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Title: Education in India Information based on 2005 FulbrightHays Grant tour of India sponsored through the


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Education in IndiaInformation based on 2005
Fulbright-Hays Grant tour of India sponsored
through the University of Pennsylvania.
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Terminology
  • 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.

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Literacy 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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Growth 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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School kids returning home in Agra. Uniforms do
not distinguish type of school that these
children attend.
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Types 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

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Private Schools Sanskriti and Delhi Public
SANSKRITI
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Slums beyond Sanskriti gates. Sanskriti students
coach slum kids after school in the hopes of
mainstreaming them.
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These rural slums are very similar to those found
in the cities. No running water, no sanitation,
no power. Everyday, year after year.
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Sanskriti campus
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Sanskriti Campus
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Sanskriti School Pools
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One of two computer labs at Sanskriti
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Sanskriti classroom - 40 students avg.
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Sanskriti Second Standard Art class
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Streaming 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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Main entrance to Delhi Public School
The Factory
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Sports fields at DPS
Green playing fields are rare and expensive to
maintain.
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DPS directory and tennis
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DPS Pool
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Assemblies are used to build self esteem.
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DPS Dormitories or Hostels
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Charitable Schools The Olcott School
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Outside classrooms are the norm. Even indoors
there may be no board or books.
Olcott
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Olcott School campus
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Avvarit Home and Orphanage
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Avvarit School Playground
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Buildings throughout India are in constant state
disrepair. Some schools are especially hard hit.
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Kids at Avvarti school during lunch recess.
  • Everywhere the kids were smiling and eager to
    have their picture taken with a digital camera.

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This large group is actually one class.
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Any school that can afford computers tries to
stress computer literacy as a means to a job.
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Cafeteria at Avvarti School
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The less governmental the school the more
religion one finds.
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Kannada School Kananadic Medium up to Primary
school and then English
A private school
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Kannada Schoolgirls and Flat Stanley
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T.I. School Industrial group sponsored
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T.I. School campus
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T.I. Library
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T.I. Classroom
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T.I. SchoolCourtyard
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T.I. Track and Field Awards
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Kalakshetra school for the traditional
prerforming arts.
A private school
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Arts school morning meditation
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Religion is a large part of many schools while
avoided at others.
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Auditorium theater at arts school demonstrates
its ability to attain funding.
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Neighborhood where the Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO)Deep Griha is centered.
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Deep Griha welcome committee
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Deep Griha Lighthouse NGO
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Sewing classes at Deep Griha hope to give girls a
vocation.
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This 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.
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Deep Griha kids are from the slums. Slums are a
fact of life in India and not a derogatory term.
Sponsor a child!
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Sponsoring 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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Challenges
  • 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

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English 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.
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Academic 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

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Beggar at the Gate of India in Mumbai. He had no
English skills.
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Street 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
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Even kids with homes are quick for a food handout.
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Boy in the back has his cookies the others are
waiting.
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Beggars and street children. Somehow most can
still smile.
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Many children sell goods in the street rather
than go to school.
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Educational 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.

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Connect 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.
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