About the Scope Foundation Mission
Education in India is primarily provided by public schools (controlled and funded by the government at three levels: central, state and local) and private schools. Under various articles of the Indian Constitution, free and compulsory education is provided as a fundamental right to children aged 6 to 14.
- Right of children to free and compulsory education till completion of elementary education in a neighbourhood school.
- Compulsory education’ means an obligation of government to provide free elementary education and ensure compulsory admission, attendance and completion of elementary education.
- Provision for a non-admitted child to be admitted to an age-appropriate class.
- Norms and standards like Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs), buildings and infrastructure, school-working days, teacher-working hours, appropriately trained and qualified teachers are enumerated.
- Rational deployment of teachers, ensuring that there is no urban-rural imbalance in their postings.
- Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational work, other
- Prohibition of (a) physical punishment and mental harassment (b) screening procedures for admission of children (c) capitation fee (d) private tuition by teachers (e) running of schools without recognition.
- Development of curriculum in consonance with the values enshrined in the constitution, ensuring all-round development of the child, building a system of child-friendly and child-centred learning.
Problem Statement
Education has been sold in India as a route to national greatness. It is expected to “socially uplift” the poor, transform society and turn the country into an economic powerhouse. But in countries like ours where intergenerational social and economic inequalities are entrenched, education on its own changes very little. It mostly reproduces the inequalities.
About the Theme
More than 80% of schools in India are managed by the government. Private schools are very expensive and are not affordable by the poor.
- Most of the villages in India do not have proper schools, which makes the students to travel few kilometres to attain their basic education.The biggest challenge that lies within the education system in India is the quality of education that is been delivered to the students, as most of the education that is delivered to students in India is generally theoretical in nature, its lacks the practical aspect.
- Lack of funds, the colleges in India lack funds, they don’t have enough funds to enhance the quality of education and hence lacks in the infrastructure facility, teaching environment and quality teachers. Infrastructure facilities at schools and colleges across rural areas dispense very poor quality of education. The teachers are not paid adequately, as they are not much qualified so they are not willing to work hard.
- It is the mentality of the Indian families that more and more people of the family should earn, little kids are send out to earn the daily bread and butter of the family instead of going to school and attain their basic education.
- Most of the parents in India are not willing to send their children to schools to attain basic education, as they are illiterate so they don’t know the value of education
