During the course of hearing, the court noticed the deplorable condition of these schools and observed that although they are catering to the needs of 90% population of children, their condition could be described as "shabby."
Hearing a slew of writ petitions filed by Umesh Kumar Singh and several others, Justice Sudhir Agarwal directed the chief secretary to take steps within six months so as to make the aforesaid directions effective from the next academic session of primary schools.
chinmoymukherjee wrote:Usha
Education is not an ordinary commodity to be handed over to agencies of market forces.In fact,we have been witnessing commodification of the worst kind in recent times.Unfortunately some leftists intellectuals who write weepy articles ruing it now conveniently forget that the worst commodification was ushered in Bengal by no other than late Jyoti Basu and his successors creating almost a vertical divide.Recently I have come across a report that a top excise functionary was conspiring to release duty drawback worth Rs.300 crores on exports which never took place by a Delhi-based businessman one Gupta who runs a chain of educational institutions in and around Delhi!!!!!
It is the same in all states ...In Karnataka , all major private Engineering and Medical Colleges are run and owned by Politicians, some of who are ministers now.There have been many scandals about the home minister and others and all of them are involved in some unlawful activity or the other !
http://talkmag.in/cms/news/politics/item/1645-skeletons-in-the-cabinet
The quality of the product or service depends on the standard of the end user. Central schools are government run and are successfully running all over the country. The main reason is that the children of aware defence personnel are studying among others. They will protest if quality goes down, But municipal schools are used by the poor who have no voice and no choice. forget [politicians how many middle class citizens will send their children to these schools?
You have supported the views of a judge. My suggestion is to create better employment opportunities for weaker sections and increase their purchasing power and give them a financial strength which will give them a voice and respect. It will lead to their children affording getting better edcucation
@rambabu