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'India requires gender-based teaching'
Sunday January 08, 2012 07:15:07 PM,
IANS
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Jaipur: Overseas
Indians attending the Pravasi Bharati Diwas (PBD) here Jan 7-9
feel that to become a developed country, India requires to fill
the gaps mainly in the education sector.
"India requires gender-based teaching and it will help to utilize
50 percent of human resources meaningfully. This would also help
in women empowerment," Dr Anita Singh, an academician at the
University of Toronto, told IANS.
Singh, who belongs to Bhilawat village near Ajmer district of
Rajasthan, said that mathematics can be understood differently by
girls and boys and so teaching should focus on gender too.
She said that in India, the majority of girls do not have access
to quality education, which undermines the overall efficiency of
human resources as almost 50 percent do not get proper education.
She said that there still exists conservatism, old values,
superstitions and traditions which widen the gap between
economically growing India and developed countries.
The most important sector to overcome such obstacles is education,
Dr Singh added.
She said that in the next 10 years, India will require thousands
of colleges and if teaching is modernized as per the requirements
of the day, India will surpass all developed countries in more
than one way.
Earlier, Dr. Singh interacted with youth during a session and
answered their queries.
She said that the rural students like urban should also get top
priority.
Dr Singh visited her home state after 10 years and was mesmerized
to see changes especially in Jaipur.
"I am very excited and thrilled to be here and after the PBD, I
will go to my village to meet family members," she added.
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