Educating India???

Look at the picture below. No these are  not ruins of some neglected heritage site, this is a school (situated just 20-30 kms away from Lucknow) in Uttar Pradesh . So where are the students are teachers. They all were very well there, I could not muster the strength to take the picture of the school when teachers were there. They opposed it (Of course they were busy in stuff other than teaching and not appreciative of someone clicking them.).   

It was pleasure to listen our Prime Minister talking about educational reforms and setting up thousands of high quality schools and institutes of higher/professional education. But where these schools are going to be? And for whom? How many of the students coming out this school or of many similar schools would be able to get into these new institutions? I do not think many, or probably none. We need to think about revamping the whole primary education system we have. The journey towards better future starts from that place. The quality of education we get in our initial years, decides where we are going to be.

For millions of Indian, Education is the only hope to take them out of vicious cycle of poverty, only vehicle tool available to build better future, but it seems even this is not available properly to these people.

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