The article, “India’s Education Dream Risks Remaining Just That,” is discussing a problem at one of the better schools in New Delphi, India. At this particular college, there is not enough space for all of the faculty. There is only one large room for 140 faculty members to sit and have a cup of tea or coffee while grading papers. A history professor at the school claims that even if only half of the faculty show up, there still is not enough room.There is also no other place in the school for faculty to work. There is also another problem. That is, a teacher by the name of Ms. Amin makes $22,000 per year, and she has been teaching for 30 years! This is less than half of what some of her better students will make during their first job after college. India is facing a shortage of faculty members. Also, according to a government report that was completed last year, there was an increase in higher education combined with a poor supply of Ph.D.’s, delays in recruitment and the lack of motivation to attract and take care of talent has led to a situation where 40 percent of existing faculty positions remain unfilled. Experts say that India will fail to meet the goal set by the education minister. He wants to double the size of the education system by 2020.
The director in charge of faculty claims that the problem is not insufficient resources. He says that they need to provide housing and research facilities for them to want to be a part of the education system. I think this would be a great idea to attract more faculty, and keep the current faculty motivated to continue teaching and working for the school. I have heard of so many school in the United States who have a shortage in faculty. Maybe there should be an increase in salary, as well. Faculty spend so much time teaching, working, and grading papers. In my opinion, teachers deserve more that what Ms. Amin is earning. Also, I think it should be mandatory that schools everywhere should have enough room for all of it’s faculty and students. Having 140 faculty members assigned to one particular room is just unacceptable.
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