In
recent years, India's economical growth improved continuously,
ameliorating
the society livelihood and lifestyle. But, what about the
education
system? The governmental efforts in order to improve and
increase
literacy in the last century, since the independence, allowed
to
the population to engage in schools and universities as never
before.
But, there is still a gap between the private and the
governmental
schools.
From
an administrational point of view, we just can say that an
obstacle
to a successful management of a governmental school is the
paperwork
and the bureaucracy that involves all steps of work.
One
of the main differences between these two kinds of schools is the
infrastructure
issue. The construction of a public school is often new
and
well maintained; while for the governmental the situation may be
more
critical. May happens that in this type of schools there is a lack of
electricity,
water, sanitation items and facilities. The electricity issue
represent
a problem because is involved with the possibility to have
water
in bathrooms, light in classrooms, air vents or any electronic
item
(that may be very helpful in order to improve student's
knowledge).
This substantial difference is more evident in village area,
and
may be directly connected with the nature of both kind of schools;
in
fact, in a governmental schools there's no need to pay fees or taxes
to
attend, schools uniforms and materials (books, exercises book and
pens)
are freely provided by the government. This allow to the
poorest
people to send their children to school, avoiding them child
labour.
This
may be seen as a great step forward, but at the same time is
necessary
to underline the different chances that have students
coming
from these two kinds of schools. In fact, because of big sums of
money
invested in private schools, students not only live in a more
positively
competitive environment, but also have the chance to join
different
extracurricular activities that make their future Curriculum
more
appealing. By contrast, in governmental schools the extra
activities
are more related with more material and practical activities
that
aims to improve student's livelihood, such as hand washing
activities.
Often, these activities aimed to improve hygienic conditions
are
conducted by local NGO, such as HEEALS NGO. In recent Years,
HEEALS
managed to increase the livelihood of many schools,
providing
RO water filter, facilities and realising educative workshops
about
hygiene and sanitation. These practical activities have a
fundamental
and positive implication in their daily life, but from an
academic
point of view there is a gap.
Another
big issue related to the distinction between private and a
governmental
school is linked to the ratio of teacher to student.
In
governmental schools this ratio is often too small, there are too
many
children for few teachers; this mean that classrooms are more
crowded
and the quality of teaching may have negative implications
that
effects student's knowledge and teacher's work quality. It's easy
to
imagine how much strong should be a teacher who teaches is such a
difficult
environment, playing a role that is wider that one person can
imagine.
On
concluding, it is important to underline that children shouldn’t pay
the
bill for economical and financial choices, the main purpose of
education
is the intellectual and human growth of students.
- Grandoni
Laura
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