Education in India is provided both at the public and the private sectors. However, the monopolization of the educational system in India is a strategic flaw of the government’s policies and takes on education. It is not a deniable fact that private educational institutions contribute a lot when it comes to fulfilling the demand of educating a huge population. After all where would be the majority of students be going if the private institutions never existed. The biggest drawback of these institutions seems to be the amount of fees being charged in the name of quality education. But we cannot also expect these institutions to provide students free education as it does not get any funding from the government as well. The government has undoubtedly proposed a failed education system which is more prominent and can be felt at the primary school level. The basic strategy of government regarding this was to build a building in the name of a school and to tick the box of having provided with a school. But on the other side, the quality of education provided within the private sector is a also a topic to be much speculated. Actually the education quality being provided by both the sectors cannot wholly be generalized. We can say that determining the quality of education is a two way thing in India. It is a very ongoing and typical thinking that if one has to acquire primary education then the ideal choice will be going up for private institutions whereas if one has to pursue higher education then the ideal choice will be the government educative institutions.
Providing education in India is quiet a money driving thing. Most of the private educational institutions are run by people who have nothing to do with the actual process of education. Its truly being said that business is the art of exploiting people and opportunities. And thus, anyone who abundand sums of money can actually open an educative institution. Be it a liquor manufacturer, large landlords, business tycoons or real estate owners. And the government also cannot interfare in this business as these people have full control over the authorities. Even if the government doesn’t fund private institutions in anyway, it doesn’t mean that one who doesn’t have funds cannot open an educative institution. Ayone can easily raise funds in market. Under the proposed Higher Education Finance Agency it is stated that that the private institutions are capable of taking funds from the market, donations and CSR funds. And if one has name, fame, reputation it is just enough to generate sufficient amount of revenue. And once anyone is successful in building up an institution, there seems to be no reason for them not to charge hefty sums of money in the name of quality education. It seems to be a genuine problem for the common people because thousands of people every year apply for financial help. And the conditions only gets worsened.
We can understand the situation of our money ventured education system by taking example of what happened in Chile. Around the year 2011 the Chilean students demanded the education in their country should be centralized and wholly funded by their government. This thought was centered around the worryness that Chile is a developing country and hence most of the people felt that whatever they were paying to obtain education was going in vain as it did not match to the quality of education they were supposed to get. The scenario of India is not very different from that of Chile in any aspects. It is just that the people there have recognized the need of centralizing the education and making it truly free from privatization.
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