Closure of schools will hurt the poor: Lok Satta
Article on the contradictory nature of the closing of 4000 schools in India in the name of 'The Right to Education Act'. Spouting statistics on the number of schools with less than 10 and 20 students, single teacher schools and schools without any teachers at all, State Lok Satta Party Vice President D V V S Varma highlighted how the decision to close schools with less than 10 students will have devastating effects for the few children who do attend these smaller institutions and cannot afford costly schools. The paradoxical nature of the move to shut down schools to better ensure the right to education rather than exploring alternatives is further reinforced as the article states, 'What is paradoxical is that a Government which runs schools by employing education volunteers seeks to shut down budget schools by stipulating norms like teachers' qualifications and salaries and built up area. As a result, there will only be corporate and Government schools hereafter,'.
Agencies | 19th Jun 2013
Hyderabad: Closure of about 4000 budget schools in the name of implementing the Right to Education Act, will badly hit education of the Children belonging to poorer sections because of the absence of a school in the neighborhood or their inability to afford costly schools, said State Lok Satta Party Vice President D V V S Varma here today.
In a media statement, Varma said the Government decision is thoughtless in that it comes at a time education is in a parlous state.
Quoting Government data, Varma said there are 3193 Government primary schools with less than 10 students and 5679 schools with less than 20 students, As many as 5774 schools have no teachers at all, 15170 schools have just one teacher and 23146 schools, two teachers. Of them, the Government has decided to shut down schools with less than 10 students this year. Another 5000 schools will face a similar fate next year.
Closure of about 4000 budget schools which charge less than Rs.500 a month as fee, in the name of implementing the Right to Education Act, will badly hit education in the State. What is paradoxical is that a Government which runs schools by employing education volunteers seeks to shut down budget schools by stipulating norms like teachers' qualifications and salaries and built up area. As a result, there will only be corporate and Government schools hereafter.
Varma wanted the Government not to shut down any Government or private school for this year and explore alternatives so that the poor do not go without schooling.
Varma suggested that in areas where the Government cannot run schools, it can enable poor students through direct cash transfer to study in private budget schools. It can stipulate certain standards for such schools, instead of driving poor students to corporate schools, said Varma.
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