CONDITION OF EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA

Education refers to the process of imparting knowledge or getting knowledge. Such knowledge
may be either related to particular subject or sealed of study or may be a compilation of many
such subjects. Education has been imparted and gained by many since time in memorial all
across the world.
From as early as schools set by the likes of Aristotle and Plato, to the modern day education
system education as evolved and contributed many folds to the world. While many people across
the country have an easy access to education through schools, colleges and universities there are
many for whom education or study is on a distant dream.
As far as the education system in India is concerned it is provided by the public sector and also
by the private sector controlled by the national, state and local governments.. also education has
not only contributed toward the improved economic system of the country but has also provided
employment to many by opening vacancies for teachers in both private and public institutions
and also has established a private sector education in the form of coaching centers.
The Indian Constitution provides various articles that talk about providing free and compulsory
education. Article 21 A of the Indian Constitution provides for free and compulsory education
available as a fundamental right to children between the ages of 6 to 14.
ARTICLE 21 RIGHT TO EDUCATION

HISTORY OF RTE ACT IN INDIA

'Right to Education Act also known as RTE', is an Act enacted on 4 August
2009, by the Indian parliament which describes the importance of free and
compulsory education for children between ages 6 and 14 in India under Article 21A
of the Indian Constitution1. India became one of 135 countries to make education a
fundamental right of every child when the act came into force on 1 April 2010.The
title of the RTE Act incorporates the words free and compulsory. Free education
means that no child, other than a child who has been admitted by his or her parents
to a school which is not supported by the appropriate Government, shall be liable to
pay any kind of fee or charges or expenses which may prevent him or her from
pursuing and completing elementary education. Compulsory education casts an
obligation on the appropriate Government and local authorities to provide and
ensure admission, attendance and completion of elementary education by all
children in the 6-14 age group. With this, India has moved forward to a rights based
framework that casts a legal obligation on the Central and State Governments to
implement this fundamental child right as enshrined in the Article 21A of the
Constitution, in accordance with the provisions of the RTE Act.

EDUCATION AND DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES

1 "Provisions of the Constitution of India having a bearing on Education".
Department of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010.
Retrieved 1 April 2010.
SCHEMES REGARDING EDUCATION IN INDIA
One of the most important basic needs that can change the complete scenario is Education and
government is running lots of Education Schemes to improve the statistics. But unfortunately,
due to lack of awareness people are unable to take advantage of those schemes. KiranSevaNyas
has taken an initiative to make people aware of the government schemes
through SearchSchemes Its an effort to involve educated segment of the society in spreading
the information to the right people and bringing a revolution.
Search Schemes is a platform where information of all the schemes is provided on a single
platform. Following are the Top 5 Government Education Schemes

ShikshaSahayogYojana This scheme provides scholarships to students whose parents are

living below or marginally above poverty line & who are covered under JanashreeBimaYojana.
Already 3,20,253 people are recorded as beneficiaries under this scheme (till 2006).
SarvaShikshaAbhiyan The Scheme of SarvaShikshaAbhiyan is a national flagship program &
is being implemented in all districts of India. The aim of this scheme is to provide useful and
relevant elementary education for all children in the age group of 6-14 years by 2010. The
scheme of SarvaShikshaAbhiyan was launched in 2001. 50,000+ students are studying at 399
centers at different locations.
Saakshar Bharat The main objective of Saakshar Bharat is to further promote and strengthen
Adult Education, especially of women, by extending educational options. To implement this
scheme, 1.70 lacsLokShikshaKendras (Adult Education Centers) are established in Panchayat
grams of the districts covered under the Scheme. The benefit of Shakshar Bharat Yojna can be
availed by contacting LokShikshaKendras in various regions.
KanyaSaakshartaProtsahanYojna Objective of this scheme is to reduce the dropout rate & to
increase the interest of Tribal Girl Students to continue their study. Rs. 500 is given to those girls
who continue study in class VI, Rs. 1000 to girls who get admission in IX &Rs. 2000 to girls
who gets admission in XI.
Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayaYojna This program is especially for promoting girls
education. There are 3500 Kasturba BalikaVidyalaya in which 3.6 lac girls are studying. These
schools also have hostel facility for girls of 5th to 8th class.
These government schemes are doing really good and many people are getting benefitted. But
still there is a lot more to be done and thus, Search Schemes requests you to share the
information of these schemes with the needy people like your maid, watchman, peon or
milkman. Let the future generations avail these schemes for a shining career!

Midday meal scheme

conclusion
The ratio of public schools to private schools in India is 7:5. The central and most state boards
uniformly follow the "10+2+3" pattern of education.2 In this pattern, study of 10 years is done in
schools and 2 years in Junior colleges 3 and then 3 years of graduation for a bachelor's degree.
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The first 10 years is further subdivided into 4 years of primary education, 6 years of High
School followed by 2 years of Junior colleges.5 This pattern originated from the recommendation
of the Education Commission of 196466.

The 86th Constitutional amendment making education a fundamental right was passed by
Parliament in 2002. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, a law to
enable the implementation of the fundamental right, was passed by Parliament last year. Both the
Constitutional amendment and the new law came into force from Thursday.

The new law makes it obligatory on part of the state governments and local bodies to ensure that
every child gets education in a school in the neighbourhood.

Its implementation will directly benefit close to one crore children who do not go to schools at
present. These children, who have either dropped out from schools or have never been to any
educational institution, will be enrolled in schools.

The Right To Education is being touted by the UPA government as another major achievement
after Right To Information Act and National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

At present, there are nearly 22 crore children in the relevant age group. However, 4.6 per cent of
these children (nearly 92 lakh) are out of school, a ministry official said.

Since Independence, Indian Government is continuously striving to fulfill basic needs i.e. food,
shelter, health and education. But even after 65 years of independence, government is still
struggling and unable to augment the living standard of its citizens. According to 2010 data from
the United Nations Development Programme, approximately 29.8% of Indians live below the
country's national poverty line. There are lots of Government Schemes to bring a difference but
inefficient because of mass involvement.

The school management committee or the local authority will identify the drop-outs or out of
school children above six years of age and admit them in classes appropriate to their age after
giving special training.

2 National policy on education

3 India today
The Act makes it a right of every child to get education. The Act makes it obligatory for the
appropriate governments to ensure that every child gets free elementary education.

The Act mandates that even private educational institutions have to reserve 25 per cent seats for
children from weaker sections.

Certain schools have already challenged the law in the Supreme Court as being
"unconstitutional" and violating fundamental rights of unaided private educational institutions.
However, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said that legal process would not affect the
implementation of law.

The Finance Commission has provided Rs 25,000 crore to the states for implementation of the
Act.

As per the government's estimate, there will be a requirement of Rs 1.71 lakh crore in the next
five years for implementation of the Act. Sibal said that the government has arranged the
required funds for implementing the law.

: Budget 2017 has proposed several revolutionary steps to boost the quality of education in the
interiors of the country and make the youth employable. Below are the 10 proposals which will
be radically impact both school and higher education:
1. A system of measuring annual learning outcomes in our schools. Emphasis will be given on
science education and flexibility in curriculum to promote creativity through local innovative
content.

2. An Innovation Fund for Secondary Education will be created to encourage local innovation for
ensuring universal access, gender parity and quality improvement. This will include ICT-enabled
learning transformation. The focus will be on 3,479 educationally backward blocks.

3. The government plans to reform the UGC. Good quality institutions would be enabled to have
greater administrative and academic autonomy. Colleges will be identified based on accreditation
and ranking, and given autonomous status. A revised framework will be put in place for
outcome-based accreditation and credit-based programmes.
4. By leveraging information technology, the government will launch SWAYAM platform with at
least 350 online courses. This would enable students to virtually attend the courses taught by the
best faculty; access high-quality reading resources; participate in discussion forums; take tests
and earn academic grades. Access to SWAYAM would be widened by linkage with DTH
channels, dedicated to education.

5. A National Testing Agency will be established as an autonomous and self-sustained premier

testing organisation to conduct all entrance examinations for higher education institutions. This
would free CBSE, AICTE and other premier institutions from these administrative
responsibilities so that they can focus more on academics.

6. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras have already been promoted in more than 60 districts. Now
the government proposes to extend these Kendras to more than 600 districts across the country.
100 India International Skills Centres will be established across the country. These Centres
would offer advanced training and also courses in foreign languages. This will help those of our
youth who seek job opportunities outside the country.
7. The government will launch the Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood
Promotion programme (SANKALP) at a cost of Rs. 4,000 crore. SANKALP will provide market
relevant training to 3.5 crore youth.
8. The next phase of Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) will be
launched in 2017-18 at a cost of Rs. 2,200 crore. STRIVE will focus on improving the quality
and market relevance of vocational training provided in ITIs and strengthen the apprenticeship
programmes through industry cluster approach.

9. A special scheme for creating employment in the textile sector has already been launched. A
similar scheme will be implemented for the
leather and footwear industries.