- 9 % of class 4 students think Mahatma Gandhi is still alive. Another 34 % think Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi are still alive.
- Students exhibit rote learning and perform comparatively better in questions that are procedural or do not involve deeper understanding or application of concepts
- 30 % Principals and 40 % teachers feel students not paying attention to studies should be physically punished.
- Around 40 % students feel that education for girl child is less important
- 30 % of students felt that they did not think how their actions affect others,wanted to have the last word in an argument,felt uncomfortable if people disagreed with them and were aggressive in arguments.
- About 20 % of students think differently abled people can be ‘burdensome’. Another 14 % think that they lack mental ability.
Educational Initiatives (EI) recently released the findings of their Quality Education Study (QES) that they conducted across the top schools of the five metro cities – Delhi,Mumbai,Chennai,Bangalore and Kolkata,with Wipro. QES found out about the learning levels among students in these top schools. The study also looks are the co-scholastic and behavioural changes of the students. The study has an administrative angle too where reponses of principals and teachers were also taken into account to find out about administrative decisions,student disciplining and leadership issues.
The study was a first step towards addressing some of the concerns:
- What is meant by quality education?
- Do children in our schools learn with understanding,are they developing holistically and also acquiring values like sensitivity and concern for others?
- What would one find in quality learning environments in terms of school leadership,teaching learning practices,classroom climate,etc?
The findings of the study have some very interesting as well as disturbing revelations. This very reason,the report has been covered in the some of the leading dailies and magazines of the country like Mint (http://www.ei-india.com/wp-content/uploads/QES_Coverage_in_LiveMint-in.pdf),The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2707183.ece),Deccan Chronical,DNA,Outlook (http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279778) and Education World.
The findings of the QES provide great learning for the academic institutions,their heads,teachers and all other educators. EI has decided to share its learnings from the study with educators,parents and other interested individuals through a seminar series.
The first seminar of the series ‘National School Leadership Seminar’ will be conducted in Chennai on February 18 at GRT Grand,120,Sir Thyagaraya Road,Chennai. The seminar,in brief,would discuss the current education system,the findings of QES,provide opportunity for exchange of ideas among school leaders though interaction and explore the notions of quality education as perceived by different experts and researchers in education. The hardcopies of the Quality Education Study report would be distributed during the seminar.
To be a part of the seminar click here and register.
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