In a press conference at Banaras
Hindu University, Padma Bhushan and P M Bhargava said that one of the key
problems out of the five they came up with that is hurting the nation is
education. They also said that if India wants to become a developed modern
nation they would need to address those five core problems. The other core
problems were water, energy, corruption, and governance. One of the main issues
is that there haven’t been any provisions implemented from the Right to
Education Act after two years of enactment. They want to follow common school
systems where rich and poor get education under the same roof without
discrimination. The speaker also noted that they need to develop and upgrade
technology as far as the needs and requirements of their people so that it
could benefit everyone. Though the literacy rate is increasing, almost 70% of
school-age children are still not getting proper education. One question that Bhargava
posed was “How can we expect to improve and change the higher education scenario
when the primary education that provides the base and foundation is not given
attention?”
I believe that the last quote “How
can we expect to improve and change the higher education scenario when the
primary education that provides the base and foundation is not given attention?”
is a very good question. A lot of the focus is moving away from primary
education when that is the basis of where education begins. Everything that you
learn in primary school is built upon as you progress through school, so I find
it interesting that most funding is put elsewhere. You would think that the
investment would be biggest in the primary education sector just because that
is the start of molding minds of great innovators, entrepreneurs, teachers, etc.
I also think that there should be more inquiry in why the Right to Education
Act hasn’t been implemented when they say that 70% of school-age children are
not getting a proper education. I don’t understand how they believe they will
make change if the Right to Education Act hasn’t even benefited them because of
lack of implementation. This would probably help get everything started if
there were more people pushing the act into actual execution and not just an
act on a piece of paper. In
addition to that, they should explain exactly what the Right to Education Act is
and what they are trying to accomplish with the act.
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