Today, we are analyzing the link between NGOs and Governmental
schools in India.
First of all, it is useful for a better understanding
of this article, review rapidly what are the NGOs. As we told previously, they
are easily defined as nonprofit entities independent of governmental influence.
Moreover, NGOs activities include, but are not limited to, environmental,
social, advocacy and human rights work. They can work to promote social or
political changes on a broad scale or very locally. As a matter of fact, NGOs
play a critical role in developing society, improving communities, and
promoting citizen participation.
Secondly, we must try to understand the scholastic
Indian system, particularly the difference between the private or public schools and the governmental ones.
Doing that, we can consider three fundamental points:
1.
At infrastructural level, the differences are very visible: as a
matter of fact, the construction of a public school is often new and well maintained,
while that one of the governmental s is more critical, because it is marked out
for a lack of basic services, such as electricity, water, sanitation items and
facilities. In addition, this substantial diversity is more evident in village
area.
2.
As far as it concerns the tuition fee, in a governmental schools
there is no need to pay fees or taxes in order to attend, and also schools
uniforms and materials (books, exercises book and pens) are freely provided by
the government. On the other hand, broadly speaking, the private school are
expensive for families. So obviously, poorest
people tend to send their children to governmental schools, and children form
middle and upper classes use to attend the public ones.
3.
Finally, we have to point out the
different possibilities for the students.
The huge amount of money,invested in private schools, allows to students not
only to live in a more positive and competitive environment, but also to have
the chance to enjoy some extracurricular activities. By contrast, in
governmental schools students often do not receive a brilliant education, and
if they can do some extracurricular activities, these are only developed with
the purpose to improve student's livelihood, making them more aware.
Having said that, the contest where local NGOs, and
among those HEEALS, tend to work is clear. Normally, NGOs have also the
permission from the designed authority for working with young students in governmental
schools, because the benefits that they bring are remarkable. Although that,
currently there are some principals that promote that cooperation and others
who simply disagree.
For example, this morning we went in one governmental school
with the intention to do our workshops, about both #STOPCHILDMARRIAGE and Menstrual Hygiene Management, but the principal of that school did not allow us
to do them and also to leave sanitary pads and other stuffs for the students without
a specific reason.
At this point the question is:WHY? The students were enthusiasm to see our team, and for
sure they could appreciate the products of our work. However, we had to leave. The
big deal is that only for the will of one person, who should think about the
wealth of students, we could not help those young guys. Definitely, that is not
fair and for the moment we can not do something. Anyway, it easy to change
mood, returning to be positive and happy. We have only to think that the
majority of the governmental schools, and their principals and teacher, are
very grateful for the work of HEEALS and that one of other NGOs in general.
To end up, surely the Indian public system is very
complicated and also sometimes unjust. Nevertheless, if the grassroots NGOs, like HEEALS, can work freely, they will improve the
student’s condition, allowing to the youngest to grow properly.
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