Better Education...for a better Living

     
        Education is a basic right of living , for any individual.There should not be any compromise in the quality of education being provided.But, I would like to make a rational assumption that Infrastructure provided in all government run schools in India is pathetic or not up to the mark. Some may be good, but I am making this assumption in general .To provide an example, in my city itself i.e. Udupi, the condition of many government unaided schools out here shows a clear sign of administrative negligence in providing good quality infrastructure for the students. Neither the district administration, nor the state education authorities are paying any concentration to the basic requirements of these primary schools. In the maximum number of primary schools, the teacher-student ratio is nearly 50:1 according to a statistic given in local newspaper. Whereas only single teacher is playing different roles in several schools. This is the case in whole of India.

        

  A government primary school near my house has no proper building for the students and the roofs are badly damaged and can fall on students. There is no proper seating arrangement. The students have to first make seating arrangements themselves, which is in form of blankets or mats. A teacher in that the school could not afford to make seating arrangements due to the insufficient aid. Many such schools have no furniture in classrooms and lack teaching staff, toilets, clean drinking water and playground. In several cases, the schools are confined to one room only. Hence the children are forced to study under trees or in the open even in the rainy season. I have seen this in reality. Students were holding umbrellas while the lesson is being taught, while it was raining. The condition of the government primary schools in the city and the quality of education being imparted there is going from bad to worse. This is the major reason why the parents avoid sending kids in these primary schools.

   What are the reasons or the causes for this? I say even though the state ministry of education had drawn up several plans and policies, but they are failing to achieve their targets and goals due to lack of attention to the education sector. The government is spending a large amount of budget in providing free education to the poor but what these kids are getting is of no use. The government is spending a huge amount of money on several campaigns and events. But it is ignoring the education sector which is the only way to strengthen the nation.

    So how can we address this issue? The government must concentrate on the education sector and take revolutionary steps to improve the infrastructure in schools. The primary education sector needs to be standardized according to modern education systems. If the primary education syllabus and system is standardized according to modern needs, it could help in the country's development .That is why most of the schools want to inculcate CBSE syllabus which is standard in India. We as responsible citizens should give our part towards this. This is how we can build modern India.