Letter to editor declining standard of education in india
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Standards of education in rural areas in India are declining despite huge investments by the government and landmark legislation guaranteeing schooling to all children, according to a major new study.
Concerns mounting
The annual survey by Indian education research group Pratham showed that basic reading and writing skills among pupils had declined for the second year running which was "a cause for very serious concern".
Two-thirds of India's vast 1.2-billion population lives in rural areas and the country views its aspirational young people as a "demographic dividend" and a ticket to future economic superpower status.
The left-leaning Congress government has ploughed billions of dollars into education as a pillar of its "inclusive growth" agenda aimed at ensuring the benefits of economic development reach the poor.
A Right to Education Act passed in 2009 guarantees state schooling for children from six to 14 and enrolment levels reached 96.5 percent of children in this age category in 2012, according to the study.
Falling standards
But Rukmini Banerji from Pratham told AFP that the focus on enrolling children, building new schools and recruiting teachers might have shifted attention away from teaching the basics.
Concerns mounting
The annual survey by Indian education research group Pratham showed that basic reading and writing skills among pupils had declined for the second year running which was "a cause for very serious concern".
Two-thirds of India's vast 1.2-billion population lives in rural areas and the country views its aspirational young people as a "demographic dividend" and a ticket to future economic superpower status.
The left-leaning Congress government has ploughed billions of dollars into education as a pillar of its "inclusive growth" agenda aimed at ensuring the benefits of economic development reach the poor.
A Right to Education Act passed in 2009 guarantees state schooling for children from six to 14 and enrolment levels reached 96.5 percent of children in this age category in 2012, according to the study.
Falling standards
But Rukmini Banerji from Pratham told AFP that the focus on enrolling children, building new schools and recruiting teachers might have shifted attention away from teaching the basics.
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