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Improving Education Quality in INDIA
The problem that exists in the INDIAN education system especially in elementary and secondary education is quality teaching and that of quality learning. The basic problems in the elementary schools are related to language skills acquisition. Such skills include inability to write, spell, speak and understand. RISE attests to the fact that students on entry to secondary school class cannot write their notes, cannot speak and understand even what they may read. They are very much unable to read a printed text to a level of understanding and response.
Because of this problem, the students are only interested in playing as they face learning difficulties. Play is an alternative to learning the curriculum.
The root of the education problem in INDIA stems from the multiple problems. Firstly the high levels of poverty. The parents are unable to afford for Learning Materials considering the poverty level and also the high rate of unemployment of school products. Generally there is a problem of parental apathy for continuous investment in education. Considering that financial resources are hard earned and the immediate benefits of education are not clear and forthcoming.
Secondly the fact that most secondary school teachers do not have professional qualifications. This is due to lack of professionally trained teachers in the secondary schools though government has intensified the training of professional teachers for the secondary schools now. But the number is still inadequate to meet the current need of the school population explosion in the country.
Thirdly due to the quality of teaching Communication skills, social skills, professional skills, study and reading skills are skills that most teachers in INDIA do not posses at the elementary school teacher level.
The problem is multifaceted and due to the background of the prospective teachers and trainers, which are weak due to the various schools they have attended before becoming trainers. Also due to the quality and duration of training that the teachers receive in the training centres. In addition, the resources necessary for quality teaching are not available. For example relevant and related text books, at each level of education for both teachers and learners to begin the teaching/learning process are not available. The available text books are not contextualised and the textbooks alone not able complete the learning/teaching process. Sometimes new teachers beginning teaching find it difficult to proceed in their task of teaching, because of dearth of text books for schools.
RISE’s vision for INDIA.
1. Improving the Quality of Education in INDIA
The Problem:
i) Poor quality of teaching directly affects the quality of learning negatively in Indian schools.
Training of staff for child health, social welfare and education will improve quality of education in schools through qualitative staff training in inter-vocational skills in health social welfare and education, skills in child health; skills in child social welfare and skills in child education.
ii) Teaching/Learning Material Preparation:
Teaching Materials currently available are not sufficient, Each subject and environment needs diff teaching/learning materials, approaching models to make learning Easier & Complete. The Indian school teachers will be given material preparation skills to begin the project of for Designing/Deriving materials for the INDIA schools system. This will be done through training seminars with experienced volunteer teachers from volunteer services interested in the project. This project will go to all divisional headquarters of every political division in INDIA where teachers will be invited to participate in material preparation skills seminars.
The ultimate goal is to provide learning materials at low cost to schools nationwide. The project will seek for funding from donors who are interested in this project to produce and dispose to schools at low cost/free of cost. About 95% of peoples in our elementary and secondary schools in the rural communities don’t have proper learning material/Environment. This makes teaching and learning unwieldy as well as ineffective.
iii) Poverty and unemployment could have a negative impact on the learner in school. These could bring about indiscipline, delinquent behaviour which may negatively affect school progress.
The solutions are:
a. Rehabilitation of the child in school and home through the mediation sessions by counsellors will improve school performance.
b. Regular counselling at school-community counselling centres would enhance progress and quality education.
c. Rehabilitation of the child in school and home is through the counsellor in a number of sessions.
To achieve these end RISE aim to:
a. Establish International Standard Institute for Staff Training in Education, Child Health, And Social Welfare).
b. To set up community-school counselling centres. These centres will be manned by inter-vocational staff trained in RISE with self reliant skills. They will regularly carry out action research with the school children, teachers, parents and school administrators to identify school delinquents with the help of teachers and school administrators and do a regular follow up to the homes to rehabilitate the delinquent child to ensure progress in academics and social performance.
iv) Promoting rural schools as good Educational Resources: Teachers equipped with effective skills through RISE will be required to teach in rural schools. The schools will impart in the child effective language and communication skills, intellectual, social, economic and physical health skills, skills for self reliant living. The curriculum for staff training will have built-in self reliant skills in the trainees who will in turn pass same down to learners of basic and secondary education in INDIA.
Rural schools will be equipped with libraries, didactic materials and equipment to enhance effective teaching and learning hence improving the quality of education at the levels indicated. These skills will be emphasized:
• Language skills
• Social skills
• Economic skills
• Functional intellectual skills
• Physical health skills
• Citizenship skills
The above skills are grossly lacking in our schools.
If you would like to discuss some of the problems or solutions, or if you would like to be involved in RISE’s activities either financially or as a volunteer (and RISE is in need of large volume of volunteers), please contact RISE at contact@riseindia.org.in
For more details Visit
www.riseindia.org.in
Because of this problem, the students are only interested in playing as they face learning difficulties. Play is an alternative to learning the curriculum.
The root of the education problem in INDIA stems from the multiple problems. Firstly the high levels of poverty. The parents are unable to afford for Learning Materials considering the poverty level and also the high rate of unemployment of school products. Generally there is a problem of parental apathy for continuous investment in education. Considering that financial resources are hard earned and the immediate benefits of education are not clear and forthcoming.
Secondly the fact that most secondary school teachers do not have professional qualifications. This is due to lack of professionally trained teachers in the secondary schools though government has intensified the training of professional teachers for the secondary schools now. But the number is still inadequate to meet the current need of the school population explosion in the country.
Thirdly due to the quality of teaching Communication skills, social skills, professional skills, study and reading skills are skills that most teachers in INDIA do not posses at the elementary school teacher level.
The problem is multifaceted and due to the background of the prospective teachers and trainers, which are weak due to the various schools they have attended before becoming trainers. Also due to the quality and duration of training that the teachers receive in the training centres. In addition, the resources necessary for quality teaching are not available. For example relevant and related text books, at each level of education for both teachers and learners to begin the teaching/learning process are not available. The available text books are not contextualised and the textbooks alone not able complete the learning/teaching process. Sometimes new teachers beginning teaching find it difficult to proceed in their task of teaching, because of dearth of text books for schools.
RISE’s vision for INDIA.
1. Improving the Quality of Education in INDIA
The Problem:
i) Poor quality of teaching directly affects the quality of learning negatively in Indian schools.
Training of staff for child health, social welfare and education will improve quality of education in schools through qualitative staff training in inter-vocational skills in health social welfare and education, skills in child health; skills in child social welfare and skills in child education.
ii) Teaching/Learning Material Preparation:
Teaching Materials currently available are not sufficient, Each subject and environment needs diff teaching/learning materials, approaching models to make learning Easier & Complete. The Indian school teachers will be given material preparation skills to begin the project of for Designing/Deriving materials for the INDIA schools system. This will be done through training seminars with experienced volunteer teachers from volunteer services interested in the project. This project will go to all divisional headquarters of every political division in INDIA where teachers will be invited to participate in material preparation skills seminars.
The ultimate goal is to provide learning materials at low cost to schools nationwide. The project will seek for funding from donors who are interested in this project to produce and dispose to schools at low cost/free of cost. About 95% of peoples in our elementary and secondary schools in the rural communities don’t have proper learning material/Environment. This makes teaching and learning unwieldy as well as ineffective.
iii) Poverty and unemployment could have a negative impact on the learner in school. These could bring about indiscipline, delinquent behaviour which may negatively affect school progress.
The solutions are:
a. Rehabilitation of the child in school and home through the mediation sessions by counsellors will improve school performance.
b. Regular counselling at school-community counselling centres would enhance progress and quality education.
c. Rehabilitation of the child in school and home is through the counsellor in a number of sessions.
To achieve these end RISE aim to:
a. Establish International Standard Institute for Staff Training in Education, Child Health, And Social Welfare).
b. To set up community-school counselling centres. These centres will be manned by inter-vocational staff trained in RISE with self reliant skills. They will regularly carry out action research with the school children, teachers, parents and school administrators to identify school delinquents with the help of teachers and school administrators and do a regular follow up to the homes to rehabilitate the delinquent child to ensure progress in academics and social performance.
iv) Promoting rural schools as good Educational Resources: Teachers equipped with effective skills through RISE will be required to teach in rural schools. The schools will impart in the child effective language and communication skills, intellectual, social, economic and physical health skills, skills for self reliant living. The curriculum for staff training will have built-in self reliant skills in the trainees who will in turn pass same down to learners of basic and secondary education in INDIA.
Rural schools will be equipped with libraries, didactic materials and equipment to enhance effective teaching and learning hence improving the quality of education at the levels indicated. These skills will be emphasized:
• Language skills
• Social skills
• Economic skills
• Functional intellectual skills
• Physical health skills
• Citizenship skills
The above skills are grossly lacking in our schools.
If you would like to discuss some of the problems or solutions, or if you would like to be involved in RISE’s activities either financially or as a volunteer (and RISE is in need of large volume of volunteers), please contact RISE at contact@riseindia.org.in
For more details Visit
www.riseindia.org.in
2 Comments
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Comment by Santhoshkumar Sambamoorthy on July 7, 2009 at 1:02pm -
Hello Venkat,
I fully agree with your perspective. I firmly hold the belief that the Indian Educational System has to be totally revamped to enable the dawn of an activity-based learning culture in our schools. Only such a change can make the education system really worth-while, useful and practical. Mere learning to read and write a language alone will not constitute education, as is the goal of our current educational system. This short-sightedness of the system has to be corrected. Let us pave the way for such a revolution!
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I do agree with ur point of view but most of the time it depends on the mentality of students and there environment also. If we give quality training also they may fail to utilize it.
We should coordinate with students and should be able to train them along with there play. They can learn faster when they enjoy it, we should create that enviraonment.
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keerthana