A Better Than The Best Educational Institute

In my profession I have to travel a lot across Assam and India. Its a very common view in Assam is that big Hoardings of different coaching centers positioning them or their service as a unbeatable one. They target from class 1.I have no problem with that, they are doing their business. My question is that why so much of  private coaching center are coming up. Dose it indicate the decline in the quality of government education system as well as private schools who demands a healthy amount for quality education from the guardians.

In ASER 2011 report it reflect that the magnitude of private tuition in rural Assam is constantly increasing. The trend shows a upward growth  for both government school students and private school going students.

Here a question arise, why these primary and upper primary level students need tuition. Dose it indicate a huge change in curriculum?  If yes, then how these private coaching institutes can cater those child's requirement? As they don't have proper training about the curriculum and the teaching methodology of the new one. 

Another question is about the capacity of the teachers! teachers may not be adequately qualified to teach those child. If they are not qualified then why they were appointed? 

Is there a gap in teachers training! If yes then why there is no provision for proper training? And if a private tutor can improve himself then why the teachers cannot.

Mostly it seems that those private tutorial classes caters only those child who are already performing quite well, not to those child who are weak in academics.

What ever may be the reason private coaching center are going to be a parallel education system. A child who reads in class 4 or class 5 getting to different instruction in coaching center and in school create a lots of confusion. In such situation dose these private coaching center help them to develop better knowledge. 

I leave all these questions for you to answer!

CAPACITY BUILDING AND PRATHAM WORK IN ASSAM

Skill train are important to improve the livelihood of the poor people. Now a days population explosion is no more a head-ache for the policy makers, rather now they are changing their version by using the term called "Demographic dividend". in simple term they are now more optimistic about the large pool of young population of India. It is very much true that young and active population can help the nation to grow fast. But there is a problem, we have a large pool of young and active population but without any skill. An individual cannot earn enough without skill. They are most likely engaged as a disguised labor. 

"Pratham" is an organisation primarily work with primary education. It uses community volunteer to teach the local child. Normally those volunteers are unpaid. Its a big challenge to raise unpaid volunteer in present context, but it is too expensive to pay them a lump sum also. basically most of the volunteers are economically not very sound, there for paying lump-sum is not a permanent solution to those volunteers' economic condition. Then the concept of EFE emerged. EFE means "education for education", which means volunteers give education to the kids and in exchange they take some vocational education like "digital literacy" "beautician" "cutting knitting" etc. Now it is being reflected in many aspect that all stack holders in this process is being benefited and compensated justifiably. 

I have visited many villages across the state where Pratham is working and seen many young people are getting an opportunities to earn. Few people are engaged with Adhar project after getting digital literacy, few ladies have become beauty consultant in their respective village or in their respective hamlet with an sustainable income source. 

I personally feel that if this can scale up to a large scale it will help us to have a educated and smiling rural Assam, India.