- To pull smaller children out of child labour, prevents children from entering unsafe working conditions. As child labour is a very serious problem in India, the country puts very heavy emphasis on enrolling all children to primary school.
- Tap on students potential (Vocational training). One feature of India's secondary school system is its emphasis on profession based vocational training to help students attain skills for finding a vocation of his/her choosing. This will allow the student to further refine his area of interest or further improve his current strengths.
- Preserve Indian traditions. In the secondary school education curriculum, yoga is included in their lessons, so as to preserve traditional Indian arts, and carry it over to the next generation.
- To bring about positive social change. With education, the country believes that the people of a lower living standard will be able to pull away from the vicious cycle of poverty, and the living standards of the people can improve.
- Allow education to be accessible for all. 80% of all elementary schools are run by the government, and the government is pushing to make education open for all children with heavy subsidies.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Desired outcomes in India's Education
Outcomes desired in India's Education:
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ReplyDeleteDue to this emphasis of getting all children into schools, large amount of resources have to be spent on education, which could be for other parts of the ecomony. This may impede economic growth, though this may benefit the country in the long run, as the country will have a generation of people with better credentials than their predecessors.
The Education system in India was also for the sake of drawing out the innate potential in all students, so I think that this is very beneficial for india, as the country would be able to train people who are specialized in many fields, and will be able to be the forefront of tackling new issues or discovering new things or methods in their field. This would allow India to have a great advancement in their technical know-how.