Not long along, in 2010 the "Right to Education Act" changed the trajectory of youth in India. Better known as RTE, it entitles every child between 6 and 14 years to a free and compulsory education under the Indian Constitution. Since then student attendance has improved, but literacy and growth in student achievement have not shown significant gains. To follow RTE's path of progress please take twenty minutes and watch this video clip fro Rajya Sabha TV, it presents the multifaceted challenges of what I have coined the "India Education Equation."
If RTE was designed to strike a balance between the need for all children to receive a quality education and the socioeconomic condition and social fabric of India, what is the measure of quality in education? If a student is passed along to grade 8, regardless of attendance or meeting academic standards, how can he or she be prepared for the all important exams of Grades 10, 11, and 12. Meanwhile, a missing link is career pathway awareness that promotes more than the two main streams of science and commerce.
If you look at the industry sectors of the "Make in India" initiative, two questions come to mind. First, which areas are being taught in a secondary school setting? Second, how will India's youth achieve the skill development to work in such sectors?
If RTE was designed to strike a balance between the need for all children to receive a quality education and the socioeconomic condition and social fabric of India, what is the measure of quality in education? If a student is passed along to grade 8, regardless of attendance or meeting academic standards, how can he or she be prepared for the all important exams of Grades 10, 11, and 12. Meanwhile, a missing link is career pathway awareness that promotes more than the two main streams of science and commerce.
If you look at the industry sectors of the "Make in India" initiative, two questions come to mind. First, which areas are being taught in a secondary school setting? Second, how will India's youth achieve the skill development to work in such sectors?
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