Well said, SOTER!! BTW: The said Act is not an "administrative act" that was enacted by any Department or "passed by any Sibal". It was enacted (passed) by Parliament.
jc Tony wrote: Please refer to the Central Right to Education Act with regard to the number of school working hours. When Kapil Sibal passed the act, On 04/03/2011, SOTER <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony wrote: > To sweepingly imply or suggest that the community of *academicians* is > asleep is a bit drastic to say the very least. Please refer to the Central > Right to Education Act with regard to the number of school working hours. > When Kapil Sibal passed the act, the country welcomed it as an act that > would "boost" the standards of Education in the country. > Remember age old wisdom that says "nothing comes for nothing." There's > always a price to pay! So stop squealing. If you are a parent and you want > the thing stopped or implemented slowly till infrastructure is built up, try > having a PTA meeting and voicing your dissent. If you are a teacher, bang > goes your tuition business (with due apologies to those who do not indulge > in the business) Teacher-cum-LIC/ Bajaj Alianz/ Ing Vaisya/ other insurance > agent? Bad luck ole boy. > Be realistic and philosophical. Remember what cannot be changed must be > endured. > > > Comment: > Eradicate one evil and create ten? Is it this that Tony is advocating. > The problem in this country is that everyone looks at particular issues with > blinkers. > The concerned ministry will take policy decisions exclusively from the > interest of the particular sector. > The adverse impact on other sectors in the process is never ever weighed or > acknowledged. > So to tame the teacher who is an LIC agent, tutor, politician, matka bookie, > introduce full day classes. > The crooked will always find loop holes to escape. > But in the process the city roads will be clogged with school buses and > vehicles of office-goers. > The commuters who travel in already crowded public transport will be thrown > into a further difficulty with the school crowd and office going crowd > converging at the bus stop at the same time. > Then the same mess will repeat after school hours. When will children living > in far flung areas reach home? Some teachers travel from Pernem to Margao or > vice versa. What will happen to them? Is teaching a joke? Teachers bring > home exam answer papers for corrections. Are those hours counted? > Very often female teachers have to manage home and work. What happens to > them? In the same breath we talk of women empowerment. > What happens to hundreds of students who get trained in various other skills > which are not imparted in their schools? > Has anyone considered the increased burden on electricity and water > consumption? > Have all these aspects been considered? > Modern day parents will only be too happy as full day school only helps keep > their children at > bay for some more time. But how will this improve education. > or, will it be like jumping from the frying pan into the fire? > > -Soter > >
