The Herculean problem of education

In India where the government sponsors education to the poor section of the society as a fundamental right to children between the ages of 6 and 14 seems to have a good education system but is this a fact or a reality is something else or the backward society has to pull up their socks and finish their education on their own.

Talking to many people from these societies tell that the government is not helping in any sort of way for education if we go to any government school the seats are already filled and there is no vacancy for our children to enroll.

 The problem with government school is that there are no qualified teachers and functional amenities, which lead to a lack of proper computers labs, no libraries, medical facilities, and sports equipment. Graduating from schools becomes a big challenge and sending a child to a school also means a meal or two less for families. Many students from poor families do not want to go to school because there is no one to spread knowledge about education or even for encouraging them.

Also, space becomes a big issue in school and different classes share the same room at the same time. This takes its toll on the quality of education and the poor students without resources are affected the most.

Despite immense darkness there will always be light at the end of the journey. And just like that one such initiative Shree Ki Patshala took place to help the school with trained and qualified teachers, that have brought a remarkable change not only in terms of education but also as changing the mindset of parents, teachers and communities, which would help them to change their view for education, empowerment and for good future.

This project took of in 2016, when four government run schools were adopted to introduce special coaching to the poor students, no one expected the impact of this initiative will be beyond expectation.

 after this initiative they introduced qualified teachers to teach students in science and mathematics after school hours, they gave much more emphasis on qualitative teaching and also ensured that the students are more comfortable in a friendly atmosphere.

 Within two years under this new initiative scheme three of the schools in Lulwa, Lasadia and Neem Garh registered 100 percent of students passing out of school in 2017-18 for the first time in its history while one SKP school in Andheri Deori showed marked improvement with 89 percent of students successfully passing higher secondary exams. Some of the students, who never imagined passing out of school went on to score high marks and were rewarded by the state government.

Afsana Bano, one of the girls who scored the first division said, “I want to become a doctor. My mother has told me that she would help me to go all the way to get a good education and career.”

The impact of these types of schools and coaching centres have surprised many people and have started receiving requests from other schools to introduce projects like this in their school as well. The biggest impact among students was that they started looking for higher education and become serious for their careers.

“We have started an initiative under SKP to reach out by holding regular meetings with the parents of the students. This gives us an opportunity to spread education awareness among the backward communities,” said Rajat Surana, head of Shree ki Pathshala CSR project.