Title: Education in India Information based on 2005 FulbrightHays Grant tour of India sponsored through the
1Education in IndiaInformation based on 2005
Fulbright-Hays Grant tour of India sponsored
through the University of Pennsylvania.
2Terminology
- Standard same as grade, a student in the 9th
standard is in the 9th grade - Medium primary language courses are taught in.
English medium schools are very popular. - Streaming a major. After 10th grade students
are streamed into fields of study that exclude
almost all other courses. - Public schools as in England this actually a
private school. Government schools are their
version of our public schools.
3Literacy Rates
- year males females
Total - Overall 1951 25 8 17
- 2001 76 54
65 - year Urban Rural
Total - Females 1951 22 5 8
- 1998 72 44
51 - Males 1951 45 19 25
- 1998 87 69 73
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5Growth of Schools, Teachers, Enrollment
- Year Primary Middle Secondary
schools - 1950 210,000 14,000
7,000 - 642,000 198,000 117,000
-
up over 414 - Enrollment
- 1950 19 million 3 million 2
million - 114 million 42 million 28 million
-
up over 766 - Number of teachers is up 485
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7School kids returning home in Agra. Uniforms do
not distinguish type of school that these
children attend.
8Types of School in India all must follow
government curriculum
- Government schools least desirable
- Private schools wide ranging fees, top quality
- Navodaya Vidyalayas residential for govt
officials - Kendriya Vidyalayas for govt officials
- Corporate schools vary by industrial funding
- Military sponsored base schools
- Religious denomination schools
- Tribal schools least regulated
9Private Schools Sanskriti and Delhi Public
SANSKRITI
10Slums beyond Sanskriti gates. Sanskriti students
coach slum kids after school in the hopes of
mainstreaming them.
11These rural slums are very similar to those found
in the cities. No running water, no sanitation,
no power. Everyday, year after year.
12Sanskriti campus
13Sanskriti Campus
14Sanskriti School Pools
15One of two computer labs at Sanskriti
16Sanskriti classroom - 40 students avg.
17Sanskriti Second Standard Art class
18Streaming means that after 10th grade many
students have no liberal arts courses.
The next two years are spent in classes aimed at
passing the placement exams.
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20Main entrance to Delhi Public School
The Factory
21Sports fields at DPS
Green playing fields are rare and expensive to
maintain.
22DPS directory and tennis
23DPS Pool
24Assemblies are used to build self esteem.
25DPS Dormitories or Hostels
26Charitable Schools The Olcott School
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28Outside classrooms are the norm. Even indoors
there may be no board or books.
Olcott
29Olcott School campus
30Avvarit Home and Orphanage
31Avvarit School Playground
32Buildings throughout India are in constant state
disrepair. Some schools are especially hard hit.
33Kids at Avvarti school during lunch recess.
- Everywhere the kids were smiling and eager to
have their picture taken with a digital camera.
34This large group is actually one class.
35Any school that can afford computers tries to
stress computer literacy as a means to a job.
36Cafeteria at Avvarti School
37The less governmental the school the more
religion one finds.
38Kannada School Kananadic Medium up to Primary
school and then English
A private school
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40Kannada Schoolgirls and Flat Stanley
41T.I. School Industrial group sponsored
42T.I. School campus
43T.I. Library
44T.I. Classroom
45T.I. SchoolCourtyard
46T.I. Track and Field Awards
47Kalakshetra school for the traditional
prerforming arts.
A private school
48Arts school morning meditation
49Religion is a large part of many schools while
avoided at others.
50Auditorium theater at arts school demonstrates
its ability to attain funding.
51Neighborhood where the Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO)Deep Griha is centered.
52Deep Griha welcome committee
53Deep Griha Lighthouse NGO
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55Sewing classes at Deep Griha hope to give girls a
vocation.
56This is the kitchen at Deep Griha.
Lunch was excellent although we felt guilty
eating so well with the volunteers while 850
families in the area were left homeless due to
severe flooding. As usual the people with next to
nothing lost what little they had.
57Deep Griha kids are from the slums. Slums are a
fact of life in India and not a derogatory term.
Sponsor a child!
58Sponsoring a child at Deep Griha costs only 8000
rupees a year. (about 190)
- Free education (books, course fees, uniforms,
etc) - Daily nutrition
- Medical care
- Clothing
- Counseling
- Access to recreational programs
- Help with finding employment
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60Challenges
- Regional Kerlala is to Bihar as Alabama is to
Connecticut - Language 19 national languages, 3000 dialects
- Dropout rate 19 at the primary level
- Exportation of skilled professionals
- Gender inequity reflects sociology
- Teacher pupil ration ranges from 140 180
61English Medium school boys at a festival where
they were eager to practice their English with me.
These boys had excellent English skills and it
was easy to guess that they went to private
schools.
62Academic Challenges
- Curriculum centrally directed by Government not
local school boards - Text books short supply and too Politically
Correct - avoiding religion and politics - Examination system The end all of the Indian
educational process - Teacher preparation BA is top level
- Autonomy curriculum, texts, exams are all set
by the government - Accountability little control, same salary
scale for all subjects and level of education
63Beggar at the Gate of India in Mumbai. He had no
English skills.
64Street Housing during the monsoons. In the dry
season the plastic is not used and the family
simply sleeps on the street. Homework is not
educational in this situation
65Even kids with homes are quick for a food handout.
66Boy in the back has his cookies the others are
waiting.
67Beggars and street children. Somehow most can
still smile.
68Many children sell goods in the street rather
than go to school.
69Educational fact file
- India currently has a 19 dropout rate at the
primary school level. - English medium schools are the norm and it is
firmly believed that without English success will
be limited. - Government schools have little accountability.
Teachers often dont show up.
70Connect with India
- If you would like to become an email pen pal with
someone at Sanskriti or Delhi Public school see
me. - If you would like to contribute to sponsoring a
child at the Deep Griha slum project please see
me.