Episode 2 : Education Crystallized

"India needs more schools than malls, less pubs than book stalls."

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A group of school boys in a local Delhi bus, with upper top shirt button opened, loosened  necktie, pants swinging or stuck at waist bones and hairs spiked with a hard gel,  were enjoying passing comments on college girls going sideways along the roads and in the bus.


Though the bus had enough space to accommodate, but who bothers if any of the doorstep hanging school guy falls off the bus. You have to believe me with no choice left when I say this is the kind of crowd you will find in twenty first century urban city schools in India.


Almost every high school student, now,  has a mobile phone in pocket no matter if he has books missing in bag.


Some of them enjoy chewing tobacco stuff too. Teachers seem to loose their capture, control and punish policy and if anyone tries the policy, he is himself or herself in danger of loosing the teaching game as numerous laws entails more security to a student than they do in teacher's favour.


Even after IT revolution that promises to change India's face through electronic interventions, it is equally enigmatic to understand how a middle class man who cannot afford  two time good quality meals to survive, can now offer  mobile phones to his school going children to handle. 




After five hours of stay in school, every student on an average goes to a private tuition where the tuition master has to bear all of his or her responsibilities. Some of tuition masters may even be found  claiming to guarantee their student"s performance what astrology they follow I have no clues.  


Forget about class assignments and exams as recently Indian government has confidently made a rule that protects all failures upto eighth standard  to be recognized. It seems funny but believe me no student can be officially failed till this standard no matter if it takes years to pass next high standard where such rules are arbitrary to establish.


With ninety students in a thirty by thirty room having a single teacher entertaining an hour or so, just to take attendance may not be a funny scene to mention. But don't worry government is spending huge lumpsum  on higher education. But what if primary education system has its roots corroded. No body bothers.


In Lieu of that the important assets that are missing include strongly rooted self sufficient primary platforms that ensure the quality education but present scenario says that India has a long way to go to see this happen.






















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