Invest in teacher training and professional development to ensure teachers are well-equipped with the latest pedagogical methods, technology skills. Update the curriculum to focus on critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity rather than rote memorization. Incorporate student-centered learning approaches like discussions, projects, ...
ASER 2023 provides a snapshot of Indian education, highlighting both achievements and challenges. Key Points: High Enrollment: Most children aged 6-14 are attending school, showing success in enrollment efforts. Mixed Learning Outcomes: Improvements in basic reading and arithmetic skills are noted,Read more
ASER 2023 provides a snapshot of Indian education, highlighting both achievements and challenges.
Key Points:
- High Enrollment: Most children aged 6-14 are attending school, showing success in enrollment efforts.
- Mixed Learning Outcomes: Improvements in basic reading and arithmetic skills are noted, but significant gaps remain.
- Infrastructure Improvements: More schools have facilities like toilets, drinking water, and libraries, though rural areas still lag.
- Teacher Training: Teacher availability and training have improved, but quality varies widely.
- COVID-19 Impact: The pandemic has caused learning losses, with efforts underway to recover.
- Digital Divide: Emphasis on technology integration is growing, but access to digital resources is unequal.
- Gender Parity: Enrollment rates for boys and girls are nearly equal, but some gender-based disparities persist.
India as a country severely lack behind in providing quality education to its students. A country as diverse as India faces enough problems with bringing children to school. Keeping them in school is another issue that goes hand in hand die to the lack of quality education provided in schools. The eRead more
India as a country severely lack behind in providing quality education to its students. A country as diverse as India faces enough problems with bringing children to school. Keeping them in school is another issue that goes hand in hand die to the lack of quality education provided in schools. The education being offered in mainstream schools in India serves foreign to students with no connection to their daily life.
First thing we need to work on is to create welcoming classroom. Currently classroom exists as a foreign entity which separates children from their actual world. For classroom to be inviting for students they need to work as an extension of their world not a separation from it. Secondly, a child learns best in his/her natural context therefore, the education that is being imparted need to catered in such a manner that it is connected to students daily life. Rote memorization as a concept needs to go away, instead practical education need to bought in mainstream schooling. For example- if we are trying to teach our students life cycle of a plant then our approach should be allowing stud ets to grow their own plants and observing the growth of the same. Therefore, there is dire need to bring about changes pedagogical strategies going from teacher centrered to student centric.
Thirdly, school subjects need not be locked in water tight compartments. Disciplines need to be fluid so that students can make connections between the same. Fourthly, there is a need to introduce TLMs to support the ongoing learning process. Currently teachers shy away from using TLMs considering them as a waste of time. However, this mindset is not healthy for students and needs to be catered as one of the prime problems.
In conclusion, the existing teacher training regime and school regime needs to strengthened so that all theses required changes can be brought into practice
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