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Good education just not the right of a few people, says Sonia Gandhi | Expressing concern at the high percentage of students leaving schools soon after taking admissions,
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said good education was not just the right of certain people. Speaking while inaugurating 31Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
(JNVs), on the occasion of International Literacy Day here on Wednesday, Sonia
Gandhi also sought to draw everyone's attention towards low attendance of teachers
at government schools in rural areas. "We should also think that why the rest
of the government schools are not as good as the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. In
the villages, nearly one fourth of the teachers do not go to the schools. The
percentage of students who leave the schools soon after their admission is still
very high," said Gandhi. She said access to quality education couldn't be a privilege
of just a few. "Good education is just not the right for certain people; everybody
has equal right to it. We should learn from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, and this
kind of education should be provided in other government schools also," she said.
Mrs. Gandhi, on this occasion, congratulated the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, and
also stated that this should also be an occasion for them to make plans and take
a pledge for the future. She also underlined that education provided to children
must be in accordance with the changes happening in the world especially with
regard to new technology and new techniques. She stated that the government is
giving scholarships for school students, the information regarding which must
reach all. She added that other government schools must learn from JNVs. These
recently constructed buildings of JNVs are in States across the country, in Kerala,
Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand,
West Bengal, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Kapil Sibal, stated that the late Rajiv Gandhi considered providing quality education
for deprived children his foremost duty. "It was in this context that the government
decided to open a JNV in every district of the country as part of the National
Policy on Education, 1986." Today there are 593 JNVs in the country in which 2
lakh children are studying, he added. Special Navodya Vidyalayas are proposed
to be opened to encourage children showing aptitude in sports, culture and in
vocational streams, the Union Minister Sibal informed. Sibal pointed out that
already Navodaya Vidyalayas are considered at par with the better schools of the
country and alumni of these schools are excelling in professions. Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalayas are fully residential co-educational institutions providing educating
from Class VI to XII and affiliated to CBSE. At least 75 per cent seats in a Jawahar
Navodaya Vidyalaya are filled by candidates from rural areas. Reservation of seats
for children belonging to SCs and STs is provided in proportion to their population
in the concerned district. One third of total seats are filled by girls. Out of
over two lakh students in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, 77.84 per cent are from
rural areas, 36.67 per cent are girls and 41.61 per cent belong to SC/ST categories. |
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