extent. There should be only one national policy on education and it should be implemented at all states and UTs without any variation. Different education boards like CBSE, matriculation state board etc have created problems in ensuring good education to all. Irrespective of the board, the teachings are going to be the same. Over emphasis on educating in regional language has killed adaptability of the educated to changed circumstances.
Despite many efforts by educationists and scholars, the education system remains pathetic. The recent moves to reduce expenditure has further dented the quality of education. The alarming dropout rates and students inability to read textbooks of lower classes indicates the lack of qualified and dedicated teachers who in turn around plagued by less remuneration and station in career. Children should be encouraged to think scientifically. There is a lot to be reformed in education as well as management of teachers and students
The single biggest problem in government schools is that teachers don't show up and the government bureaucracy steals the money that is provided. You will discover that even poor parents try to send their children to private schools. We need a strong public private partnership for our dreams for the next generation. The broken system today is a legacy of our left wing elites who have given us this disaster where government provided education fuels not literacy but corruption.

The governments are second to none in creating infra facilities to augment school goers’ rate and reduce the dropout rate. Yet the quality of the education is not up to the mark and the pedagogic styles need high revamp. The teachers at rural levels want urbanised life and they are never ready to provide inclusive education to rural students but give their wards access to refined education without cost botheration. Dedicated teachers are scanty and governments lack of botheration on quality of education are the stumbling blocks for a good educational system.

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