Saturday 30 January 2010

native intelligence

The Azim Premji foundation in one of its numerous studies has found out the expectation parents have from education.
You ask any urban middle class parent, his answer to the question "what do you expect from educating your child?" the answer would be " a highly paid job"
Ask a rural illiterate, he says "knowledge" . This is not a quote from "mera gaon, mera desh" type fiction. It is a quote from this study by the APF.
So when did our urban parent lose his native good sense?

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