1. PRIMARY EDUCATION
A STEP TOWARDS NATION BUILDING
Team Details
Alluri Dinesh Varma Eshu Kalra Harshvardhan Singh Rahul Satija Suyesh Sanghi
IMT Ghaziabad 13-15
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2. Problem Definition
 With over 8 lakh schools imparting primary
education in the country, the quality they
provide is still very alarming
 Even with implementation of Right to
education act the quality of education is
deteriorating. Only 61% of allocations
were spent in FY 2011-12
 Only 40% of the schools giving primary
education(only primary) in India have a
permanent Headmaster
 Some basic facilities like drinking
water(8%) and sanitation facilities (50%)
are still missing from many schools all
over the country, especially in rural areas.
 Private education institutes have been
flourishing all over the country especially
in rural areas due to low quality of
education which acts as a deterrent for
many with low level of incomes.
Even after reaching a phenomenal level of penetration of primary schools the quality of primary education
in our country is at dangerously low levels and is declining at a very fast rate.
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3. Present Condition
 Student attendance is at 71%, a number
that has dropped in the last four years. Bihar
is at the bottom of the list here, with 50%
student attendance. The teacher
absenteeism is also an issue with only 75%
teachers present on a given day
 Cause: Since the quality teachers are
unavailable, the students have no motivation
to come and attend the school
 The number of private school enrolment is at
dangerously high levels and the private
tutoring is also at a worrying stage.
 Cause: The absence of quality teachers and
the lack of infrastructure in govt. schools is
keeping them away from the school
 The quality of teachers specially contractual
is very bad because most them have a
maximum qualification of Senior Secondary or
less and a large number of government
teachers have also failed to pass the Teacher
Eligibility Test (TET) mandated by the RTE. In
Delhi, only 7% of teachers passed the TET
As per the surveys like ASER and DICE the low quality of education has prevalent almost all over the rural
belt of the country and also to some parts of urban area in some backward states like Bihar and Jharkhand.
To tackle the
present scenario,
we have Shiksha
model
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4. SHIKSHA MODEL
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5. ORGANISATION STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNING BOARD
committees
State Level HeadsZonal HeadsNational Head
President
VP North
Zone
Director MP
Director
UP
VP West
Zone
VP East Zone
VP South
Zone
Director TN
Director AP
Treasury
General Awareness
Committee
ESR Review board
QA Committee
Cost Estimate
• The estimated costs for
this organisation is
expected to be INR 75
Crore per year for its
operations across India.
• All costs like employee
salaries are estimated
as per current trend in
the country.
• The yearly costs
mentioned above,
include a one time
investment of INR 30
Crore on
infrastructure.
• The costs might go
down if there are
already existing
Government
infrastructure facilities.
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6. Governing Board
The main purpose of the review board is to enhance the quality of education by improvising upon the
teaching standards in primary education of India.
Activities
Why ?
•Assuring the quality of education provided to students, especially from Government schools.
•Making sure the curriculum of schools and the curriculum of teachers’ courses are as per current day standards. Making
suggestions for the changes in curriculum wherever required.
•Make sure the Pupil to Teacher (PTR) ratio is uniformly distributed. The overall ratio in India stands at 32%. But it needs to be
uniform across all states.
• Coming up with infrastructure facilities for schools.
• Having a complaint wing for teaching related concerns with a toll-free number, which can address them accordingly.
QA
Committee
•Yearly review of information provided by each private school. Ensuring private schools are compliant with the rules of
Education Social Responsibility (ESR).
•Reviewing the performance of teachers based on quantitative and qualitative results, and recognize suitable members. Also,
reviewing the completion of their goals and promoting them accordingly.
•Ensuring facilities for teachers who travel to rural areas as part of ESR activities, also reimburse for expenses like travel etc.
•Measures against private schools who do not comply with ESR activities.
ESR Review
Board
•Arrange workshops for teachers across all the regions to improve the teaching skills and their responsibility towards the society.
•Encourage CSR activities towards educational sector and provide corporates with information on which area they need to
invest their resources in.
•Design training programmes or workshops for teachers. Also promote the movement of education in India to attract more
resources.
General
Awareness
Committee
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7. Teachers – A Change in the Process
The decrease in the quality of education can be attributed to lack of infrastructure, but mostly to the decrease in the quality of
teaching process. Over 99 percent of the 7.95 lakh teachers who appeared for the latest CTET, a benchmark for teacher eligibility,
failed to clear the exam. This clearly shows the lack of competency and motive in teachers. Below are the proposed solutions for
motivating the teachers and improving the quality of teaching.
Proposed Solutions
• As per ESR, Teachers from private schools are
encouraged to teach students from the surrounding
Government schools, which lack quality teachers.
• Teachers recruited for Government schools should
be promoted based on their performance, and
not on experience alone.
• Recognition and public mention of effective
teachers through media, based on the quality of
education provided, number of new students one
could bring in, by creating awareness programs.
• A change in the curriculum of B.Ed. Courses which
inculcate social responsibility, passion towards the
profession should be included in the curriculum.
Advantages and Costs
•The quality of teaching in rural areas and other
Government schools would improve.
Cost: The costs for this would be covered from 5% of
the private school’s profits, as defined by ESR.
•Teachers would be motivated to work towards the
betterment of student learning and the teaching
methods too.
• Motivation factor for the teachers towards qualitative
education and involve more children towards primary
education.
Cost: The recognition costs have been estimated at
INR 80 Lakhs per annum.
• Provide better quality of teachers with more
inclination towards the social cause.
Cost: The change in curriculum would be taken care by
the education governing board’s QA committee. Other
minimal costs like new text books etc. have to be
incurred.
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8. Schools – A Basic Need
 40% of schools in India do not have
functioning toilet.
 40% of schools do not have separate girls
toilet.
 10% do not have access to drinking water.
 60% does not have electricity
 80% do not have computers
 95.2% of schools are not compliant with
the complete set of RTE infrastructure
indicators
Problems Proposed Solutions
 The money spent on Infrastructure
should be divided on the basis of the
current state of education in the state
e.g. Bihar, Jharkhand and North Eastern
States should get the maximum amount.
 Main focus should be given on buildings
and basic amenities like water,
electricity and sanitation.
 Classes should be segregated based on
the age and skill set of the students
unlike now.
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9. ESR
Education as Social Responsibility
NORMS
• Every School must register
with the governing board
• 5% on net profit of the
school should go towards
ESR
• Annual report of the ESR
activities done by the school
must be submitted to the
board.
• If a school does not perform
ESR, it has to give a valid
reason and if found guilty
will be penalized
IMPORTANCE
• Privileged kids get the best
of education but it is right of
every child for good
education. So, imparting
ESR is necessary, which
provides part of private
schools’ resources to schools
which lack resources.
• Schools run in India to
raise its revenue, it is
necessary that every school
be in the boundaries of social
responsibility for the purpose
of social welfare and raising
the standard of education
EXPECTED RESULTS
• Improved quality of
primary education as good
teachers and schools will be
involved
• Motivation factor for other
teachers to participate
• Percentage of students
enrolled in primary
education will increase
• As a whole the net
investment on education will
increase which will create
better educational
infrastructure
AGENDA – Increasing the role of Schools in Primary education
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10. Primary Education: A Solution for all Evils
 Healing Touch: As per the facts given by “The Guardian” the countries where the level of primary education is
good are generally good in basic healthcare facilities. E.g. Japan and Netherlands.
 Walk to Equality: It can be easily concluded that by imparting the primary education a sense of equality and
respect for women can be inculcated in the child and its unlikely that a literate man would fall for such heinous
crimes.
 Boosting Skill sets: When the quality of education will improve the skillset will also go up and so will be the
demand for the person. This in turn will help in decreasing unemployment.
 Sowing Prosperity: India being a agriculture based economy an educated farmer has been more productive and
efficient. He will be able to practice the modern farming and thus increase its farming many folds.
 Fairness at Play: An educated voter will be able to understand his good or bad and will be able to take a firm
decision about the country unlike those who have always been lured by some persons for their ulterior motives.
 Towards Cleaner India: A literate person has the sense of responsibility about the environment he lives in and
will not indulge in activities that will spoil it.
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11. Primary Education & Economy
 Taking cue from Japan’s past it is well
known that Japan was able to enjoy a
spurious economic growth after various
devastating events like world war II
because of the strong educational
system set up after Mieji Restoration.
 American Education has also proven that
imparting quality education is more
important than the number of years
spent in school and it has a significant
impact on the GDP growth as well.
Source: Michaelowa, Katharina. (2000) “Returns to Education in Low Income Countries”
So a strong foundation in education sector is
needed for the economy to grow. If we can
implement this in our country then being one of
the youngest nations of the world can be the
biggest resource India could ever generate.
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12. References
 ASER Report 2012
 http://www.empiricalzeal.com/2012/01/19/the-state-of-indian-rural-
education-2011/
 DISE Report for Rural India 2011-12
 DISE Report for Urban India 2011-12
 http://www.firstpost.com/india/why-the-state-of-indias-primary-education-
is-shocking-598011.html
 http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/india_needs_more_teachers_better_te
achers
 http://www.rteforumindia.org/content/95-percent-schools-lack-rte-
infrastructure-0
 http://data.gov.in/dataset/number-teachers-educational-institutions-all-
india-and-state-wise
 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1746-1049.1963.tb01140.x/pdf
 http://educationnext.org/education-and-economic-growth/