On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:40, Vtaylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Just heard this on NPR this morning > http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=126828775&m=126848215 > > In one interview, they talk to a young man who is a trained teacher > but doesn't have the $6000 bribe money necessary to get a teaching > job. He hopes that he will save up enough to pay this in 2 years or > so.
Thanks. > This certainly makes it more difficult to reach the UN Millennium > Development Goal (MDG) Universal Education goal when there are such > huge barriers to entry for qualified teachers in a country like India > where access to education is desperately needed. > > How prevalent is this practice? How many qualified teachers are > prevented from teaching? How many hundreds of kids are not being > educated as a result? I would estimate tens of millions in India, actually, out of a school-age population of about 150 million. > Is there anything that can be done about this > situation? Yes. It will happen, but it may take decades to complete. I recommend OLPC XOs in villages, to provide not only education, but the ability to join together all across the country. See also Mritak Sangh, the Association of the Dead, also reported on NPR but not currently on its Web site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mritak_Sangh These are people declared legally dead so that someone can grab their property. The practice is only possible in corrupt regions far from public oversight by government, news media, and civil society organizations. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
