Given the standing of some of its institutions of higher learning, the IITs and IIMs, India
is a potential knowledge power. Realising the potential, however, is not going to be easy.
The impressive strides made by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) notwithstanding, universal
access to quality school education- a minimum necessary condition for any progress
towards making India a knowledge society’, as the 2006 report of the National Knowledge
Commission (NKC) puts it-remains a distant goal.
There is as yet no legislation at the national level to affirm the right to education, a
fundamental right under the Constitution. The number of school buildings for elementary
and secondary education falls far short of requirements and so does the number of
qualified teachers. The pressure on government budgets, which forces governments to
hire teachers on contract paying a pittance of a salary, is playing havoc with quality. While
the incursion of the private sector in the field is providing some competition, mechanisms
to enforce the required standards are lacking.
Not that there are no national standards or standards-enforcing agencies. We have the
National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to bring out textbooks in
various subjects for school education. The central government runs several model schools.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts examinations for schools
affiliated to it across the country. The states too have their school boards to conduct
exams and enforce minimum standards. However even the standards vary widely. In their
anxiety to show spectacular performance, some states are overly lenient-in marking
answer papers.
47.What remains a distant goal?
48.What is the main factor that has affected the quality of education?
49.Which are the standard enforcing agencies in India?
50. Who runs several model schools across the country?
51. How do most of the states mark answer papers?
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