MAKING EDUCATION MORE
RELEVANT FOR CHANGING
SOCIETY
How can India prosper when its education system
stagnates?
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“It is very nearly impossible to become an
educated person in a country, so distrustful
of the independent mind.”
-JAMES BALDWIN
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Education has assumed great importance in the
new world. It makes a man a thinker, completes
him as a person.
And if this foundation is faulty, the system and
society collapse in all entirety.
It is high time that we understand the gravity of
the situation and shift from ‘an examination
system to an education system’.
LITERACY V/S EDUCATION
EXAMINATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEM
Marks oriented.
Knowledge oriented.
Emphasis on ‘’keyword’’, than on the
subject matter.
Greater relevance of subject matter.
Rote Learning- The concept.
Emphasis on comprehension as a
concept .
Limited perspective.
Conceiving new ideas.
ECONOMIC CHANGE
The 3 disjoint worlds:RICH
POOR
MIDDLE
CLASS
PROPOSED MEASURES
Improve existing educational infrastructure qualitatively and
quantitatively especially in government institutions.
Improve student teacher ratio (currently 1:42, highest being
1:83; Ideal ratio - 1:20)
Provide scholarships, stipends etc.
Extend exposure to all sections of society.
Hire more and better teachers.
IMPLEMENTATION
Proper utilization of educational budget
through elimination of middlemen and red
tapism.
Rigorous
selection
recruitment of teachers.
process
for
Adopting a global curriculum; expanding
the horizons of the students.
DYNAMIC V/S STATIC
A system that was developed in the 1920s is still running,
without any significant change.
Government publications fail to be updated regularly.
The relevance of the subject matter is also questionable.
Constantly evolving subjects like sociology, political science,
physics etc. fail to keep up with the changing society.
While students know what happened in Delhi 200 years
back, no one knows what happened just 2 days back.
PROPOSED MEASURES
• Regular revision of books is extremely
important.
• The text should be more practical and less
theoretical .
• Study material should be relevant and
applicable to the current scenario.
• Assign activities to extract creativity and
innovation.
IMPLEMENTATION
 Rules
should be passed for the compulsory
revision of textbooks on yearly basis .
 Inclusion of topics related to current issues
should be made compulsory.
 Use of wall magazines and newspapers
should be encouraged.
 Working projects in sciences, dummy
companies in commerce and regular
workshops could be of great help.
FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
 Low rates of educated female participation in
the labour force means some of India’s
significant human capital is simply not coming on
the job market.
 Literacy rates in 2011 were :
• 82.14% for men
• 65.46% for women.
 Approximately 40% of students, mostly girls,
drop out of secondary schools.
PROPOSED MEASURES
Change in outlook of parents and students is required through
awareness campaigns.
Right To Education should be extended across all genders and
sections of the society.
RTE inspectors could be appointed to oversee its
implementation.
Schemes that have been successful in specific states (free cycle
scheme in Bihar) should be implemented across the country.
IMPLEMENTATION
 Setting
up of schools in slum areas will
make education more accessible.
 Door to door checks should be carried
out to ensure maximum enrolment.
 Fines should be charged to defaulters.
 Rewards and incentives should be given
to parents encouraging education.
CHANGE IN TEACHING
TECHNIQUES
This is how a conventional book reads, to
explain a concept as simple as ‘Tectonic
Plates’:
The two sub layers of the earth’s crust
(lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes
fracture and whose interaction causes
continental
drift,
volcanic
eruptions,
earthquakes, mountains and oceanic
trenches.
USE OF AUDIO VISUAL AID
INFERENCE
• Audio visual aids tend to leave a lasting
impression on the minds of the students as it
involves more of his senses.
• It provides a fun-filled learning atmosphere.
• A teacher shouldn’t be burdened with the
overloading
syllabi
and
overcrowding
classrooms but should have a healthy environs
for fruitful discussions.
NEW APPROACH
Teaching Techniques To The Taste of The Taught:
1) Learning by doing
2) Group discussions
3) Introduce the concept ‘learning through
teaching’
4) Use of audio visual aids
5) Greater use of laboratories.
6) Encouragement of activity based learning.
GLOBALIZATION
• Recently Narayana Murthy said that even
premiere institutes like IITs have failed to
produce professionals who can rub
shoulders with the best in the world.
• Youth veers towards a globalized society,
and wants an education and upbringing
like that, which our education system fails
to provide.
PROPOSED MEASURES
World class educational institutions need to be
established, in all disciplines through collaboration of
public and private sectors.
Addition of disciplines like administration, radio jockeying,
photography, designing, and more of vocational courses.
Choice oriented education should be introduced from 9th
standard onwards.
Range of subject combinations should be widened.
Example History with Biology, Accountancy with
Chemistry.
AARAKSHAN- India v/s India
• Backward communities have increased from
1257 in 1991 to 2297 in 2006.
• 27% of the seats in the central institutions for
higher education are reserved for OBCs; 15%
for SCs and; 7.5% for STs.
• A major disadvantage is that the creamy layer
of the reserved category is still availing its
benefits.
MEASURES
• If at all reservation should exist, it should be
on the basis of economic status and not on
the basis of caste at all.
• Economic verification should be conducted
every year.
• Minimum income level should be the basic
criterion for availing reservation.
MARKS CENTRIC OR ECCENTRIC
 The
so called 100%
cut-off percentage of
Delhi is the best
example for our title.
 The
rise of toppers from last years’ 1200 to 2097
this year is a clear indication of lax, careless
checking and emphasis on ‘keywords’.
 Rote
learning should be replaced by ‘right’ learning.
PARADISE OR PURGATORY?
On the basis of an independent study
conducted on students, some shocking facts
were revealed:
1) 67.6% students feel that RTE has not been
effective.
2) A stark 80.28% students state that they are
not regular with lab usage.
3) Only a meagre 21% students feel that the
education system ensures them sufficient
exposure.
4) 71.8% respondents feel that school
teaching is not enough to do well.
VOICE OF THE YOUTH
ways to make learning more relevant and refreshing
Making Education More Relevant
Other
measures
14%
Audio Visual
aids
25%
Educational
Excursions
18%
Greater
relevance of
subject matter
18%
Less Pressure/
Stress on
marks
25%
BUDGET
Schemes Proposed
Expenditure Involved (in Rs.)
Book Revision
100-150 per page
Use of A/Vs
70,000-1,00,000 per classroom
Cycle / uniform schemes
2700 per head
Well equipped labs
3-5 lacs
Education schemes
35,659 crore
If only 6% of our GDP is consciously dedicated to the cause of
education, can Indian education be a success.
STAKEHOLDERS
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Education in India is provided by
the public sector as well as the private
sector, with control and funds coming from
three levels: federal, state, and local.
Corporate houses can also set up
educational institutions like :
BITS (Birla Group)
Shree Ram School (SRF Limited)
TISS (Tata Group)
NGOs can also help in setting up schools like those
by Pratham, Teach for India, Samaritan Help Mission
etc.
A
SACRED HEART
PRESENTATION
MENTOR: Ms. Lucy Sebastian
TEAM
: Surprit Rekhi
Sakshi Bhalla
Jayanti Jha
Isha Ghai