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Avantika Thakur,
Teach for India, 2012-2014 4th International Language and Education Conference
Bangkok, 6-8 November, 2013
1. What is literacy?
2. Access to education
3. Quality of education
4. Quality of education–a case study
5. Towards better quality of education
A. What is Literacy?
B. Is this limited perception of literacy an effective
parameter for the Indian masses?
C. Literacy is not an end in itself. Shifting towards a
plural notion of literacy.
A. Whether or not there is a challenge in access to
education in India?
B. How has the government approached this challenge
and through what national policies?
C. The onus lies upon the state to ensure free and
compulsory education for children between the age of
six and fourteen.
A. Hindi versus English:
What is the significance of mother tongue while
teaching? Examples from the classroom.
How has the mother tongue suffered due to the lack of
qualified teachers?
Is there a link between the use of mother tongue and the
absence of qualified teachers?
B. Private versus Public schools:
Increasing preference for schools providing instruction in
English.
What is the perception of parents while choosing
schools?
90 percent of the staff in my school does not meet the
bare minimum educational qualification.
50 percent of them are still pursuing their graduation.
The average time period for which they teach is
6 – 10 months.
(A) Hindi versus English:
Based on a small test conducted for classes I and II,
aimed at assessing identification of alphabets and their
sounds in both Hindi and English.
Class English Hindi
LKG 34% 52%
UKG 25% 36%
II 41% 60%
III 90% 74%
(B) Private versus Public schools:
100 percent of my students’ parents prefer a private
school over a public school.
The quality of English, reading rather than
comprehension skills being taught is a primary
parameter.
(A) Teach For India:
Involvement of young leaders as teachers into the class
room.
Rigorous curriculum based on comprehension and
application of skills –
How are reading skills and comprehension skills different
in the curriculum? How do we map the growth across
different levels of comprehension?
(B) Involving all
stakeholders:
What are the provisions
within the Right to
Education Act.? Increasing
reliance on tuitions for
illiterate parents. How can
we involve them more?
(C) Implementation of laws:
The pressing need for implementation of national policies
like Right to Education to better the status of quality
education in India.