Monday, 21 May 2018

Evolution of Child Education in India since pre-independence

Rise of private players in Indian Education System 





India has traversed through different stages of child education since pre-independence to the end of second decade of 21st century. The country hails to the legend-scholars who had written great treatise encompassing elaborated knowledge on the subject. India finds pride in having Nalanda University which was recognized as the one of the world’s best of that era. However, the system spearheaded by different rulers and forms of governance has changed the education system drastically.

Today in the century of democracy, different education reforms are suggested and executed but the state of children education foundation in India has moved a slightly only. Since pre-independence to 1980 the number of Indian teenagers who have had no schooling has fallen from about half to less than one in ten.

Later, till date in India the country population’s literacy rate has still not improved. The state of government schools has not improved and is considered to be skeptical while parents try to trust its’ education service. 

Private players have leveraged such state of education and took benefit in earning people’s trust with providing better education and facilities in their schools.

On the part of government, there are certain areas of reforms which needs to be brought in place to improve children education foundation in India

  •     Quality Education: First, the quality of education at both government and private school needs to get improved to overall improve the knowledge and efficiency of country’s future force.
  •      Meritocratic System: The education system needs to be merit oriented, teachers should get job on the basis of their efficiency and not on the basis of their network or known people in the schools.
  •     Encourage Private Players: Indian education policymakers should do more to help good private education providers to reach wide number of children across the country.

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