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Quality education far
from the reach of poor
Growing emphasis on privatisation and commercialisation of education makes it
increasingly unaffordable for the backwards and poor to send their children to schools
and colleges, writes my siddiqui
ith India becoming Under the current NDA Union Govern- uncloured mind and dissent to centres
the world’s youngest ment, the overall quality and stand- of conformity (regimentation of Sangh
country with an aver- ards of education have waned, with Pariwar ideology), causing a big hit to
age age of 29, the de- reduced budgetary allocation from standards of excellence in education
W mographic dividend primary to the higher education and so much so that employability of our
can be reaped with right training and the highest ever shortages of faculty graduates has come down to five per
education of our youthful population to and teachers, growing lack of right in- cent from 10 per cent as per a NASS-
face the challenges of the 21st Century frastructure, swerving of universities COM survey done earlier for the Union
world, which leaves much to desire. from the hotbeds of argument, debate, Government.
