What are the problems faced by first generation school goers?

1. Family background and support
Family background is quite different for such children. They might not get same support as other students have and that will have huge psychological impact .Sometimes their family can not fulfill their resources need
2. Different socio-economic opportunities
First generation school-goers might come from poor or lower middle class so less socio-economic opportunities are there for them as compared to other students.
3. Too much pressure on them
First generation school-goers undergo a lot of pressure as their family has a lot of expectations from them.

4. Lack of guidance at home
Nobody is able to solve the problems in their studies at home as other members of family are illiterate. In that case they have to rely largely on guidance at school.
5. Feeling of insecurity
Approach toward them might be different that will cause insecure feeling among them.

What is needed to be done to help them?
1. Change in approach
2. Removing psychological bias towards them
3. Adopting inclusive policy
4. Inclusive attitude
5. Encouragement through scholarships

Education in India – Problems and their solutions

Throw some light on the problems faced by education system in India. What are your suggestions to solve these problems?

Issues

1. Lack of infrastructure

Approximately 95.2 per cent of schools are not yet compliant with the complete set of RTE infrastructure indicators according to survey conducted in 2010.They lacks drinking water facilities, a functional common toilet, and do not have separate toilets for girls.

Number of boards causes non uniformity of curriculum throughout India so maintenance of quality standard is quite difficult.

3. Poor global ranking of institutes
Only 4 universities are featured in first 400 .This is largely because of high faculty-student ratio and lack of research capacity
4. System of education
Education is information based rather than knowledge based. The whole focus is on cramming information rather than understanding it and analyzing it.

5. Gap between education provided and industry required education
Industry faces a problem to find suitable employee as education provided is not suitable for directly working in industry so before that a company is required to spend large amount on providing training for employee.
6. Gender issues
Traditional Indian society suffers from many kind of discrimination so there are many hurdles in education of unprivileged sections of society like women, SC, ST and minority
7. Costly higher education
Very minimal amount of subsidy is provided for higher education so if student seeks to get chances of higher education still he misses out because of lack of economical resources

8. Inadequate government Funding
The demand for financial resources far exceeds the supply. Very small amount is available for innovative programs and ideas.

How to solve these problems?

1. Adoption of technology
Effective use of technological tools in teaching has many benefits. It will solve the many problems of infrastructure, quality

2. Teacher training
Teachers' training remains one of the most chaotic, neglected and deficient sectors of India's vast education system. This needs to be changed as they virtually hold the destiny of the future generations in their hands

3. More government spending
India targeted towards devoting 6% share of the GDP towards the educational sector, the performance has definitely fallen short of expectations. Also funding is needed to be spend on building infrastructure

4. Inclusive education system
Growth in education sector should incorporate all sections of society like rural, urban poor ,woman Backward classes etc.

5. Quality education
Education provided should meet needs of student. e.g. education provided to hearing impaired or slow learners. It should allow them to enhance their skills and get better employment options
6. PPP model
Public-Private sources and to encourage the active participation of the private sector in national development. It is more forcefully advocated when public resources are projected to be inadequate to meet needs.
7. IES
An All India Education Services should be established which will decide the policies of education in consultation with educationalists

8. Education policy
Educational policy need frequent update. It should cover personality development aspect of student It should also imbibe values of culture and social services

History of Education System in India

Let’s get this straight: There existed no country known as India before August 15, 1947. The British ruled fully or partially over some 584 princely states spread across the Indian subcontinent.

This land was loosely referred to as India. It was only during the partition of the subcontinent that a separate country known as India was first mentioned and eventually formed.

The Indian subcontinent has a long history of education. The Indian subcontinent was home to several advanced civilizations.

However, the ancient Indian education system was fairly informal in the sense, there was a heavy reliance on ‘gurukuls’ that teachers adept in some skill would operate. Hence, the ancient Indian education system wasn’t organized.

British East India Company and later British rulers of the Indian subcontinent were the first to introduce formal education after they regularized schools operated by foreign missionaries.

The British also deserves credit for opening the first centers of higher learning- colleges and universities- in India.

And in all fairness, British rulers did not do away with completely with traditional subjects that were taught at ‘gurukuls.’ Instead, they blended them into the education system.

The reason was simple: The Indian subcontinent consists of diverse cultures and traditions. Governing such a vast geographical area would require knowledge of local subjects and systems.

The British get the blame for introducing an educational system that aimed at churning out ‘Brown Sahibs’ and ‘Babus’ – a popular jargon in colonial India for lower grade government officials of the British Raj.

That’s not entirely true. British rulers began taking steps towards educating Indian women as early as 1882 despite severe opposition from the Indian society.

Their objective was to eliminate illiteracy from India and rule over a large colony where people were educated to some degree.

Their legacy continues till date. Post-independence, the Indian government began reforming various features of the education system in India.

This vast history is one of the main reasons for pros and cons that exist in the education system of India.

Problems with Educational System in India

India’s GER is around 6% below the current world average and over 50% below first world countries like the USA and Australia. The government aims to increase this percentage by at least 30 percent before the end of 2020.

Before the government can do so, a great deal of critical analysis needs to be done about the importance of education accompanied by the implementation of new rules and regulations that could make the quality of education in India better.

To start this great revolution, here is an in-depth analysis of what are the fundamental problems with India’s educational system and how they should be changed.

1. Lack of Hands-on Experience

2. Lack of Relevant Industry

3. Short Supply of Educators

4. Low Quality Institutions

5. Rat Race

6. No Focus in Building a Personality

7. Discourages Deviance

8. Uninspired Educators

9. Educators not Salaried Enough

10. Wrong Medium of Language

11. Lack of Skill Sets

12. Lack of Proper Infrastructure

13. Lack of Personalization

14. Social Disparity

15. Lack of Ambition