Here are some sayings about 'EDUCATION'.
1: Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained - James A. Garfield
2: Upon the education of the people of this country, the fate of this country depends - Benjamin Disraeli
INDIA has the history of oldest university system of education in the world. The Nalanda University was the oldest University of the world. Western education came to India with the advent of Europeans to India.
In India education is provided both by public sector and private sector and its control is under both central and state govt. India has made progress in terms of increasing primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the population. India's improved education system is often considered as one of the main contributors to the economic rise of India.
In India Right to Education is a Fundamental Right under Article 21A. India passed Right of Children to Free and Compulsary Education Act(2009) and it came into effect from 1st April, 2010. Thus all the children of 6-14 years of age are entitled to get free education.
Also Article 51A(k) says that it is the Fundamental Duty of all parents or guardians to send their children to school. The Indian government has also banned child labour in order to ensure that the children do not enter unsafe working conditions. However, both free education and the ban on child labour are difficult to enforce due to economic disparity and social conditions.The current scheme for Universalization of Education for All is the 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan'(SSA) which is one of the largest education initiatives in the world. Many initiatives have been take under SSA to enhance the Universalisation of Education for All.
( The initiatives taken by the govt in elementary education can be seen in the following link: http://education.nic.in/Elementary/el_initiatives.asp )
Merely universalisation of primary education is not sufficient, universalisation of secondary education is also essential. In order to achieve this 'Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan'(RMSA) was started in 2009-10. Its objective was to achieve enrolment ratio of 75% and to improve the quality of secondary education. It also aim to remove gender inequality and to give preference to SC/ST/Minority students.
Higher education or Tertiary education is the highest level of education. It comprises of undergraduate, postgraduate and research. The technical educational institutes play a vital role in human resource development by creating skilled manpower which enhances the industrial productivity and thereby improving the quality of life.
For better contribution of education to the Indian economy, some steps are needed to be taken by the central or state govt, viz:
1: The expenditure on education should be increased to provide various academic and infrastructural facilities.
2: The dropouts from elementary and secondary education should be removed through mass awareness campaigns and making curriculam more student friendly.
3: There should be shift from literature type education to job-oriented education in higher education as required by public and private sectors.
4: The gender gap in education must be minimized. According to 2011 census, 74% of total population in India is literate which include 82% of males and 65% of females.Thus the gap is 17%, this gap should be minimized at the earliest.
In order to become a prosperous global economy, India has to strengthen its education qualitatively, especially higher and technical education. The education must act as a catalyst in bringing the positive economic change by providing skilled manpower.
(For more details about education in India visit http://education.nic.in/)
1: Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained - James A. Garfield
2: Upon the education of the people of this country, the fate of this country depends - Benjamin Disraeli
INDIA has the history of oldest university system of education in the world. The Nalanda University was the oldest University of the world. Western education came to India with the advent of Europeans to India.
In India education is provided both by public sector and private sector and its control is under both central and state govt. India has made progress in terms of increasing primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the population. India's improved education system is often considered as one of the main contributors to the economic rise of India.
In India Right to Education is a Fundamental Right under Article 21A. India passed Right of Children to Free and Compulsary Education Act(2009) and it came into effect from 1st April, 2010. Thus all the children of 6-14 years of age are entitled to get free education.
Also Article 51A(k) says that it is the Fundamental Duty of all parents or guardians to send their children to school. The Indian government has also banned child labour in order to ensure that the children do not enter unsafe working conditions. However, both free education and the ban on child labour are difficult to enforce due to economic disparity and social conditions.The current scheme for Universalization of Education for All is the 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan'(SSA) which is one of the largest education initiatives in the world. Many initiatives have been take under SSA to enhance the Universalisation of Education for All.
( The initiatives taken by the govt in elementary education can be seen in the following link: http://education.nic.in/Elementary/el_initiatives.asp )
Merely universalisation of primary education is not sufficient, universalisation of secondary education is also essential. In order to achieve this 'Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan'(RMSA) was started in 2009-10. Its objective was to achieve enrolment ratio of 75% and to improve the quality of secondary education. It also aim to remove gender inequality and to give preference to SC/ST/Minority students.
Higher education or Tertiary education is the highest level of education. It comprises of undergraduate, postgraduate and research. The technical educational institutes play a vital role in human resource development by creating skilled manpower which enhances the industrial productivity and thereby improving the quality of life.
For better contribution of education to the Indian economy, some steps are needed to be taken by the central or state govt, viz:
1: The expenditure on education should be increased to provide various academic and infrastructural facilities.
2: The dropouts from elementary and secondary education should be removed through mass awareness campaigns and making curriculam more student friendly.
3: There should be shift from literature type education to job-oriented education in higher education as required by public and private sectors.
4: The gender gap in education must be minimized. According to 2011 census, 74% of total population in India is literate which include 82% of males and 65% of females.Thus the gap is 17%, this gap should be minimized at the earliest.
In order to become a prosperous global economy, India has to strengthen its education qualitatively, especially higher and technical education. The education must act as a catalyst in bringing the positive economic change by providing skilled manpower.
(For more details about education in India visit http://education.nic.in/)
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