1. ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRESENTED BY: - TEAM “AURKO”
TEAM COORDINATOR – SAHIL DHINGRA
MEMBERS : SANDEEP WALIA
SHAMBHAVI SHAH
NIRANJAN BISHT
AYUSHEE AGARWAL
This presentation is by team “shaurya” from DEHRADUN INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN on the most important issue of our
country i.e. enhancing the quality of primary education.
MOTIVE: - our main purpose to choose this topic was to do our part in making
education the most important aspect of growth in India. By enhancing the quality
of education the growth of the nation will increase and with a definite probability
as the “building blocks – children of the nation” will be the best of what they can
be.

2. Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education
Problem:
There is no denying the fact that a strong education system is the cornerstone of any country's
growth and development. However in case of India the scenario is quite surprising.
India's many elite private schools may have attracted global attention but a vast majority of
Indian students complete their primary education with inadequate numeracy and literacy skills.
India's education system has not achieved strong learning outcomes for a number of reasons.
 No reformation in syllabus.
 Poor teaching quality.
 Lack of provisions regarding special schools for mentally or physically challenged
children.
 Lack of properly-implemented schooling system in rural areas.
 True potential of students is not unleashed.
Proposed Solution:
Taking the above mentioned problems into consideration, the proposed plan has been
summarized under these points.
 All major and minor schools should be formally undertaken by the Government and a
common schooling pattern should be developed that would be followed among all the
schools.
 Keeping in view the regional diversity, schools should be divided into small groups of 5
or 6 out of which one would be a central school.
 All schools, under the guidance of the Government, should conduct a proper IQ test for
assessing the calibers of the students enrolled. Depending on this test the students with
weaker IQ level should be kept under special consideration.
 Psychological and motivational guidance must also be provided to all students to
analyze their mindset and to develop their interest in studies.
 Syllabus must be revised regularly such that it meets the demands of the present
scenario.

3.  The current teaching methodology must undergo a drastic reformation. The new
teaching approach should be innovative and playful. It must be designed in a way that a
student’s true mindset is revealed i.e. it should be clearly known that towards which
field the student has a greater inclination.
 Orientation sessions for parents must also be conducted.
 Proper standards must also be set for the teaching faculty i.e. a standard professional
training must be provided to teachers.
 Special schools for mentally or physically challenged children must be opened in
sufficient number.
Merits of the Proposed Plan:
 A Government-coordinated common-schooling pattern would result in uniformity
among all schools.
 Grouping the schools would allow the sharing of school resources (like textbooks etc)
especially in rural areas.
 Grouping the schools will also allow holding of regular teacher meetings and trainings at
the central school location. Since teacher quality and teacher attendance are two of the
most important factors in school quality, regular meetings and trainings would increase
teacher quality.
 Conducting an IQ test would help school authorities to keep track of the weak students
and provide them with additional support as per their requirement.
 As already mentioned, providing Psychological and Motivational counseling to students
will also help schools to analyze the mindset of the students and to develop their
interest in studies.
 Keeping the syllabus in accordance with the current scenario will help students relate
with what is happening around them, increasing their interest in the subject.
 Setting a standard for quality control of teachers and training then will ensure that the
teachers being provided to the students are capable enough to do any good of the
students.
 Conducting orientations for parents will help the rural people to understand the need
for their children to get education. Thus making it clear that a child is guided properly on
both sides.
 The actual number of children falling under the category of disability must be analyzed
and then special schools for challenged children must be opened in sufficient number.

4. Implementation of the Proposed Plan:
Following steps need to be followed to ensure proper implementation of the plan proposed.
 First of all, the Government must take the initiative of spreading its reach over all the
schools nation-wide and establishing coordination between them with respect to the
teaching methodology. A common schooling-pattern must be standardized and should
be followed among all schools.
 Then, depending upon the diversity in regions, schools must be divided into groups of 5
or 6. Out of these, one school would be the central school. All the schools of the group
must maintain coordination with each other as well as the central school. This will help
in resource-sharing among the schools (Resources include books etc as well as the
human resource i.e. the teachers).
 Regular meetings and training sessions must be held at the central school and
performance of all the schools of the group must be tracked. If a school performs
poorly, the problems must be identified and then rectified.
 While admitting the students into the schools IQ test must conducted. After analyzing
the IQ levels of the students they should be allotted classes. Students with lower IQ
levels must be given extra attention in all aspects.
 Government must bring into action a special organization that would train all the
teaching professionals. It should also set standard strict criteria for the teachers. Only
teachers passing the special criteria should be allowed to teach the students in the
schools. This would serve as a great quality control for the teaching faculty.
 All schools must also be made to form a team of psychologists and counselors to
conduct counseling sessions for the students regularly. They must discuss with them
their problems and help them to overcome those problems. This would also help the
schools to know what the students actually want and they can take necessary steps
according to that.
 A centralized syllabus drafting organization must also be formed. This organization will
solely be responsible for planning the syllabus for the common-schooling pattern. The
organization must draft the syllabus keeping mind the relevancy of the content with the
real life. Content should be interactive and easy to understand but at the same time
must be effective. It must also ensure that the syllabus is revised in regular intervals of
time and that too frequently.
 As far as the funding of the plan is concerned, government is capable of providing
sufficient funds in implementing the plan as a huge sum is allocated for education in
every 5-year National Budget.

5. Impact of the Solution:
The impact that the proposed plan would have, once implemented in the above mentioned
way, has been summarized below:
 Bringing uniformity among all the schools by introducing a common schooling-pattern
would ensure homogeneity among teaching standards.
It would also ensure that every student in the country irrespective of his or her family
background or financial background receives the same education.
 The system of grouping the schools would increase the efficiency and productivity of
schools. Implementation of counseling sessions and IQ tests in these schools would
further allow the school authorities to have a better understanding of its students.
 To assess the impact of implementing the plan the central schools of the groups should
make a yearly report of the students containing information regarding this class
performance as well as their performance in other activities.
 The plan would also benefit the physically or mentally challenged by providing them
with greater opportunities of learning.
Challenges and Mitigation:
 Social Challenges:
With a huge range of diversity in Indian society with respect to cultures, religions
and regions, many social challenges may rise.
People belonging to a particular community may want their children to be sent to a
school that is run by the people of the same community. For instance, a Muslim
family would prefer to send its children to a Muslin–only school.
Also, the elite class which always wants to send its children to only top ranked elite
schools of the country may not agree upon sending their children to common
schools.
However, these challenges can be tackled by conducting proper orientation and
counseling sessions for the parents of the children.
 Economic Challenges:

6. To run such a huge network of schools in the country it would require a very large
sum of money to initiate the shaping of the schooling-system.
Although, government allots a huge amount of money for educational upliftment of
the children, a large part of it goes into the corrupt administration of the country.
Therefore, thinking of an alternate source for funding the plan is a big challenge.
A possible solution for this can be that a part of fund be contributed by large NGOs
of the country.
 Political Challenges:
The proposed plan may also have to face a number of political challenges.
The political coordination between the central government and the state
government may not always be very good. This would directly affect the
functioning of the schools as all the schools come under the Central government.
This problem may also be eliminated if the government introduces special
organizations that would deal only with the proper functioning of the education
system.
References and Citations:
 Link: http://12.000.scripts.mit.edu/mission2014/

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