Blog #11
Published: November 10, 2011
Summary
World Bank Director of Education, Elizabeth M. King states that India is enrolling more students in schools and colleges; however, the quality of education in the nation remains poor. She states, “India has the resources to formulate an efficient education policy, inequality in distribution of resources remains a cause of concern.” She said that the government is not using funds appropriately by not creating opportunities to the poor. India will have to bring their schools and colleges each year to bring them at par with international standard. The schools are functioning without any infrastructure.
Analysis
As we learned in class on Thursday, one of our basic human rights is the right to education. Part of it states, “Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.” If India is not providing a quality education then they are clearly not promoting understanding. While it is a great gesture to keep adding kids to schools, it holds no real value if children, especially poor children, are not been taught the information to compete on a global level. I find it very interesting that in many of the countries I have blogged about this semester seem to do the same thing. They are inequitably distributing their resources, which hurts education policy. If we all know that knowledge can be power then why do so many countries, such as India choose not to invest in education?
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-11-09/news/30377763_1_education-policy-basic-education-schools-and-colleges
4 comments:
If a country has the means to educate their population at a higher level, I don't understand why they wouldn't want to do so. I don't think I will ever understand the minds of government officials.
This is very shocking. India's population is growing exponentially. I can't believe that they haven't found common ground in their educational system to grow their leaders for tomorrow.
I agree with both of you. Exactly Kristen why would a government not want to educate their population to the highest levels. Governments have their own agendas and for some reason education doesnt seem to be one of them most of the time. Carmen, I was thinking the sam thing. India is really growing, yet some are left out as always. That is a part of education inequality.
I agree with the comments above. If the means are providable, why not provide them? That is selfish and is hindering to the future leaders of that country.
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