The results of the learning outcome audit is alarming (PISA)...but why is it alarming? people have been saying the same thing for years. ... maybe not that we have escaped being at the bottom by the skin of our teeth. We are in the same position in the HDI too... so it's not surprising.
But apart from speeches, will anyone do anything?
The problem with this situation is ..once there have been 5 -10 years of bad education, then there is no hope --for the next generation will be taught by those who have not learned anything during their education.
Assuming people wake up , and the govt, ngos and everybody gears up to improve our schools, maybe build toilets for the children, maybe get blackboards fixed... but the teachers will not know enough to teach anything to these children. So how will the learning outcomes improve?
It is really scary.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
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Well we can have teacher training programs like these http://vikramvgarg.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/main.pdf
http://austin.aidindia.org/system/files/u11/Eurekaposter2010.gif
The situation is bad but there are significant improvements possible.
Thank you for the links.
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