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Amidst the fuss over IIM fees, the government is quietly pushing inequity. A months-long probe by Outlook shows how the very poor are being short-changed on primary education.


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Mar 15, 2004

No Clean Slates
Apropos Pencil Erasure (Mar 1), it’s obvious the situation is dire. But at this juncture, who can we blame? You can’t leave it to the Centre to manage each and every hamlet in a country of 1 billion. It’s finally up to the state, district and lower levels of administration to do the job. aie and egs schools are for now the only thing ‘guaranteeing’ some sort of education for these children. It’s evident the job is not being done right, but in the absence of other options...
Vivek Thuppil, Philadelphia

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Mar 22, 2004

A One-Rupee Course
Apropos Pencil Erasure (Mar 1), while so many suffer for lack of primary education, cutting down iim fees is mere masala to the feelgood curry being dished out from the bjp kitchen. But I have a better suggestion for the learned hrd minister. Bring the fees down to a token Re 1 and develop a mechanism whereby the students pay out a sum equal to their current fees after a specific period (say 5 years) upon completing the programme. Perhaps this will generate enough funds for our routinely starved primary education sector.
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3/D-2 Feb 25, 2004 12:03 AM	It is obvious that the situation is dire, but who can blame be placed upon. It is not upto the Centre to manage each and every hamlet in a country of 1 billion people. It cannot. It is upto to the state and district level governments to ensure that such schools are eliminated, and every child has a access to proper primary education. The Centre on the other hand should provide maximum support to the states, and should ensure that adequate funding is provided. Vivek Thuppil Philadelphia, USA PERMALINK \| LIKE (0) \| DISLIKE (0) \| REPORT ABUSE
2/D-2 Feb 24, 2004 12:02 AM	A good account of realities of the government education system. Primary education is a state subject. The failure is of individual states- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar etc. The larger failure is due to under funding, indifferent politicians, and just lack of interest in development and people. Dont blame Joshi for all of this, though I think he is a nut. Looks like one too. lalit bagai kalundborg, danmark PERMALINK \| LIKE (0) \| DISLIKE (0) \| REPORT ABUSE
1/D-1 Feb 23, 2004 12:01 AM	Thanks a bunch to "Outlookindia.com" for bringing out an excellent issue!! Such type of journalism is welcome. -Vande Mataram Miss Chandramukhi Sonkar Rampur ( Uttar Pradesh ), India PERMALINK \| LIKE (0) \| DISLIKE (0) \| REPORT ABUSE

1/D-1 Feb 23, 2004 12:01 AM	Thanks a bunch to "Outlookindia.com" for bringing out an excellent issue!! Such type of journalism is welcome. -Vande Mataram Miss Chandramukhi Sonkar Rampur ( Uttar Pradesh ), India PERMALINK \| LIKE (0) \| DISLIKE (0) \| REPORT ABUSE
2/D-2 Feb 24, 2004 12:02 AM	A good account of realities of the government education system. Primary education is a state subject. The failure is of individual states- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar etc. The larger failure is due to under funding, indifferent politicians, and just lack of interest in development and people. Dont blame Joshi for all of this, though I think he is a nut. Looks like one too. lalit bagai kalundborg, danmark PERMALINK \| LIKE (0) \| DISLIKE (0) \| REPORT ABUSE
3/D-2 Feb 25, 2004 12:03 AM	It is obvious that the situation is dire, but who can blame be placed upon. It is not upto the Centre to manage each and every hamlet in a country of 1 billion people. It cannot. It is upto to the state and district level governments to ensure that such schools are eliminated, and every child has a access to proper primary education. The Centre on the other hand should provide maximum support to the states, and should ensure that adequate funding is provided. Vivek Thuppil Philadelphia, USA PERMALINK \| LIKE (0) \| DISLIKE (0) \| REPORT ABUSE


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