you had the opportunity, what actions would you demand of the United Nations Secretary General and why?

1. ACTIONS FOR
UNITED NATIONS
SECRETARYBy Ms. Nishi Malhotra

2. Education For All
◦ Equity: To promote equality and democratic
participation from all sections of society
◦ Access: To provide access to modern infrastructure
◦ Gender concern - To provide equal opportunity to girl
students
◦ Centrality of Teachers : To train teachers to innovate
and create a healthy teaching environment.
◦ Security - To ensure security of children from all kinds
of external and internal
◦ Nutrition and Development - To ensure fuller
development of children
◦ Inclusion - To include Madrassas and other schools
under the ambit of this national initiative.

3. ENROLLMENT ENHANCEMENT
◦ United Nations Secretary should work towards increasing
Enrollment & decreasing drop out rates
◦ To remove the challenges being faced by the Indian
Education sector
◦ To put in place the Education Reforms, in field of
Curriculum & Pedagogy, faculty trainings and legal
regulations
◦ To create infrastructure in terms of school and faculty

4. Adult Education
◦ To provide education opportunities to those who have lost
the opportunity of studying in primitive age
◦ To undertake projects for Skill Building & Vocational
Training through Public Private Partnerships
◦ To impart functional literacy to children
◦ To promote voluntary aegis for Adult Education and Skill
Development
◦ To promote lifelong learning, development of skills and
attitudes
◦ To promote adult education, vocational training and self
development

5. Linking Education to Vocational Skills
◦ To create vocational skills among the students in secondary schools
◦ To reduce disparity through renewal of curriculum
◦ To emphasize on vocalization and employment oriented education
◦ To reorganize teacher training
◦ To reduce digital divide through classroom teachings and workshops
◦ To undertake capacity building, in terms of teacher training
◦ To provide equal opportunity for all through scholarships and financial
assistance

6. MODULES FOR EDUCATION AND
TRAINING OF TEACHERS
◦ To improve quality of teacher training
◦ To transact pre service and in service teacher training for elementary school teachers
◦ To create infrastructure for teacher training
◦ To create master trainers to implement in service programmes
◦ To create digital mode of teacher training
◦ To establish teacher training institutes
◦ To set up a flexible curriculum
◦ To create special module for Agriculture, Industry & Technological education

7. Financing for Education
◦ To introduce Public Private Partnership Models, to promote education for all:
◦ School Voucher System: Government pays monthly vouchers to students to enroll in Private players
school.
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Government Aided Schools : In Government Aided Schools, Government pays grant in form of
teachers salaries
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Management Services: Government entrusts the management of the existing Government schools
to the Private players
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Professional Services: Certain professional like teachers training quality assessment, student
evaluation and supplementary services.
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Operational Services: A Government school is operated by a Private Partner and this includes
deployment of its own teaching and non - teaching staff.

8. Curriculum & Pedagogy
◦ To make provision for stipends, scholarships, free uniform, free textbooks, free stationary to
secondary level
◦ To provide enhancement and vocational trainings to eliminate infrastructures losses
◦ Differentiated and standardized curriculum along with uniform assessment system to be
followed across all the states
◦ Deepening linkages between different agencies such as labour markets and ensuring a
collaborative teaching for all
◦ To put in place National Standards for education and put in place an education policy and
other quality assurance standards, greater autonomy, emergence, increased partnership
between several universities.
◦ To create Legal and Regulatory framework, to ensure implementation of Educational Reforms

9. Infrastructure & School Development
◦ Computer Literacy : ICT(Information Communication Technology) in education has
introduced new methods of program delivery. Introduction of technology into
education, has lead to newer education attitudes. There is a need for SMART
classroom, training teachers, experts and curriculum reforms.
◦ Official Languages: One of the major challenges facing the Education Sector in India
is use of English as sole medium of instruction. There is a need for reforming
curriculum to allow course delivery in native and regional languages.
◦ Purging of International Material: Several Governments all over the world, emphasize
the need for purging the International materials from curriculum material. Many
times Educational material is blamed for creating an anti - minority outlook.

10. Recommendations
◦ Foreign Collaborations
◦ Examination Reforms
◦ Adult Education
◦ Resistance Management
◦ Socialization