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Extending outreach of Secondary and Senior Secondary Education

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Jan 21, 2015

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Nov 01, 2015

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With a dramatic growth in elementary education enrolments and improvements in retention and transition rates in recent years, particularly amongst the more disadvantaged groups, ...

With a dramatic growth in elementary education enrolments and improvements in retention and transition rates in recent years, particularly amongst the more disadvantaged groups, there is an increasing pressure on the secondary schools to admit more students. With the enforcement of RTE Act and further improvement in retention and transition rates, demand for secondary schooling will grow rapidly in the coming years. The objective of this discussion group is to assess to what extent we have made quality education available, accessible and affordable to the target population in the age group of 14–18 years. How we can increase access to post elementary education across the country in a manner so as to ensure no child is denied the opportunity of completing his/her school education. In particular, how can we address the geographical and social disparities in secondary education?

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ARAVAMUDHAN PC 11 years 7 months ago

I read broad action-points enumerated.Good framing of problems is fine 1st-step.GOOD! Now, after nearly 30 years,Govt. reviews, as became vital to frame newer goals.We see profusion of prep. schools. "Why not make them legal?" Include them too, to get TOTAL-education policy. If it is done, then edu.-policy gets more flexible! HOW? With LKG+ UKG+ first 4 yrs.= 1st group; 5th to 8th= next one; 9&10th=1st slab of min. Proficiency;11& 12th= sec. edu.-stage's final step. EACH , TO HAVE DEFINED GOALS.

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Kachibhotla Chandra sekhar 11 years 7 months ago

Being boasted as largest democratic country in the world,it is very sad to see how our present education system at all levels like schooling,college,higher education and research is. We need that education which imparts skills,knowledge,ethical and human values.The syllabi has to be restuctured and updated that suits the industry requirements and creates professional manpower.The need of the hour is QUALITY AND SKILL BASED EDUCATION as it is the base for employability

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shailesh dhyani 11 years 7 months ago

Sir, we follow the best education system... but it is sad to say that our teachers are not ready to work even after getting such huge salaries. Both husband and wife are teachers are both are of no use to the students. They lack education skills and just killing the precious time of the students. Please tell me who is to be blamed once the student fails in the examination.

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Meenakshi Srinivasan 11 years 7 months ago

Teachers: until we graduate more teachers to handle the demand, "mentor" teachers from other regions can video conference in while teaching their regular classrooms with a "local help"- can even be a graduate trainee/ teacher in training" and as she teaches, is also training the teacher-to-be. I liked that master stroke of the PM for doing that video conference on Teachers' day- brilliant! Proficiency: I have already mentioned it in other posts across this forum- use technology to build it.

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Meenakshi Srinivasan 11 years 7 months ago

with classrooms come bathrooms- no more to be said on this score as it became part of the PM's independence day speech. Hopefully, it is getting implemented. Higher secondary demands labs. That is a separate expense and needs to be of a certain high standard. There are several NGOs that partner with IITs and MITs to create novel, cheap scientific kits that can be used in classrooms. Integration of these programs is crucial.

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Meenakshi Srinivasan 11 years 7 months ago

we need to address this issue through providing infrastructure- actual school space, teachers, and ensure proficiency before progressing ahead. Space: While some primary schools can be converted into secondary classrooms- the problem will be furniture size as the size of the bodies are different for these 2 age groups. Either we eliminate furniture or create unique "designs" where 2 different sizes of students can use the same set of furniture- a good problem for the IITs to solve!

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SUCHITRA RAGHAVACHARI 11 years 7 months ago

Sir, as rightly pointed out, there is greater enrolment in primary education, drop outs generally start in middle school, especially in conservative societies regarding girls & in rural poor to help in family income generation. Hence, increase in schools, atleast one exclusive girls school in every area, sufficient funding for scholarships, vocational training from high school with basic technical training for boys after class 10 to assist them in job seeking, counsellors who can guide.

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swati sharotri 11 years 7 months ago

Sir, what r rule nd regulations for schools in delhi every school has their own criteria nd when asked for management seats they r saying that we hv so many applications with ministers sifarish...then what about us who dont know any minister everywhere we r going so many parents r like this that their child is is not getting admission anywhere....if there is any chance then please change this system so that evey parent get chance to admitt their child in a top ranked school

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Sarvjit Singh 11 years 7 months ago

For more than 20 years in India, the thrust has been on allowing privitisation of Educational Institutions, this has lead to stoppages, or rather reduction of Govt Schools, Colleges, Universities, deteriorated Infrastructures, demoralisation of Education fraternity, higher costs of education, making everything in education beyond the reach of poor AAM AADMI, who are more than 50 crores in India. 2ndly the present Policy has also failed to knit together the social fabric. It needs total change.

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Aniruddha Datar 11 years 7 months ago

RTE penalises private schools to take students with no additional support from government. Instead of that it should become easier to start new schools and Gov interference and harassment of schools should stop. Gov should give vouchers or direct cash transfer for students from poor families. This will help them attend private schools of their choice and it will not put burden on private schools to take students with no fees. Students with no fees just puts burden on other paying students.

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