Right to education Begins with Preschool

There’s a big hue and cry of the news of RTE.RTE is the right to education according to this rule every child has a right to education. Why there is so much noise about nothing? Yes I mean nothing! What is really wrong in the fact that all kids have a right to education and good education? What I mean by good education is that, in schools there should be learning happening not just teaching. I am sure you agree to this fact, that in most of the primary schools in India what happens is only teaching not learning. I know I am confusing to the core. You are thinking that the writer of this article has gone off his head. Yes the government is very right in passing the bill of RTE but I wish they could also ensure well qualified teacher in the pre-primary and primary school in India.

Patience my dear readers! I am going ahead to explain to you the meaning of teaching and learning. What I mean that teacher is teaching with all earnestness but no one makes sure if learning has happened. Has the child learnt or not? Yes, the teachers teach in the class and the students come back blank in the evening. Time passes and the burden of the child’s “No learning” keeps increasing and by the time the child crosses the primary education stage then the child is still at no nothing stage or if the child is lucky to have an educated mother and she is free to look after the child then child will have some learning. Yes I say some learning, as we cannot compare the teaching of a qualified and trained professional to the mother at home.

Mother at home will teach few things but for an effective learning to occur the teachers should be well trained, I know you will say of course for a pre-primary school no training is required and I must say I beg to differ. In Pre-primary education in India, unfortunately no care is taken which is one of the most important stages of learning. Even if learning happens, it is not the learning of an organized way of working, or doing work on time or using the toilets properly and keeping it clean and many such other things essential for the primary school, instead the teachers aimlessly make them cram nursery rhymes, whose meaning child hardly comprehends or the alphabets. Some schools go ahead in claiming that they teach multiplication tables, alphabets, rhymes and some other things .Yes they do  teach ,now I repeat my question again, Does learning occur? Does the poor child know what he is cramming daily along with the teacher? OH! Yes I see a benefit …Parents will be able to show off the ability of their child to cram so many things in the kitty party or when their guests arrive.

I want to say is that RTE is good in fact very mush required if we want to bring our country in top of the list in all fields. Unfortunately the bill passes admissions are done but still the child does not complete his education to be a fruitful citizen of India. Alphabets, rhymes and some other things .Yes they do teach, now I repeat my question again, Does learning occur? Does the poor child know what he is cramming daily along with the teacher? OH! Yes I see a benefit …Parents will be able to show off the ability of their child to cram so many things

I want to say is that RTE is good in fact very much required if we want to bring our country in top of the list in all fields. Unfortunately the bill passes admissions are done but still the child does not complete his education to be a fruitful citizen of India.