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if implemented properly, will make a
student’s result better than expected.
When we talk about rural government
schools, education should go local.
Techniques like ‘live learning
experiences’ and ‘community
participation in learning’ will help a
lot. But, rote memorization and
chapter-exam completion practices
which are present in the system are of
no worth. We have to change the way
and thinking of ‘teaching-learning
processes in our country’, through
which we will be able to increase the
skill index of students in our country.
Increasing enrolment ratio
and decreasing drop out ratio
(especially female):
Less enrolment and big drop out ratio
in villages is a big matter of concern.
When we add up the figures of female
literacy to it, we get the biggest
loophole of Indian education in
remote areas (according to the data of
2014, national rural female literacy
rate of India is 56.8% which means
that almost half of the Indian
population is illiterate). This problem
is hampering the growth and health of
not only a family but also of society.
You will not get solutions to this
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problem on the internet. My
experience of a trained teacher says
that when a teacher is posted in
remote areas, he/she does not know
anything about the local language,
communities, culture, religious and
caste-based patterns which are
affecting the enrolment and dropout
ratio of that place, directly. So, as
soon as a teacher makes him/her
aware of all these issues, he/she will
not only be able to have a check but
will also be able to increase the
number of students in the school.
You should know how, what, when
and where to communicate. Active
participation of village communities,
panchayats and parent-teacher
associations will surely help a teacher
in this regard.
Personalised and
Individualistic approach of
teaching:
“Some of the brightest minds in the
country can be found on the last
benches of the classroom” – Dr A. P.
J. Abdul Kalam. Not every student
can come first by scoring top ranks
and that is why they need personal
and individual attention. A teacher
can change a blunt stone into sharp.