and purpose that one has to achieve. Education and food are both important to survive in this competitive world. Education is critical to improve our society and for sustainable development of country. Quality schooling system has become a need in Indian education sector. Indian government and private investors has played a key role to be one of the best school education systems in whole world.
Even though India has achieved a certain level in education, students still lags behind when it comes to showcase their skill in real life scenarios. Educationalist must find solutions to provide quality education and prepare students to face any challenges that life throws at them. Schools are there to guide students and provide them a way to participate and work in society.
Current Statistics:
Annual Indian Government spending is Rs 323 thousand cr.
Annual Government spend per enrolled student is Rs 12.5k.
Present no. of schools in India are around 1.5 million.
Enrolments raised up to 260 million students.
75% of schools are of government and 25% are of private.
57% students get education through Government schools and rest 43% from Private.
Share of private sector continues to increase from 16% in 2005 to 25% in 2016.
Way to reach High Road
Some of the measures that can be taken to achieve the high road for K12 Indian education system as per the EY-FICCI report are:-
Ensuring adequate training and development of teachers for quality education.
Adoption of outcome focused teaching practices for student’s better future.
Increase in supply of education by promoting and attracting investments.
Increase access and equity in education to provide equal opportunities to all.