Friday 30 March 2018

Educating the Nation

Education is one of the surest means in actualizing true human potential. That is, education is one of key ingredient to make human, human resource. The significance of education in a rather realistic tone is aptly put in the following Sanskrit Shloka


Vidya dadati vinayam vinayad yati patratam 
Patratvad dhanam apnoti dhanad dharmam tatah sukham

meaning, Education leads to sensibility, sensibility attains character/qualification, from that comes wealth and from wealth (one does) good deeds, from that (comes) joy] - Hitopdesha

As the world is moving more from primary(agriculture) to secondary(manufacturing) and now to tertiary sector i.e. world becoming knowledge economy, imparting education is becoming more national priority. The UN in its Developmental Agenda 2030 recognizing the "force multiplier" effect of education in attaining other goal has made universal education it's central goal (SDG #4 - Quality Education).

However, India's all indicator point a picture that is far from being satisfactory. In a series of upcoming blog posts, I will try to present and analyse status of Indian Education from different perspectives and at different layers accompanied by policy suggestions to improve its quality and accessibility. Here's brief outline : (these will be hper-linked gradually)

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