| | Our party is committed to curb privatization and commercialization of education and promises to enact a comprehensive regulatory framework to enforce accountability of private schools. It includes regulation of fees, minimum norms and standards for quality and institutional structure for parents’ participation. | | Our party is committed to curb privatization and commercialization of education and promises to enact a comprehensive regulatory framework to enforce accountability of private schools. It includes regulation of fees, minimum norms and standards for quality and institutional structure for parents’ participation. |
| | === All India Peoples Science Net work (AIPSN) & Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) - Peoples Manifesto on School Education and Literacy === | | === All India Peoples Science Net work (AIPSN) & Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) - Peoples Manifesto on School Education and Literacy === |
| | 3. The Indian Education system is among the largest in the world, with about 260million children enrolled in classes 1 to 12, located in 36 states and union territories, 683 districts covering more than 15 lakh schools as per UDISE data for 2014-15; Government owns and manages nearly 75% of elementary, 43% of secondary and 40% of higher secondary schools, the remaining are in the private sector, owned and managed by private agencies. Out of 260 million children enrolled in school education, Elementary education includes 192 million children, Secondary education has 38 million children and Higher Secondary education includes 24 million children as per U-DISE data 2014-15. This number does not include the enrolment in Higher Education Institutions, which cover more than 30 million students. Public education is the only system that has direct contact with large majority of households of the country... ([https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/8/80/AIPSN-BGVS.pdf Read more]) | | 3. The Indian Education system is among the largest in the world, with about 260million children enrolled in classes 1 to 12, located in 36 states and union territories, 683 districts covering more than 15 lakh schools as per UDISE data for 2014-15; Government owns and manages nearly 75% of elementary, 43% of secondary and 40% of higher secondary schools, the remaining are in the private sector, owned and managed by private agencies. Out of 260 million children enrolled in school education, Elementary education includes 192 million children, Secondary education has 38 million children and Higher Secondary education includes 24 million children as per U-DISE data 2014-15. This number does not include the enrolment in Higher Education Institutions, which cover more than 30 million students. Public education is the only system that has direct contact with large majority of households of the country... ([https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/8/80/AIPSN-BGVS.pdf Read more]) |