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Bridge Gap Between Public, Private Schools, says PMBy Sumit Kumar, Section Education
Stressing upon the need to bridge the quality gap between public and private schools, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that a high-quality public schooling system was the only guarantor of equality of opportunity to all groups, irrespective of their social or economic conditions.
Speaking here today at a conference on "Empowerment of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minorities through Elementary Education", organised by the All India Forum of Legislators (SCs, STs and others), the PM said the quality of education in public school system was not satisfactory and there was a feeling that quality gap between public and private schools may have widened over the past few decades. "I believe that greater effort is required to bridge the quality gap if good education is not to become a preserve of the privileged classes only," he noted. Starting on a personal note, Dr Singh said as a young adult, he had no asset other than a benefit of good education which he received due to scholarships he earned and his family's commitment. "Education enhances human capabilities. This, in turn, empowers us socially and economically," he said, adding the route to social and economic empowerment of all disadvantaged groups, including Dalits, tribals, women or minorities, was through education. The PM said the policy of reservations in public educational institutions had helped in improving enrolment in higher education and had facilitated entry into jobs for the Dalits. "This has been an important source of social mobility which has had a wider impact on the development process. We must persist with this effort," he said.
Referring to the Sachar committee report, Dr Singh said that Muslims had lagged behind in the field of education. He said the government was committed to providing equal opportunity to all in securing access to credit and to employment opportunities.
Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal, who took the initiative for organising the conference, said there was a cloud over reservations being extended to the private sector and the "unhealthy" debate was being premised on the undesirability of reservations for the sake of efficiency. Dismissing arguments about decline in efficiency because of reservations, he said quantity and quality of services and output had improved considerably for the common man, the poor and the dispossessed over the past five decades. Paying tributes to Dr B.R. Ambedkar, he said the late leader had enshrined principles of social regeneration in the Constitution and emphasised that knowledge was foundation of a man's life. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani said efforts should be directed at tackling educational backwardness among the Muslim community. He said there was need to look at welfare of the poor among upper castes and supported the suggestion of UP Chief Minister Mayawati for affirmative action for them. Former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral said the management of schools in rural areas should be given to panchayats. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said reservation policy should be extended to the private sector. (Source- TRIBUNE)
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