what do you mean by wastage and stagnation in education ? Expalin the causes and measures for checking wastage and stagnation in education.
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"By wastage we mean premature withdrawal of children from schools at any stage before completion of the primary courses".
This statement does not mean there is no wastage in the Secondary Course and Higher Course. Any student, who receives education at any stage, is expected to complete his education with the prescribed period. If one withdraws from the course before completion, then that individual or individuals are deemed to be wastage to the course.
Such students do not complete the study of their curriculum and consequently the time, money and energy expended on such students prove to be sheer wastage. Hence the most popular use of the word "Wastage" in education means the wastage of time, effort and money.
The word 'Stagnation' in education means the detention of a student in a class for more than one year on account of his unsatisfactory progress. The Hartog Committee reports, "By stagnation we mean the retention in a lower class of a child for a period of more than one year. Of course stagnation always means wastage".
As in the case of primary education, the wastage and stagnation were also eating the vitals of the secondary education. The tremendous loss that is caused because of the problems of the wastage and stagnation will be clear by looking at the results of High School Final every year.
Causes of Wastage and Stagnation:
The causes of wastage and stagnation are of 3 categories: economic, educational and social.
Economic Causes:
Studies conducted on the subject show that 65% of wastage is due to poverty. According to Kothari Commission Report, "A child is sent to school between 6-9 years of age because at this age he is a nuisance at home than a help.
Parents mostly involve their children in domestic work and this leaves no time to child for study. Financial handicap is responsible for wastage and stagnation. Out of poverty some parents utilize the service of their children to supplement earning.
In many cases poor parents find it almost impossible to lose the assistance of children. Poverty of Indian people is miserable that they find themselves unable to meet other expenses connected with the education even against the provision of free education of their children during harvest time; children cannot afford to go to school as they are required in the farm. Again, out of poverty children lack minimum diet and are unable to stay for long in schools.
Social Causes:
Class and caste distinctions prevail in India, the former in urban areas and the latter in rural areas. Especially in the case of girls custom of early marriages or betrothals stands a bar. There is an opposition to send grow-up girls to schools especially to the mixed schools without women teachers.
Muslim parents exhibit more of orthodox views about their girls. Even in the case of boys some parents due to caste restrictions do not want their children to mix with power caste boys and girls. Coeducation of boys and girls in some places is looked with suspicion. And as there is no separate provision of education for girls, deprivation of girls from schools leads to much wastage.
Educational Causes:
Only educational causes are responsible for another 30% of wastage. Government of India admits this in the following words:
"The educational institutions being ill-equipped, poorly housed and with dull and depressing environment unfortunately could not exercise effective counter-acting influence".
Uncontrolled fresh admissions without consideration of age or time have no permanency. That is, admissions are made of under-aged and over-aged children. Again admissions are done throughout the year. So there is more of wastage and stagnation. That is because under-aged children lost interest in classes, whereas over-aged children remained away from school out of shame.
Lack of adequate accommodation, too much of over-crowding schools with high pupil-teacher ratio become the main causes of wastage and stagnation. Again, increased number of single-teacher schools, inefficient teaching, lack of teacher-pupil contact, frequent transfer of teachers and plural class-teaching disturbed the quality of instruction which ultimately cause much wastage and stagnation.
In short, dull and unattractive schools, incomplete schools, inefficient and poor quality of teachers, defective examinations, uninteresting curricula, lack of proper parental attitude, absence of school health services and school mid-day meals are responsible for much of wastage and stagnation in schools.
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Answer:
A significant cause of waste in primary education, both directly and indirectly, is stagnation.
Explanation:
What are the causes of wastage and stagnation in education?
"Waste" was defined by the Committee as the early exit of students from school at any point before the end of the primary course. The committee defined "stagnation" as continuing attendance in the same classes for more than one academic year. Student advancement to the next level on a regular basis.
A rise in the number of schools with a single teacher, ineffective teaching methods, a lack of student-teacher interaction, frequent teacher substitutions, and teaching in multiple classes all affected the quality of instruction, which ultimately led to significant waste and stagnation.
In short, drab and unattractive schools, incomplete schools, ineffective and subpar teachers, flawed exams, uninteresting curricula, improper parental attitudes, a lack of school health services, and school midday meals are to blame for much of the waste and stagnation in schools.
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