Right to Education

When Right to Education was first read in highlights I felt happy – almost euphoric and told my wife that at last India got a law that meets need of very foundation of who we are.

While reading the articles (and later the law itself) I felt that good times are here. However now that the act is being implemented two basic questions –

Question 1

Why is government killing a business idea of education? Business of education came into existing because government by its own failures to invest created a need for them. Now the business Idea is being killed – which may put many such schools out of work and our bleeding fiscal coffers cannot support the public spending to replace them.

Yes we liked the government for doing what it did – the same way we appreciate Mohd. Bin Tuglaq’s (also called wisest fool of Indian History)   efforts to shift the capital or to introduce new currency (both of which are failure of gigantic proportions read here)

Question 2

25% reservation in all schools…? I understand the socialistic desire of the government and the directive principle in government, but imposing it will not work.

I was educated to be clerk in this country – almost by luck I ended to be an executive (not much of a difference except I earn more – give more taxes and only work – don’t live). Then there were people (in my batch itself) who were educated to manage business, others were trained to be engineers etc. We  all became what our families wanted us to become. Sadly that remains the case even today.

And it’s the case simply because education system itself is not there to provide guidance & enhance skills – i.e. guidance still comes from family and not from education.

In such cases what the hell are we educating our kids for?

The RTE simply ignores this part ensuring that 25% reservation of poor kids (with families that will hardly be able to provide guidance) to compete against a majority – that will invariably be more successful.

It will breed hostility in lower section of society against the wealth itself – it’s a disaster

Are there any solutions?

To be honest – I don’t know. But that’s because i haven’t given a due diligence. People who drafted a goddamn policy certainly need to do better than a drunk blogger