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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Don't fool us!
“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.” - Rabindranath Tagore
The above quote speaks about 'the highest' education. What about 'the basic' one that many of our Indian children are in dire need of ? To answer this, 'The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act' (RTE) was enforced on April 1, 2010. Yes. All Fool's Day. The title is not aimed at mocking at the enforced law. It is to monitor its effective implementation. How many people-centric-motions have been passed,enforced and successfully come into practice? Education is known as a light that dispels the darkness called ignorance. And for today's children to be illiterate implies a gruesome tomorrow for the world, or the nation- in this case.At this juncture, it is essential to realise that most of us here are fortunate enough to be able to exercise the 'RIGHT'. Calling us gifted would be an understatement, when compared to the millions of youth out there who are deprived of this privilege.It's become one of the things that we take for granted. Something atrociously taken for a ride. This cartoon published in The Hindu sums up what we have to understand - what the government has to do - the two fold interface. Will the government come out of its state of delirium? Only time can tell. But this is a call for serious concern as it's been brought about after over 60 years of independence and hope this law doesn't fit into the tag of the month that it has been enforced in.
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Very well put forth... Besides enforcing education, it's standards should be raised as well.... The current system just makes u "not ignorant"...
ReplyDeleteagreed..but first let it go through the 'not ignorant' phase for those who really are illiterate..raising the standards is definitely there-that is the second phase-for the elite/privileged.
ReplyDeleteits not just educational policies at stake, its anything that the govt tries to put forth. eyewash it may seem. partly is. but its like, that's what you've got, you've to either whine along and just make sure ppl get noticed or stand against and make sure policies are perfectly prosecuted. either way change is for good..
ReplyDeletewell said. in order to ensure 'the act doesn't fit into the tag of the month in which it has been enforced in' social accountability through social audit is essential. it is for the 'privileged' / 'gifted' people like us to stand up for the less fortunate. thousands of crores of money has been given to the state governments for the implementation of the act. poignant question: will the money be used properly and will it reach the needy? TN govt. has just begun framing rules for the implementation of the act. nobody knows when the act will actually see the light of day.
ReplyDelete@Zaid: whining along can never bring about change! And all we do is that! Do we ever go out of the way to make sure policies are perfectly executed ? I'm sure it'd be a NO unless it has a direct effect on us.
ReplyDelete@The Cheetah Girl: True.There is a need for people to create awareness on many things.
@Varsh: to whine along i meant that we accept the system as it is, making sure we dont get dirt on ourselves but also at the same time, concentrate on making the poor aware, sorta either educating them to stand up or starting NGOs to teach them on your own.
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