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Prime Minister expresses concern over poor
level of student learning
Tuesday September 04, 2012 05:09:03 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Voicing concern at
the "poor levels of student learning", Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Tuesday said focus needed to be shifted from enrolment and
access to education to "what goes on in the classroom and the
school".
Addressing award-winning teachers on the eve of Teachers Day, the
prime minister stressed on assessing the benefit children were
getting from education. He also thanked teachers for contributing
to the process of nation building.
"However, the poor levels of student learning remain a major
concern. Therefore, as we move ahead, we need a clear shift in our
strategy from a focus on inputs, access and enrolment to what goes
on in the classroom and the school. We need to set up transparent
and reliable systems for tracking attendance of children in a
truly meaningful way," he said.
"At the same time, we need to put in place a system of continuous
assessment of the benefit our children are getting from their
education. Participation of the community and parents would be
essential in this process, so that they can be satisfied with the
quality of teaching."
The prime minister said that teachers "have to be an integral part
of policy-making, governance and management, as also of day-to-day
instructional strategies and decision making".
The empowerment of teachers that includes real opportunity for
them to share policy perspectives and decision-making will have to
be the key component of the educational reform process, he said.
The government, Manmohan Singh pointed out, has "substantially
increased public spending on education since 2004-05".
"Education expenditure as a percentage of our GDP has increased
from 3.3 percent in 2004-05 to 4 percent in 2011-12. Per capita
public expenditure on education has increased from Rs.888 in
2004-05 to Rs.2,985 in 2011-12.
"The enhanced outlays have helped in a massive expansion of the
educational infrastructure and sanction of additional posts of
teachers on a large scale," the prime minister said.
Teachers Day is celebrated Sep 5, the birthday of Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan, India's second president and an eminent
educationist.
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