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Educational reforms in schools sought
Several educationists and leaders of political parties underlined the need for introducing reforms in our school education system. A district-level seminar on For Quality and Equity Education for All was held under the aegis of Telangana Peoples Education Reforms Movement (TPRM) in the town on Sunday.
Nalgonda: Several educationists and leaders of political parties underlined the need for introducing reforms in our school education system. A district-level seminar on ‘For Quality and Equity Education for All’ was held under the aegis of Telangana Peoples Education Reforms Movement (TPRM) in the town on Sunday.
Prof B Bukhya of University of Hyderabad said that the government sector was shrinking and private sector was expanding day-by-day, giving more jobs to the unemployed, especially the youth. Reminding the delegates that English knowledge is must to get job opportunities in corporate sectors, he stressed the need to streamline school education by introducing English medium sections in government-run schools.
Referring to the promises made by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on strengthening the education system, including free education from KG to PG level, he alleged that the TRS government has failed to take any concrete step to implement the promises. He also underlined the need to oppose the move by the Central government to saffronise education system in the country.
M V Foundation national convener Venkat Reddy said that as per the official records, only 28,000 (0.4%) of the children were out of the schools in Telangana State, but the figures were contradictory to the statistics of Census-2011. He also exhorted the teachers to call the students with their names instead of roll numbers that would boost the self-confidence of students.
Stating that the literacy rate in Telangana State was 66.6 percent which was less than the national average of 74.4 percent, TRPM Convener N Narayana said that Telangana was also at the bottom in the literacy rate in the southern states. He wanted the government to reduce the school going age of children from the present 6 to 16 years to 3 to 18 years.
Narayana said that introduction of English medium in government-run schools is an urgent need in the State. It would also check the students leaving government schools to join private schools. Yearly about 1.2 lakh students were leaving government schools and joining private schools in the State, he added.
Pointing out that 86 percent of students studying in government schools belonged to SCs, STs and BCs, he said that neglecting the government schools by the government was nothing but denial of quality education to these sections. He demanded the government to cut down the teachers: Students ratio from 1:30 to 1:20.
CPM district secretary Julakanti Ranga Reddy strongly criticised the government for acting in favour of private education managements. He underlined the need for a prolonged struggle opposing privatisation of education. CPI (New Democracy) leader David Kumar, AIDWA district secretary Mallu Lakshmi, CPI (ML) leader Uppalaiah, TSUTF state general secretary Ramesh and SFI president T Ramesh were also present.
