Its Quality and not the Quantity that matters
Education is one tool which can help a lot in making the life of the people better. In the past, we heard and read that man needs to fulfill only his basic necessities of bread, clothes and a house but in the present, the expectations and the living standards of the people have gone up. Now whether this is for good or bad , it is there to be and we have to face this reality.At the same time, it is important to understand what is quality life? To me quality life is a life lead by a person wherein he is able to explore his potential and exploit it to the fullest for the benefit of self and others as well. This will include availability of the bare minimum necessity met by all and no one in the society is deprived of the three basic things mentioned above.Quality life should not be taken as to own a big houses ,costly clothes and the multi- cuisine meals but the person should have enough to survive without any problem. If the people get nutritious food and even one bedroom house and reasonable clothes to wear, they should be happy. This is true that there is no limit for anything and people will never get satisfied, then let it be so. They may not get satisfied but they have the right to be happy and if someone gets the minimum required,he shall be happy. Trying for doing better is not wrong because the life can not be made still. Everything in this universe keeps on moving and changing ,sometimes for good and sometimes otherwise.
The basic requirement for all this to be achieved is the quality of the education provided to the children.Only education or higher literacy will not help as we have seen in case of the recent census report that literacy rate does not necessarily improves the quality of the life.The children would have to be taught the basics of the life and prepare for the future challenges because the years ahead are not going to be easy for anyone. If we will not be able to correctly educate our children then they may not be able to counter the difficulties of the life effectively.Quality education prepares everyone for the betterment of the humanity and only of self. Education should be such that it tries to bring all at par and enable them to meet bare minimum facilities to live happily.Empathy towards others should be an integral part of the syllabus and no child should be deprived of the quality education and the quality life which they rightly deserve.
The government has taken many steps in this direction but the implementation needs to be more effective and should be monitored on regular basis. Enrolling children in the school without much needed facilities will not make any difference.All know it well that there are schools which do not have the facility of water or even the toilets.The girls particularly find it very difficult to manage in these tough situations. The government should not depend so much on the private sector but provide better schools which is really the responsibility of the state.The private sector is doing its bit but everything can not be expected from them.The other important thing is that the teachers specially in the government schools should not be made to do some other work at the cost of the education of children. It has been observed that some of the teachers rarely go to their classes because of the other work assigned to them by the government without making any alternative arrangement for the children.The apathy of the government becomes so obvious in this respect ,which is often overlooked, but the ones concious are still concerned.The policy makers will have to think beyond the quantity and try for the quality.Due to the onslaught of the quantity, quality should not be affected.
Right to education act is a welcome step taken by the government and all should support it wholeheartedly. But at the same time, it should not be reduced to an act of only twenty five percent reservation in the private schools as it is being projected.This is one of the most important clauses, but there are many other things which are to be addressed. Think beyond this 25% and try to ensure that the act is implemented in totality which will benefit the children of the country.More open discussion should be initiated and the views of the all stake- holders should be taken into consideration to reach a decision which helps the cause of the education of the children and not for one or other segment of the society because we must take care of the needs of all the people.People should understand the Act well and not in pieces, otherwise this excellent step taken by the government may not yield very encouraging results.
The most important aspect is that the children should be exposed to emotionally intelligent teachers and the parents should be encouraged to send their children to the schools. The parents of all children should be willing to enroll their children without any pressure from anywhere and similarly the private schools should welcome the children from all backgrounds and should not require any force but only the direction from respective departments.Because anything which is done reluctantly does not produce desired results and we do not have any right to put at stake, the future of the children.
The basic requirement for all this to be achieved is the quality of the education provided to the children.Only education or higher literacy will not help as we have seen in case of the recent census report that literacy rate does not necessarily improves the quality of the life.The children would have to be taught the basics of the life and prepare for the future challenges because the years ahead are not going to be easy for anyone. If we will not be able to correctly educate our children then they may not be able to counter the difficulties of the life effectively.Quality education prepares everyone for the betterment of the humanity and only of self. Education should be such that it tries to bring all at par and enable them to meet bare minimum facilities to live happily.Empathy towards others should be an integral part of the syllabus and no child should be deprived of the quality education and the quality life which they rightly deserve.
The government has taken many steps in this direction but the implementation needs to be more effective and should be monitored on regular basis. Enrolling children in the school without much needed facilities will not make any difference.All know it well that there are schools which do not have the facility of water or even the toilets.The girls particularly find it very difficult to manage in these tough situations. The government should not depend so much on the private sector but provide better schools which is really the responsibility of the state.The private sector is doing its bit but everything can not be expected from them.The other important thing is that the teachers specially in the government schools should not be made to do some other work at the cost of the education of children. It has been observed that some of the teachers rarely go to their classes because of the other work assigned to them by the government without making any alternative arrangement for the children.The apathy of the government becomes so obvious in this respect ,which is often overlooked, but the ones concious are still concerned.The policy makers will have to think beyond the quantity and try for the quality.Due to the onslaught of the quantity, quality should not be affected.
Right to education act is a welcome step taken by the government and all should support it wholeheartedly. But at the same time, it should not be reduced to an act of only twenty five percent reservation in the private schools as it is being projected.This is one of the most important clauses, but there are many other things which are to be addressed. Think beyond this 25% and try to ensure that the act is implemented in totality which will benefit the children of the country.More open discussion should be initiated and the views of the all stake- holders should be taken into consideration to reach a decision which helps the cause of the education of the children and not for one or other segment of the society because we must take care of the needs of all the people.People should understand the Act well and not in pieces, otherwise this excellent step taken by the government may not yield very encouraging results.
The most important aspect is that the children should be exposed to emotionally intelligent teachers and the parents should be encouraged to send their children to the schools. The parents of all children should be willing to enroll their children without any pressure from anywhere and similarly the private schools should welcome the children from all backgrounds and should not require any force but only the direction from respective departments.Because anything which is done reluctantly does not produce desired results and we do not have any right to put at stake, the future of the children.
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