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    How The Condition of Rural Education System In India Can Be Improved?
    17Nov 2023

    How The Condition of Rural Education System In India Can Be Improved?

    The rural education system in India is much behind its urban counterpart. This is a crude reality of our time. While the urban schools have all the basic amenities and more needed to offer the best education. On the other hand, the education system in rural India suffers due to the lack of even the most basic amenities. The dearth of amenities plays its part in bringing down the quality of the education system in rural India and across the subcontinent. Here, we have listed down some of the challenges that mare the rural education system in India and how they can be addressed and improved:

     

    The Number Of Schools In Rural India:

    When you compare the number of schools in urban versus rural areas, you will notice there is a stark difference between the numbers. While in urban areas you can easily find primary, secondary and senior secondary schools in close proximity the same is not true for rural India. While you may find primary schools in most rural areas, to attain secondary and senior secondary education, students have to travel far. The lack of secondary and senior secondary schools within close proximity affects the quality of the education system in rural India.

     

    Dearth Of Qualified Teachers:

    The dearth of competent and quality instructors adds to the most significant disparity between India's urban and rural education systems. While urban schools have a pool of certified and excellent instructors, rural India has a relatively restricted pool of teachers. To cover the complete curriculum, one instructor may have to teach many courses. In contrast, in urban schools, one teacher is assigned to teach only one topic. As education levels rise, you may notice teachers who specialise in a certain field. For example, in urban schools, separate specialist instructors teach distinct streams of scientific and social science topics to pupils. In rural areas, even in secondary schools, just one teacher is assigned to teach all science or social science topics. This is a serious issue that has an impact on the quality of schooling in rural India. 

     

    Infrastructure:

    Proper infrastructure allows students to not only concentrate on the lesson that is being taught but also venture out of their course to gain more knowledge. The lack of infrastructure puts students in rural schools on a back foot compared to their urban peers. Since they do not have the same amenities, they are not exposed to more knowledge outside of their course. This means in future competition and national-level exams, students from urban backgrounds have an edge over students from rural backgrounds. This is another critical problem that looms over the education system in rural India.

     

    Both governmental and non-governmental organisations are fully aware of the constraints affecting rural India's education system. These issues can only be addressed via ongoing efforts to improve the status of schools and provide education in rural India. By confronting these issues head-on, the gap between India's urban and rural education systems may be bridged.

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