How Village Education Booming

Quality and access to education is the major concern in rural schools as there are fewer committed teachers, lack of proper text books and learning material in the schools. Though Government schools exist, but when compared to private schools then quality is a major issue. Majority of people living in villages have understood the importance of education and know that it is the only way to get rid of poverty. But due to lack of money they are not able to send their children to private schools and hence depend upon government schools for education, above that in few, of the government schools there is only one teacher for the entire school and if they don’t show up at work, then it is a holiday. If the quality along with number of teachers and, that to committed teachers can be improved in these schools, then aspiring rural children and India can fulfill their dreams of doing something great, some government schools in rural India are overly packed with students, leading to a distorted teacher student ratio. In one such remote village in Arunachal Pradesh there are more than 300 students in class 10 which makes nearly 100 students in each classroom. In such a situation it is impossible for teachers to pay full attention towards each and every student, even if they are willing to help, every village is not provided with school which means that students have to go to another village to get education, owing to parents usually do not send their daughters to school, leading to a failure in achieving rural education in India, poverty is another setback. Government schools are not as good and private schools are expensive. This results in a very low number of students actually clearing their secondary education and taking admissions in college, for further studies. So the drop-out-rate at the secondary level is extremely high in villages. Only parents who can afford college education send their kids to secondary schools. If parents are not able to send their wards for higher education, then all their previous efforts get wasted as completing just secondary education means a low paying job and the person is again struck in the same never ending cycle of money, life and poverty, most textbooks are in English and since people in rural areas either speak their native language or Hindi, but not English that defeats the purpose. This results in lack of their interest in studies, though some, of the students from villages are really brilliant, as they have a wealth of practical knowledge and know how to survive even in very harsh conditions of life, difficultly in understanding their textbooks, lack of facilities and their poverty are a hurdle in their education, quality related issues are far powerful than poverty. Students are not at all encouraged to think but they, are asked to memorize pre-defined questions for exams. So for many students clearing examination, at the end of  the session, passing their exam becomes more important than gaining knowledge, also as per the new CBSE rule, every student is supposed to be promoted to the next class irrespective of marks in their examination, hence majority, of students do not bother to study, which means a decline in their education level, neither students nor teachers take any interest in studies, which is why the level of education is declining in India despite many efforts.