During, India’s education malaise has all the hall the hallmarks of a development disaster, Kevin Watkins is discussing India’s education system. India’s schools are failing to prepare the way for future prosperity. For example, in this article, we get a glimpse of Rajpur primary school. Many of the students that attend this school are disadvantaged. They live in poverty and are unable to read and write. There are only two classrooms at this school, and teachers fail to see their students as active learners. There is no provision to make sure the children are learning basic literary skills, and only one out of the five teachers is trained. Also, none of the teachers in Rajpur speak the home language of the tribal children. Many teachers also fail to show up. Only two in three children attend school regularly, and one in five drops out. Millions of children are receiving poor-quality education. This article also states that half of children in fifth grade are unable to read material designed for second graders! Math skills are also poor. Poverty is not going away, and inequality is rising.
From what is being discussed in this article, India’s education system has problems written all over it. I don’t understand why we (in the United States,) are working to improve our education system, when countries such as India could use a lot of help. Education is important in all countries, not just ours. I’m sure there are several things the United States could do to help under-privileged countries such as this one. On another note, teachers need to be trained and certified to teach in India, just as in the United States. They must also be held accountable and have consequences for not showing up. There also needs to be more than two classrooms in a school. How can children learn if there are 100 other students in the same room? Children need to be taught to read and write at an early age, and educators should be expected to teach them these important things. Without education, it is extremely difficult to live. Education needs to be looked at in India, just as it is here in the United States.
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