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=The Indian Educational System= Written by: Damir O.


 * Objective**: To acknowledge people and to discuss issues that lie within the Indian educational system.


 * // Table of Contents // ||
 * 1.1 //Overview// ||
 * 1.2 //Research Analysis// ||
 * 1.3 //Primary Schools// ||
 * 1.4 //Secondary Schools// ||
 * 1.5 //Education in India – BBC Video// ||
 * 1.6 //“Quick Facts”// ||
 * 1.7 //Visuals// ||
 * 1.8 //Questions// ||
 * 1.9 //Works Cited// ||

1.1 Overview Education in society is one of the most important elements needed for a country to be able to move forward and to succeed. Students need to be able to learn how to read and write in order to understand what is happening around them. People need an education to be able to communicate properly using his or her grammar around other people correctly. Education influences society’s career and job work, which can lead to a sustainable income for people to support themselves. However, not everyone gets the education that they need. Many countries like India seem to struggle in education. According to a UNICEF statistic, the adult literacy rate in India is 66% and about 83% of the children attend primary school.

What can contribute to these issues are the type of government that they have, and the economic situations that make getting an education very difficult or expensive. Every nation in the world should have a proper education for the world to succeed and it is not fair how many countries like third-world nations are not getting those opportunities to improve their society since their educational system lacks defiant qualities. Corrupt politician leaders that are selfish, and/or hungry for power are the ones that are neglecting education within their own country.

This WikiSpace is designed to view the educational system in India. This WikiSpace is intended to discuss problems that:
 * Lies within the Indian educational system
 * What is being done to improve
 * What we as a society can do to help schools in India

1.2 Research Analysis India's educational literate rate goes up 10% every year. Currently in India, there are around 1 billion plus people that are literate meaning that 52% of India’s population know how to read and/or write. Many regions of India already have a high literate rate. For example, Kerala (southern region of India) already has a literacy of 90%. Unfortunately, some regions in India like Rajasthan (northern region of India) has a literacy rate of about 40% **(Figure 1.1)**. From this data, you can see that the southern region of India may be more literate than the northern region. Another example is that more people are literate in urban areas than villages and that more men are literate then women in general. Education is free in India in primary schools however, not everyone can go to school with this opportunity. Different government and private funds in some areas are distributing funds differently. Many students in school take English as their language, which makes India the second largest English-speaking country.

As India’s government continues to grow, so does its educational system. For example, the government and its educational system depend on each other. This growth is increasing since the economy seems to be growing at a steady pace. Economy and education depend on each other. If one system raises so does the other, however, if one systems falls, the other does too. India got its independence in 1947, in which education was necessary for the Indian government. Due to the 86th constitutional amendment, children in India have the right between the ages of six to fourteen to go to school. These types of laws and amendments give people the right to go to school. If new laws and/or amendments were included, India’s education would certainly rise. What was helpful to India’s educational system was the University Grants Commission in 1953. This commission helped create a higher educational system and it spread higher education in many areas like the urban and rural population and many cities.

1.3 Primary Schools Primary education in India **(Figure 1.2)** goes up to the age of fourteen, which can be also called elementary schools. Indian education was adopted from the British educational system. Luckily, child labor was been banned so children cannot be exposed to harmful working conditions and laws were made against this. Since child labor became prohibited, children had the opportunity to go to school without working for very low minimum wage. The government provides primary education, however, there are still some resources missing. For example, the primary educational system is in a massive gap that includes high pupil teacher rations and poor teaching training. A training course for teachers needs a development for children to have a proper education. Training courses can provide teachers the necessary skills for teachers to teach right and have them pass several tests. However, the good news is that the government is trying to fix this by improving the quality of primary education. Some qualities of education that needs consideration are adding more high quality schools, more classrooms, a lunch program, cleaner schools, etc.

1.4 Secondary Schools Secondary education in India goes up to the ages of fourteen to eighteen and according the Census 2001, it covers approximately 88.5 million children. Unfortunately, data shows that only 31 million children from 88.5 million attended school in the years 2001 to 2002. The primary goal of secondary school is to provide training to help students gain skills to find his or her vocational choosing. Later on, Indian students can plan to go to a university or a technical school. Some reasons why children do not want to go to school are that they do not have the basic needs of food and water. For example, no one is willing to learn without these basic needs of food and water.

1.5 Education in India - BBC Video media type="youtube" key="aKspt58JbsM" height="262" width="432"

1.6 "Quick Facts"

//** Education **//
 * Education in society is important
 * Education is needed to move forward
 * Education influences society
 * Education leads to jobs
 * Education makes a country rich

//** India **//
 * Adult literacy rate is 66%
 * 52% know how to read and write
 * 83% of children attend primary school
 * Education goes up 10% every year
 * Literacy rates varies in regions

//** India **////** ’s Government **//
 * Continues to grow
 * Government and education – hand-in-hand.
 * 86th constitutional amendment – children from ages 6 – 14 have the right to go to school
 * University Grants Commission 1953 – spread education

//** Factors in Poor Education **//
 * Corrupt political leaders (selfish, power hungry)
 * No proper classrooms
 * Children do not have food and water
 * Some classrooms held under trees
 * Building structure poor

1.7 Visuals 1.8 Questions To Be Asked...

1. Do advanced leveled classes prepare students for academics? 2. In what ways does school prepare you for college/future? 3. In your opinion, why do you think education is important? 4. What do you think should be done to improve education in India?

Socrates quotes to consider... Please explain what these quotes mean to you:
 * “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
 * “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”
 * "Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all”

1.9 Works Cited Figure 1.1: http://kailash-mansarovar-tour.com/images/india_map.jpg Figure 1.2: http://crs-blog.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/india_leprosy9.jpg Figure 1.3: http://www.ngocomunicef.org/images/schoof_india3.jpg Figure 1.4: http://www.doonschool.com/tata/home.jpg

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