IAS Materials

A Free Way to Become an IAS

  • Home
  • Prelims
  • Mains
  • Optionals
  • Coaching Materials
  • E-Books
  • Test Series
  • Current Affairs
  • Advertise With US

Cover Entire Year Current Affairs in a Week with Short Notes IAS CS365

You are here: Home / Fine Editorials / Private unaided schools deserve a better bargain

Private unaided schools deserve a better bargain

January 21, 2018 By Swamy Vivekananda Leave a Comment

The 2017 Aser report shows the pressing need to reform our education policy

For students to stay in school, the school needs to create a palpable difference in the students’ abilities. Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

Here Each and Every PDF is provided for Free and should be used for Education purposes only. Please utilize them wisely and don't make them Commercial. We request you to respect our Hard Work.

Join Our Telegram Channel

We gather all these tests and Materials with intense struggle, so if anyone subscribed to any test series or material please forward us at [email protected], We remove all the tracing items from the pdf and We Respect Your Privacy.

Cover Entire Year Current Affairs in a Week with Short Notes IAS CS365

If you are fresh UPSC Aspirant, We recommend you to know about UPSC Prelims and UPSC Mains and also UPSC Optionals for better Understanding. Here, All our Advertisements are Decent ads [we don't compromise in the Quality] and if anyone have any problem with website or advertisements please contact me [email protected]

For students to stay in school, the school needs to create a palpable difference in the students’ abilities.

The rot in India’s primary education was bound to affect the quality of our workforce. There is a direct bearing of poor learning outcomes in primary schools on the students’ future, and these concerns have been verified by Pratham’s latest Annual Survey of Education Report (Aser) 2017, “Beyond Basics”, that focuses on students in the 14-18 age group.

The survey finds that while 86% of adolescents are enrolled in schools, they are under-equipped to contribute to the economy in any meaningful way. Twenty-five per cent of the students cannot read a basic text in their own language fluently. Forty per cent of 18-year-olds cannot read a simple sentence in English. And they lack basic arithmetic skills; only 43% of them could perform a simple division. This translates to unacceptable performance in everyday tasks, gauged by proxy tests like measuring length, calculating time, applying the unitary method and comprehending the instructions written on a pack of oral rehydration solution.

India has achieved universal enrolment at the elementary level. This is a great achievement, but getting students to school is only the beginning of human capital formation. Learning requires a lot more than attendance. In order for students to stay in school, the school needs to create a palpable difference in the students’ abilities. The drop in the enrolment rate in secondary education (78.5%), despite the high returns to education, shows that something is wrong in our quality of instruction.

The starting point of the analysis has to be the performance of private unaided schools, vis-a-vis government schools.

Research by Geeta Gandhi Kingdon has demonstrated that private unaided schools have much better learning outcomes per unit of expenditure. Contrary to popular opinion, most private unaided schools are inexpensive; 80% of them charge a fee that is lower than the government’s per-pupil expenditure (PPE). Averaging across states, private school fee is less than 47% of the PPE of government schools (which Kingdon suggests is underestimated.) In terms of learning outcomes, both private and government schools performed poorly, but private schools perform better. In the 2014 Aser report, the difference between the percentage of private and government school students in class V who were able to perform a division and read a class II text was 18.6% and 20.3%, respectively. Controlling for students’ home background, the difference falls but an achievement gap of 0.10 to 0.35 standard deviation remains. Thus, the data shows that private unaided schools are delivering the same, if not better, learning outcomes than government schools at a fraction of the cost, despite resource constraints.

This shows that more inputs do not translate into better outputs. Despite qualified teachers, mid-day meals and free admissions, 13 million students left government schools between 2011 and 2016, while private school enrolment increased by 17 million in that duration.

Clearly, people are choosing private schools for their better service. What implications does this have for India’s education policy?

For starters, the government needs to acknowledge the fact that “unrecognized” private unaided schools play an important role. The Right to Education Act stipulates that private schools cannot be established or continue to function without obtaining a “certificate of recognition” from the state government, i.e. until they meet stipulated norms such as the maximum pupil-teacher-ratio and infrastructure. This has made many schools economically unviable and forced them to shut down.

Given that millions of students have left government schools for private ones, the government should support their education by giving school vouchers to all underprivileged students. The students can choose to spend the voucher in their government school, or give it to a private school. This will increase the purchasing power of all parents and allow them to send their child to school for more years, or send them to a better school. Better managed schools will attract more students and expand, while poorly performing schools will shrink. The increasing number of government schools that are emptying-out, but continue to drain resources, will have to improve their performance or they might cease to exist.

The Aser report points to another important problem: more girls than boys drop out of school between ages 14-18. While boys drop out to work, girls usually stay at home and help with domestic chores. The societal conception of gender roles is an important factor, but perceived threat to safety and distant senior secondary schools (especially girls-only schools) might also be a factor. Policies such as free bicycles to girls in Bihar have been successful in increasing enrolment by improving mobility. Building gender-specific toilets in schools is another measure that helps in improving girls’ enrolment.

As a welcome move, the upcoming New Education Policy is likely to focus more on outcomes than inputs. An educated citizenry is vital for a democracy. If our education system does not enable people to comprehend the written word, keep stable jobs and participate in reasonable debates, it is a problem that needs immediate redressal.

While the Aser report does not paint a favourable picture of the quality of the present workforce, education reforms can change the situation for the next generation.

Source : LiveMint

Join other Aspirants

Enter your Mail ID and get Access for Everything !

SHARE AND SUPPORT
Twitter Facebook Telegram WhatsApp

Related posts:

  1. How to free Indians from the medical poverty trap
  2. Why user experience matters for e-governance
  3. Should Indian States have their own flags? [Polity]
  4. Let’s talk about menstruation [Women & Society]

Filed Under: Fine Editorials, UPSC Tagged With: Editorials

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Get Everything in your Inbox

Enter your Mail ID and get Access for Everything !

Recent Posts

  • Vision IAS PT 365 Updated Current Affairs April 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Government Schemes 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Social Issues 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 International Relations 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Environment 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Science and Technology 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Economy 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Culture 2022 PDF
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Polity 2022 PDF
  • Vajiram and Ravi Monthly Current Affairs Recitals February 2022 PDF

Top Posts & Pages

  • Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania PDF
  • Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania 3rd Edition PDF
  • Vision IAS
  • Standard Books
  • Vision IAS Complete Study Materials
  • Forum IAS Prelims 2021 Test 9 With Solutions PDF
  • Vision IAS GS1 Complete Materials PDF
  • Subhra Ranjan PSIR Optional Complete Notes PDF
  • Coaching Institutions Materials
  • Vision IAS PT 365 Government Schemes 2022 PDF

Categories

  • Anthropology Optional (4)
  • ART & CULTURE (11)
  • Coaching Institute Materials (198)
  • Current Affairs (1,149)
  • CURRENT AFFAIRS MONTHLY MAGAZINES (997)
  • DOWNLOAD STANDARD EBOOKS (60)
  • ECONOMICS OPTIONAL (151)
  • ECONOMY (158)
  • ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY (10)
  • ESSAY (53)
  • Ethics (5)
  • GEOGRAPHY (9)
  • GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL (14)
  • Governance (1)
  • GS-1 (30)
  • GS-2 (26)
  • GS-3 (28)
  • GS-4 (30)
  • Hindi Medium (89)
  • Hindi Medium Test Series (89)
  • HISTORY (22)
  • HISTORY OPTIONAL (22)
  • IGNOU (8)
  • Important Articles (14)
  • Important News (89)
  • INTERVIEWS (6)
  • MAINS (10)
  • Mains 2016 Test Series (10)
  • Mains 2018 Test Series (248)
  • Mains 2019 Test Series (285)
  • Mains 2020 Test Series (192)
  • Mains 2021 Test Series (47)
  • Mains Special (67)
  • Mains Test Series (25)
  • MATHEMATICS OPTIONAL (12)
  • Motivation (1)
  • Motivation Mitra (5)
  • NIOS (1)
  • Notifications (40)
  • Optional 2017 Test Series (10)
  • Optional 2018 Test Series (86)
  • Optional 2019 Test Series (88)
  • Optional 2020 Test Series (15)
  • Optional Materials (1)
  • Optional Test Series (122)
  • Other Articles (2)
  • PHILOSOPHY OPTIONAL (3)
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE OPTIONAL (20)
  • POLITY (6)
  • Prelims 2016 Test Series (8)
  • Prelims 2017 Test Series (39)
  • Prelims 2018 Test Series (344)
  • Prelims 2019 Test Series (388)
  • Prelims 2020 Test Series (672)
  • Prelims 2021 Test Series (302)
  • Prelims 2022 Test Series (25)
  • PRELIMS PAPER – 2 (CSAT) (10)
  • PRELIMS PAPER – I (GS) (65)
  • PRELIMS PREVIOUS PAPERS (5)
  • Prelims Special (83)
  • Previous Question Papers (101)
  • Psychology Optional (4)
  • Results (16)
  • Society (1)
  • SOCIOLOGY OPTIONAL (24)
  • Success Mantra (10)
  • TMH (5)
  • Topper Notes (19)
  • Uncategorized (14)
  • UPSC (4,111)

Archives

July 2022
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« May    

Tags

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Current Affairs ECONOMICS OPTIONAL ECONOMY Forum IAS GS Score Gs Score Prelims 2021 Test Series HINDI MEDIUM Hindi Medium Prelims 2019 Test Series IAS Baba Insight IAS Insight IAS Current Affairs Insight IAS Prelims 2020 Test Series MAINS Mains 2019 Test Series Mains 2020 Test Series Mains Test Series Mrunal No Ads Optional 2018 Test Series Optional 2019 Test Series Optional Test Series pdf Polity 365 Prelims 2019 Test Series Prelims 2020 Test Series Prelims 2021 Test Series Prelims Test Series Raus IAS Raus IAS Focus Shankar IAS Test Series Unacademy Vajiram Vajiram and Ravi VISION Vision 365 Vision IAS 365 Vision IAS Mains 2020 Test Series Vision Mains 365 VSN IAS

Get Everything in your Inbox

Enter your Mail ID and get Access for Everything !

Copyright © 2022 · About Us · Privacy Policy · Contact Us

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept All”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent.
Cookie SettingsAccept All
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT