The document discusses issues with primary education in India and proposes solutions. It notes that 10 crore children are below grade level, teacher absence is over 24%, and 95.2% of schools do not meet infrastructure standards. It proposes establishing an autonomous education board, decentralized governance, performance-linked salaries for teachers, installing Lokpal oversight committees, and utilizing IT to monitor performance. Community participation in funding infrastructure and providing nutritious midday meals is also suggested. The goal is to improve quality, accessibility, and governance to achieve universal primary education.

1. Tea m Memb ers -
 Mayur Sharma
 Priyanka Pardesi
 Imaduddin Ahmaduddin
 Meenakshi Gupta
 Farhat Qureshi
Stepping Stones: Enhancing the quality
of primary education

2. • 10 crore children in India are two or more years below
their grade level
• PISA placed India at the bottom because of “lack of
application-oriented math in schools”
• Teacher absence rates were over 24% in 2010
• Paucity of teachers and trained staff
• Socio-cultural factors,
• Poor infrastructural facilities, 95.2% are ineligible
under RTE guidelines
• Different Governing bodies like State board, CBSE
board, ICSE boards….influence the benchmarking for
Universal primary Education
These are some of the major problems which act as a
Obstacle for Universal Primary Education.
Total 35,27,31,446 Children, Rs.27,258 crore For these children under SSA i.e..,Rs.780 per capita for the year
2013-14, Low quality delivery from teachers, Social factors, Money factors.
All we’re doing is only ruining our Next Generation. What we must do is a big ? Mark on our face!

3. Decentralization
of Power and
responsibilities
Monitoring/
Assessment
measures
First Fulfill
Duties and
responsibilities
Filling the minor loop holes will be a major step to increase the quality of Education!
 Powers of a principal should increased so as to provide stringent supervision over the teachers work
and Students performance
 Remuneration should be dependent on the performance of the teacher as well as student(6th pay only
to the Deserving Teachers and School staff)
 Over absenteeism of School staff should be penalized with salary cut and termination (in severe cases)
 A Lokpal body to be setup at each level of education system (School, Cluster, Block, District and So
on…) to eliminate the corruption from establishing its root
 An IT Department(Under DISE) to be outreached at each level to assess performance of Teachers and
Students every month rather than in Quarters
 Quick penalization to the culprits who try to stop the education flow
 There should be a sense of responsibilities in the minds of Teachers, Students, Parents, Government
and Society who are the stakeholders in it. Rights are Complimentary!
 Free education doesn’t mean universal education, it should be backed by World Class Quality
 The primary motto of the teacher must be to teach qualitatively, not just getting employed in a
government job which is a current scenario with some of them
You are our God, Don’t Fool Us!

4. Recruitment of Qualified and Trained Professional teachers only, not just merely filling the
vacant seat to stop shortages of Primary Teachers!
Some Recommendations over the existing Selection
Process-
o Eligibility bar should be raised to Graduation from 12th
pass for Primary School Teacher
o Proper recruitment and selection to be done as illustrated
and within regulations
o No political interference (As happen in JBT Scam in
Haryana)
o Transparent selection process to promote Corporate
Governance in Education Sector
o Remuneration to the respective teachers depending upon
the Caliber (Basic Pay should be at par all over India)
o Placement of Teachers in their respective regions to get
advantage of Social Involvement
o Fellowship programme for the Teachers who wish to teach
in a Higher level as part of Promotion
o Entrance Test(TET) at District Level Should be
Conducted Every 6 Months
o Teachers Profession to be Promoted In Degree Colleges as
a part of Social Awareness
o Campus Placement To be Used as a tool for Selection
process
Application
Recruitment
Entrance Test
(TET) At
District Level
Selection on
Merit (No
Reservation)
GD/PI
(At Cluster
Level)
1 Month Off-
the Job
Training
6 Months On-
the Job
Training
Final
Placement
Every 3 year
Performance
Assessment
and Follow Up

5. Improving the Infrastructure of the Whole Education Industry Is a big task, Requires
Community Participation and Control
Money Is not problem, Negative thinking is! o Rs.27,258 crore is a Big amount for an Individual,
but is a very little amount to our 35,27,31,446
Children
o 95.2% of schools do not meet the RTE
infrastructure indicators
o Every proposals on the improvement of Education
Sector, is never implemented due to insufficient
funds
o The only solution is the Community participation
If an Individual family would donate Rs.1200 P.A
(Rs.100 per month), It would be enough for that
particular village
o It will not be a compulsion for some exceptional
family only
o (Gram Sabha) Panchayat of every village comes
into picture to maintain its own School and
Community
o Note:- Exceptional family are those family who
don’t have money to pay, it doesn’t include any
Caste based segregation.

6. Caste is Mere a Word (Myth), In Reality We’re all Humans!
If a Girl Child is not Educated, Our Whole Generation comes to a Fall!
What do you want your Child to be, a Farmer or an Entrepreneur in Farming!
Universal Education is for Indians-
 If you Teach your Child about Caste System,
then there will be no development in our Nation
 Teach Him about Humanity, Ethics, Values,
Culture…But Not Discrimination against each
other
 Here Parents play a vital role and Teachers play
a complimentary role in eradicating the Cast
discrimination which we’re suffering till date
 There should be a healthy Competition between
Girl and Boy
 There should Social awareness program from
the Government’s Side to make villagers
understand that what should be the Priority
(Education and Democracy)
 Students should be the mediator between
Humanity and Humans in Awareness
Programmes
 Our National Anthem teach us about-
Unity rather than being diverted!
Other general Suggestions Towards Universalization-
o Should Adopt the Various Inclusive Growth programmes
Conducted by Riverside School (Founder- Kiran Sethi),
Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
o Should Consider various Milestones in Education Teach
For India, Barefoot Movement, Parikrama Humanity
Foundation, and Many Others.
o KABHI TOH DHYAN DO!
o Our Nation Must Be Children Friendly,
Rather Than Just being Isolated School Learning!

7. Child Health grows with Good and Nutritious Food, Not With Slow Poison in the form of Adulterated Foods!
Mid- Day Meal an excellent food security drive, But failed to provide Nutritious Healthy food!
A) Poor Governance is the Main Problem-
o Ideas in India - World Class Quality,
o Implementation and Monitoring process - Third
Class
o Centralization results into delay in decision making
and when the decision comes it is completely useless
(Service is Perishable)
o Need of Decentralization in Education Sector is
very vital, Ministry can upheld Major Decision
making power and other decision can be taken by
the respective Department.
o The contract of making meals to be given as Lunch
to be given to the families of Children Studying in
that respective Schools only, on Monthly Basis
(Employment Opportunities)
B) Important Step to improve Governance-
 Declare Education Ministry an Autonomous body
 Merge all the Governing Boards like CBSE,
ICSE, State Board and create a single board
common to all over India (Unity Is Strength)
 It will enhance the benchmarking of Quality
Education to each and every corner of India
 Implementation and Monitoring will be done
without political interference
CBSE
CISCE
Indian
Board of
Education
(Universal
Standard)
YAHOO!!

8. Organization Induction for the Lokpal and Database Department proposed
Lokpal Structure:-
Apex Lokpal
Committee(5FTEs)
1FTE= Rs.7.8Lacs p.a.
Chief Lokpal
Committee
(3FTEs)
1FTE=Rs.7Lacs p.a.
Head Lokpal Bench(2FTEs)
1FTE=Rs.5.5Lacs p.a.
Lokpal
Bench at
Cluster
and Block
Level
(3FTEs)
1FTE=Rs.5Lacs p.a.
Lokpal At School
Level(1FTE)
1FTE=Rs.4Lacs p.a.
IT Dept.(Under DISE)-
Type of Assessment to be done so as to keep check of the
performance factors
Teachers/Student
Performance
Assessment
Enrollment/ Drop-
out Assessment
Contract
Assessment
Report
Consolidator
Chief Incharge
 This is for District Level
Induction.
 It will increase the
efficiency of the data
collected
 Tenure of Data Collection
should every yearTotal Funding required to Setup above Dept.-
 Lokpal Body= Rs.90,00,000(Salary) + Rs.20,00,000(Establishment Cost)= Rs.1.1Crore.
 IT Dept.= Rs.75,00,000(Technology Cost) + Rs.15,00,000(Establishment Cost)= Rs.90Lacs.
 Sources of Funding Will be from Government in 80:20(Between Central and State Government)

9. Advantage over Existing System, Impact and Stakeholders Involved
A) Advantage over Existing System:-
o Autonomous Body- No Political Intereference and efficient policy
making
o Lokpal Body- will ensure the great monitoring over the working of the
Education/Office Staff
o IT Dept(Under DISE)- Accuracy and reliability of Data collected at
District level will ensure Good Decision Making
o Contract to Students Parents- will ensure a will to prepare Nutritious
Food for their and Others Child(Employment to Parents on Monthly
Contracts)
o Students Participation- will evolve a students participatory
skills(Bacche Manke Sacche)
o Transparency in Selection- will ensure that Right Person is Given the
Right Job
C) Some of the
Stakeholders
are-
B) Impact(In Numbers)
 35,27,31,446 Children
 1,00,78,042 Teachers(1:35 Teacher to Pupil Ratio)
 640 Districts and 6,40,867 Villages(Approx.)
 Employment to youth (Around 10 Percent)
 And We think that every one in India will get a benefit, if Education is
being improved considerably and truly being Universalized!
No more
Work In
Progress

10. Changes didn’t happen Overnight, but it also don’t take many years to be VISIBLE
Social and
Economical
Challenges
Political and
Legal Challenges
Technological
and
Environmental
 Parents loosening faith in
Government, ready to pay
exorbitant prices in Private
school (Education Matters)
 Every time Deficit Budget for
Education Sector, No funds
for Improvement
 Caste and Gender
Discrimination is a Big
Threat
 Huge Income Gap plays a
Cruel Part
 Some Teachers become
teachers just to get employed
in government job, Some by
Bribing, and Some by Luck!
o There is No Political Will
o Politicians only come at the time
of Voting seasons
o There are many controller to 1
head(Education) like CBSE,
CICSE, State Board…So On
o Problem of getting into
recognized Schools
(Misrepresentation by School
Authority)
o No authority to punish the
Culprits (Takes a long Time)
o Political Interference is
Increasing Day-By-Day,
Everywhere!
o Unions exploit the quality for
their own benefit
 Education Staff is not
Technology Friendly
 Lack of Skills and Attitude
towards Modern Technology
 Less Space in over congested
Urban Areas for opening an
efficient school (Under RTE
guidelines)
 Working environment in
education institutions are more
towards Laziness
 There is no Self- Organized
Learning environment (SOLE)
for Students and Inclusive
Environment (IE) for Teachers

11. Scalability of the Implementation-
 Very Flexible in Nature (Quality based, Not Quantity
Based)
 Decentralization will lead to provide flexibility of Lower
levels in Education System to run more efficiently (Fast
Decision Making)
 The proposed solution is District Based to provide larger
impact to reach the remotest place in India
Sustainability of the Solution/Steps Proposed-
o The proposed steps are Sustainable for a long period
o Every year up gradation will be made to provide Up-to-
date supervision on the Education System
o One Board for Education will ensure Equality and
Changes to Curriculum will be Smooth as per the need
o The Results of the Proposed steps can be seen within 2
years after implementing successfully
Means to Mitigate the Identified Challenges-
 Political interference can be stopped through Lokpal and Autonomous Body Status
 Social factors can be reduced by creating awareness about Education to all - Quality and Free
 A Nominal amount as donation can be collected Via Demand draft from the Individual Family within a Village (Funds
can be easily generated)
 Proper training to Educational Staff can make them Technology Friendly (Adapting is our born Characteristic as
Humans)
 SOLE and IE type of environment can be provided to enhance the efficiency of Students and Teachers
 Society has to change its Mindsets about Caste and Gender Discrimination For Inclusive Growth of All!
India Is a Vast Country, So to actually bring Improvement one has to start at the lowest possible level,
Just by passing Bills, Amendment, Acts or other Regulations Will not prove Fruitful!

12. o Education In India Photo-http://prafulla.net/interesting-contents/india/education-in-india-2013-infographic/
o ASER. (2012). Annual Status of Education Report, 2012-http://www.pratham.org/file/ASER-2012report.pdf
o Total Money Under SSA- http://www.livemint.com/Politics/7EmPAMBANzkPDAPuyruQ1I/Chidambaram-allocates-65687-crore-
for-education.html
o Total No. Of Children-http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html
o Guru Mantra- From Google Images
o Eligibility of Teachers- From NCERT Website
o Levels in Education flow-http://ssa.nic.in/quality-of-education/QMT.pdf
o Mid-day meal Scam- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/midday-meal-scheme-to-be-reformed-
manmohan/article5025192.ece
o Students Inclusive Learning Model(SOLE and IE)- From Sugata Mitra’s TED talks and Riverside School Vision
o Total No. of Districts and Village-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India
o Employment of Youth- From Newspaper and Google
o JBT Scam-http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-chautala-is-in-jail-all-you-need-to-know-about-jbt-scam-590338.html
 All Ideas and Suggestions are the Group Effort of our Team which was done with the Help of our Teachers and
Family Members. Google is One of Us!

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