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Presentation by
Vishal Jain
Chief Editor
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Advisor Shanti Niketan Vidyapeeth
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Challenges contd...
Wide disparities in the educational
status of different regions.
Quality of education is poor in
many schools because of high pupilteacher ratio. (national average is
46:1 with some states high as 68)
Out of school children mainly from
marginalized groups-girls,working
children, economically
disadvantaged children, children
with special needs,and children with
multiple disadvantages.
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Challenges contd...
Dearth of qualified and trained
teachers. (A study conducted by
NUEPA found that about 47 lakh
elementary teachers in India have
not studied beyond the higher
secondary level)
A large digital divide exists,and is
growing,between students in affluent
private schools and other students.
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School Availability
8.8 lakhs elementary schools
3 to 4 lakhs upper primary schools
1.46 lakhs secondary and senior
secondary schools
Though there is an increase in the
number of schools in the recent
years, but still this number is not
adequate to accommodate the outof-school children and the growing
number of students who transit
from one level to another.
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Some Facts
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Challenge of Access-1:
No. of Secondary Schools ( Classes IX-X) per 100
Sq. Km.
ALL GUJ
HP
RJ
UP
MP
JK
Challenge of Access-2:
No. of Secondary Schools ( Classes IX-X) per
100 Sq. Km.
ALL TN AP KN MH OR PJ WB AS HR KL
Challenge Of Participation-1:
Gross Enrollment Ratio (Cross Country Comparison)
CU
SA
SL
EG
TH
HG MX VT
CH
ML IND Asia
10
Challenge Of Participation-2:
Gross Enrollment Ratio
States having GER less than all India average
ALL AS UP MP
CH
RJ JK WB NL JH BH
11
Challenge Of Participation-3:
Gross Enrolment Ratio (Classes IX-X)
States having GER more than all India average
ALL AP AR HR OR GJ TR KN MH GA UT TN KL
12
Challenge Of Participation-4:
Disparity in gross enrolment ratio (IX-X)
13
Other Challenges In
School Education
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Dualist
It operatescharacter
with a strong class
bias.
There is a wide disparity in
quality.
More than 75% students attend
poor even rock-bottom quality.
On one hand there
are
students from affluent private
schools and on other students
from poor-quality schools.
Need of Common School System
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Trained Manpower
Dearth of passionate and
committed teaching
workforce.
Proper deployment of teachers
across country is required
Teacher Assessment is
important.
Induction programmes should
not be missed.
Lack of leadership skill in
school professionals.
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Vocational Courses
A huge number of
vocational courses should
be introduced.
In Canada more than
6000 vocational courses
are available instead of
200 in India.
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Language; a concern
Language problem-one of the causes of
drop-outs
English used in schools which is other
than the native language- a big
challenge
Focus shifts from gaining knowledge to
learning language and then studying in
the same language
Mother tongue is important esp. in the
first year of school
Multilingualism should be embraced In
schools
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Synergy
A synergy should be there
in all schools for a uniform
education
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Assessment
Performance Based Assessment is
preferable over traditional
assessment.
No more recalling answers to
questions
Students should be assigned a task in
which they can demonstrate their
mastery and then assessment should
be based on their performance
Cramming wont work; meaningful
task and expertise is required.
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Academic Excellence
Schools should be high performing
Curriculum, instruction and
assessment should be aligned with
high standards
Students must be expected to meet
or exceed those standards
Instructional strategies should include
a variety of challenging and engaging
activities.
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Other Challenges
Life skills deployment
Alternatives to homework
Hobby / Talent development in
Schools
Creative activities
Academic Pressure on students
Moral values
Students movements towards
Sex, Alcohol, Crime, Insults etc.
ICT, Technology in Schools
Integrated Learning
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CONFLICTING DEMANDS
Education for
all
Prolonged
compulsory
education
Lifelong
learning
Stress on
team work
and
collaboration
Values, such
as:
environmental
protection,
tolerance,
understanding
Increased
social
differences
High rate of
dropp-out
Complaints
about little
knowledge
Allientaion
Increased
violence,
competitivene
ss and stress
on material
values
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Strategy
School level change is the objective improving learning outcomes,
quality and equity
improved school management
school environment and teacherchild relationship
improved teaching-learning
materials and equipments
meaningful school-community
partnership
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Strategy contd...
Capacity building of teachers
improving students
assessment methods
exchange of ideas and
resources among different
schools (rotation system)
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Together
We have to build better
Schools and meet the
demands of the society
The task of preparing
better citizens of the
country is in our hands
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Thank you..
Vishal Jain
0-98973-11111
vishal@nageen.com
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