A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court recently against the closure of 5000 government schools in Uttar Pradesh. The petition said that this step of the government would be forced to enroll in private schools in more than three lakh fifty thousand students in the state. Education is the foundation of development of any nation. A strong education system promotes a skilled workforce, innovation and economic development.
Since primary education in this country is not given any priority in the political agenda, this country with the world’s largest youth population is still struggling with illiteracy and poor education. According to the recently published Eighth India Skill Report, in a country where religion and religious identity are the most important for both the people and the government, the absence of employment of more than 50 percent of graduates is not surprising.
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In February this year, the central government had said that 89 thousand government schools in UNESCO have been closed in the last 10 years. Most of these 25 thousand schools were from Uttar Pradesh alone. 5 thousand schools and closed peacock load on our hearts, so the Yogi government has named this scotch to close the school. In the year 2015-16, there were about 1 lakh 62 thousand primary schools in Uttar Pradesh. Which was reduced to 1 lakh 40 thousand in the year 2021-22. That is, this number decreased in the 2015-16 match. The government argues that it is better to close schools where the number of children is less than 50. But the question is, why are these Scottish children not? Is the number of children reduced to you, or are the policies of the government responsible behind it? According to the ETV-India News website, the figures that have come out on the basis of U-DISE portal are going to be seen. According to the data, there are about 30,000 primary and upper primary schools in the state, which are in a dilapidated condition. Where 742 schools are completely poor ruins. After this, 674 in forest and forest in 690-690, 643 in poor, 641 in poor and 633 occupation in Ballia are very crispy. These schools have neither incomplete construction for children, no toilets, no drinking water nor boundary walls. Sometimes mid-day meal items do not come, sometimes the roof drips. No local electricity. Sometimes shoes are submerged in school itself. So why would anyone send their children in such a kitchen? When there is no teacher in school, how will there be studies? In teachers who are posted in teachers, their duty is put in elections, survey, plan or religious events. The school is only in records. The classroom is closed, the complex remains deserted. Then when the children do not study, the family either gives their children pulses in private schools or they get rid of studies. That is, gradually government school children stop coming. Then one day the government report comes “The student number is low, the school will be closed.”
The rest of the schools that are going on are also declared holidays in the name of security repeatedly. The Kanwar Yatra in Uttar Pradesh is no longer a religious tradition, it has become a government organizing institution. Every year as soon as the spring comes, the entire government machinery of the state runs in one direction- the service of pilgrims. From the Health Department to the district administration, from the Health Department to the Municipal Corporation, every department is ordered that there should be no shortage in the convenience of kanwadi. ” Camps, medical camps, mobile stadiums, mist fans, salt-water are inserted from place to place. And all this funding comes from government treasury.
According to a statement issued by the United Nations after holding a special meeting related to global education to assess the status of Kovid-19, Kovid epidemic has eradicated the achievements achieved in the field of education across the world in the last 20 years. More than 10 crore additional children worldwide have been deprived of the minimum level of reading and writing. The report also reveals the fact that in the backdrop of this global situation, it is not difficult to understand how few students in India have been able to study through the Internet during Kovid’s time. According to the report, only 18 percent of the rural areas of the country had internet facility, but how many of them can actually use it, it is also doubtful because many questions like money to buy data packs, electricity for mobile charging etc. are related to it. The report states that 42 percent of urban areas have internet facility, but how many students living in urban poor settlements can take advantage of it, it is also a question. In addition, the report also states that more than 62 percent of teachers at higher secondary level in private schools are not fully qualified. In such a situation, even if the teachers try to work with their full potential, then how successful they will be in it, it will tell the time to come. The report also gives ten suggestions in the end through which quality education can be provided to all in the country. The most important of these is to increase the number of teachers in schools in the northeastern and rural areas and arrange for proper training.
Overall, arrangements for adequate number of teachers in schools, opening maximum schools in the government sector so that poor and rural children are not deprived of education due to fees etc. and reducing the teacher-student ratio i.e. to improve the level of education, increase the number of schools, to increase the number of schools, the sustainable development target can be some important steps towards achieving 2030. However, the big question is whether the government of our country is ready to do all this. In fact, all the indications show that a well-planned scheme is going on to weaken public education at all levels among the ruling. We have to gear up to stop it as an organization.
– Bharat Bhushan Adjaria
Media chief, Delhi University Students Union
(The author has his own views in this article.)