Improvement in education: An enormous task but not difficult with perseverance

A sustainable improvement in the quality would happen only when there is an effort to improve quality along with inclusion. This cannot be achieved by creating a few centers of excellence. | Read the full blog here >>
An improvement would happen only when the current set of teachers (whatever be their limitations) are empowered to teach the majority of their students in a way that they get a proper sense of what they are taught. This is not a difficult task.
In my view, the majority of students in any cohort would be able to assimilate quality education if an appropriate pedagogy is attempted. Such a desirable change should happen to the 90 percent of college and school teachers and their students in the country. That is an enormous task but has to be accomplished with perseverance. […]

Source: Prof. V. Santhakumar, Azim Premji University in: “Only small, consistent steps can improve the quality of education in India” (Economics in Action, 11 October 2019)
URL: https://vsanthakumar.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/only-small-consistent-steps-can-improve-the-quality-of-education-in-india/
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The need to think about the education of Adivasi Children
V. Santhakumar

Adivasies constitute nearly 9 percent of Indian population. Their under-achievements in education are alarming for those who are concerned about this issue. […] Nearly 50 percent of children from this social group drop out while transitioning from primary to secondary grades (based on the educational status recorded in the census in 2011). Nearly 80 percent of them stop education when they are in grade 10 or only 20 percent appear for the high-school examination. […] Their situation is worse off in terms of not only education but also economic status.| Learn more >>

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“The goal is to prepare some model students in our villages, so that others will be inspired to follow them.” – Santal educationist Dr. Boro Baski >>

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