As India inches towards celebrating her 70th year of Independence, here is a ready reckoner to understand the fault lines that exist in the Indian Education System to enable those who want to know more about what needs to be done for the nations children in Government Schools

1. INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
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Understanding The FAULT LINES

2. OVER 1 LAKH SCHOOLS
FUNCTION WITH JUST ONE
TEACHER
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3. WE CURRENTLY FACE A
SHORTAGE OF OVER 1 MILLION
TEACHERS
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4. MORE THAN 1 IN 3 CHILDREN
WHO BEGIN PRIMARY SCHOOL
WILL DROP OUT BEFORE
REACHING 5TH GRADE
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5. 84 MILLION CHILDREN DON'T
ATTEND SCHOOL
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6. OVER 65% OF ALL SCHOOL-
GOING CHILDREN ATTEND A
GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
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7. 11.9 MILLION CHILDREN OF PRIMARY
SCHOOL AGE ARE OUT-OF-SCHOOL,
MAKING INDIA THE COUNTRY WITH THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN CHILDREN IN ASIA.
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8. AT AROUND 4% OF GDP
INDIA’S EXPENDITURE ON
EDUCATION IS BEHIND THAT OF
COMPARABLE ECONOMIES
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9. INDIA’S SCHOOLING SYSTEM IS
MORE PRIVATIZED THAN ANY
OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
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10. IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT PRIVATE
SCHOOLS ON AN AVERAGE DO NOT
DELIVER BETTER LEARNING
OUTCOMES THAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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11. INDIA’S EDUCATION WILL NOT
IMPROVE TILL OUR PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM IMPROVES
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OUT
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12. 12 MILLION PEOPLE ENTER THE
WORKFORCE EACH YEAR
WITH INCOME GENERATION AS
THEIR PRIMARY GOAL
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13. WITH 29% OF OUR POPULATION
BETWEEN THE AGE OF 6 TO 21
PROPORTIONATELY INDIA NEEDS
MORE MONEY
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14. HIGHER EDUCATION HAS COMPLEX
PROBLEMS TOO
LIKE RATE OF ENROLMENT,
UNEQUAL ACCESS,
POOR QUALITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
AND LACK OF RELEVANCE.
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15. THERE ARE INFACT NO INDIAN
UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD'S
TOP 250 LIST
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16. THIS IS NOT A
‘FEEL GOOD, LET US DO BETTER’
KIND OF A MOMENT ANYMORE
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17. EDUCATION IS,
AND FOREVER WILL BE,
IN THE HANDS OF ORDINARY MEN
AND WOMEN
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18. TO DO ANY LESS WOULD BE TO
DISRESPECT THE HOPES AND
AMBITIONS OF THE NEXT
GENERATION
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19. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS FOR
IMPROVING EDUCATION
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20. EDUCATION IS THE MOST
POWERFUL TOOL TO BREAK
THE INTER-GENERATIONAL
CYCLE OF POVERTY
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21. INDIA AS IT IS
+
EDUCATION
=
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INDIA AS IT SHOULD BE