Voluntary Action for Admission of Students in Government Residential Schools - a Necessity of the Nation
VOLUNTARY ACTION FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS IN GOVERNMENT RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS - A NECESSITY TO THE NATION
ABSTRACT
The working paper prepared by me on the theme of this Seminar, “Voluntary Action in problems and prospects. Which is scholarly, lucid and comprehensive, has dealt with all the aspects of growth and functioning of the voluntary organizations wedded to the aim of educating their communities or serving the common cause of education. It has given a philosophical and theoretical basis to the existence of voluntary organization and has analyzed the problems which these organizations have been facing. In this brief paper, I would like to throw some light on one of the aspects of public education and the role of voluntary organization which somehow has not been discussed in this working paper. “The main problem before the country is to evolve a common school system of public education which will cover all parts of the country and all stages of school education and strive to provide equality of access to all children. It should be maintained at an adequate level of quality and efficiency so that no parent would ordinarily feel the need to send his child to the institution outside the system such as independent or unrecognized schools. This is the goal which the country should strive to reach, and a number of steps will have to be taken for its early realization. This recommendation has remained a pious wish till today. Thanks to the sincere efforts of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Urdu-medium Residential School for Hyderabad City was sanctioned and opened as a result of the pressing demands of the Urdu-speaking minority community. It is now a unique school in India. The apathy of the Urdu-knowing minority section, who is mainly Muslims, is classical. Even the Government of India in its N.E.P. has declared Muslims as an educationally backward community along with the Neo- Buddhists (the followers of Dr. Ambedkar). It is very
ABSTRACT
The working paper prepared by me on the theme of this Seminar, “Voluntary Action in problems and prospects. Which is scholarly, lucid and comprehensive, has dealt with all the aspects of growth and functioning of the voluntary organizations wedded to the aim of educating their communities or serving the common cause of education. It has given a philosophical and theoretical basis to the existence of voluntary organization and has analyzed the problems which these organizations have been facing. In this brief paper, I would like to throw some light on one of the aspects of public education and the role of voluntary organization which somehow has not been discussed in this working paper. “The main problem before the country is to evolve a common school system of public education which will cover all parts of the country and all stages of school education and strive to provide equality of access to all children. It should be maintained at an adequate level of quality and efficiency so that no parent would ordinarily feel the need to send his child to the institution outside the system such as independent or unrecognized schools. This is the goal which the country should strive to reach, and a number of steps will have to be taken for its early realization. This recommendation has remained a pious wish till today. Thanks to the sincere efforts of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Urdu-medium Residential School for Hyderabad City was sanctioned and opened as a result of the pressing demands of the Urdu-speaking minority community. It is now a unique school in India. The apathy of the Urdu-knowing minority section, who is mainly Muslims, is classical. Even the Government of India in its N.E.P. has declared Muslims as an educationally backward community along with the Neo- Buddhists (the followers of Dr. Ambedkar). It is very
References: 1. This section is based on Voluntary Development Organization in India; A study of History Role and future challenges. PRIA, 1991. 2. G.D.H. Cole, Voluntary Social Services, (A.F.C. Bourdillon, Editor) Methen & Co.Ltd. 36 Essex Sreet, Strand, W.C.2, 1945, P.11 3. A.F.C. Bourdillon (Ed.), Voluntary Social Service: Their Place in Modern State, Methen & Co, Ltd., London, 1945, p.7 4. Challenge of Education: A Policy Perspectives, op. cit., chapter II. 5. Coombs, P.H., “The World Crisis in Education, Oxford University Press, 1985.