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                    Students  of  different  mind-set  (IQs)     hit  every  point,  but,  forgot  to  do
                    should  be  approached  by  a  teacher       something  for  educational  loans  and
                    differently.                                 scholarships for a higher level in the
                                                                 Union  budget  for  education  (Note:

                                                                 according  to  World  Bank  estimate,
                    Creating          an        effective
                                                                 India is paying 2 Billion USD per year
                    workforce and management:                    to those 25 % of government teachers
                    Regular  teacher  training  is  very         who  never  shows  up  to  schools  –
                    necessary  to  cope  up  with  the           ‘MY QUESTION IS WHY?’).
                    changing  challenges  present  on  the
                    ground.  This  training  will  also          Physical  fitness  and  self-
                    increase their efficiency and quality of     defence training sessions:
                    work. Best teacher produces the best
                    students,  should  be  the  tag  line  for   Activities attract children, make them
                                                                 confident  and increase  their problem
                    this.  A  teacher  also  should  be  aware
                                                                 handling  and  solving  capacity  and
                    of    local    languages,     student’s      decision making power. This will also
                    backgrounds  and  should  be  able  to       develop  safety  skills  even  in  female
                    tackle  the  needs  of  students  in  the
                    worst  situations  like  no  family          students and enrolment-dropout ratio
                                                                 may also be in check. In most urban
                    income,  caste  discrimination,  etc.
                                                                 private  schools,  we  see  that  the
                    Remember,  every  child  is  not  self-      students get regular classes of physical
                    motivated to learn, but a teacher can        fitness and self-defence, then, why we
                    bring these abilities in him/her.
                                                                 shouldn’t follow this practice in all the

                                                                 schools across the country.
                    Increasing  our  budget  for

                    education:                                   Upgrading  and  maintaining
                    “Education costs money, but then so          the  level  of  human  resource
                    does ignorance”, if a government can
                    understand  this  line  stated  by  Claus    and physical infrastructure:
                    Moser,  then  it  can  even  understand
                    that  they have to  provide allowances
                    to unemployed people and make extra
                    provisions  for  BPL  citizens.  Then
                    why  shouldn’t  make  provisions  in
                    budget  keeping  in  mind  these
                    sections?  The  provisions  like  free
                    higher  education  to  backward  and
                    economically  weaker  sections  of  the
                    society up to the post-graduation level
                    with  all  the  possible  facilities  will
                                                                 “As  per  UDISE,  2016-17,  there  are
                    work. Indian government’s budget for
                                                                 92,275  single-teacher  government
                    education is only 4.6% of total GDP,
                                                                 schools  at  elementary  and  secondary
                    although I know government tried to





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