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Essay / Uneducated people lead to uneducated leaders - 1123
Children in India are under-educated or even denied the right to education, so what can be done to persuade the government to focus on education improvement of educational services? Under the leadership of corrupt politicians, India has been unable to develop its education system, thereby reducing Indians' access to school. Although some reforms have been implemented by public and private institutions, such as the government opening 2,500 new schools and increasing its financial support for schools, the Indian right to education must be fully restored. The Indian government is aware of the fact that children are not getting an education, but it has chosen to do nothing about it. Indian education began to regress when India stopped using the gurukul system. The gurukul system was a system in which there was a group of boys who were taught in all subjects by a single teacher. The gurukul system became obsolete when "the modern school system was introduced to India, including the English language, originally by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay in the 1830s" (The Edu. System in India)2. The modern school system has more students and there is a greater difference between the teacher/student ratio. Moreover, if the modern school system had not been introduced in India, the quality of education in India would have been better. The modern school system has destroyed the students' sense of loyalty to the teacher and vice versa. The modern school system is affected because it does not receive financial support from the government. The government is not investing enough money in its modern education system, which is leading to a regression in education in India. The World Bank said: “In 2010 Ind...... middle of article ......eview: Informing and Inspiring Leaders of Social Change. » Teachers: A Solution to Education Reform in India. Stanford Social Innovation, July 17, 2013. Web. November 5, 2013. Kumar, Sasi V., Dr. "The GNU Operating System." The education system in India, November 5, 2013. "Public expenditure on education, total (% of public expenditure)." Public expenditure data. Web. December 2, 2013. Saha, Devanik. “Stanford Social Innovation Review: Informing and Inspiring Leaders of Social Change.” India needs more teachers, better teachers. August 14, 2012. Web. October 17. 2013. “Statistics of Underprivileged Children in India.” Situation of disadvantaged children in India. December 3, 2013. Tomassini, Jason. Partnerships: the government reveals its intention to open 2,500 new schools. " Education Week, April 18, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. September 17. 2013.