Clueless Stakeholder

         I would like to propagate that there is an Invisible hand in India’s education system like the one coined by Adam Smith in His books “The theory of moral sentiments” and “The wealth of the Nation”. It is just a metaphoric comparison between the two but has tempted me a lot to reach this point because of various reasons.  This comparison may lose its merits in many ways but I would like to use the term in my own perspective for rhetoric value.

         As per my exposure to schools in all the blocks of Sirohi district I will like to pursue the statement I made. India’s education system has structured from national level, state level, regional level, district level, block level, cluster/nodal level and school as a unit. Various norms for centralization (top-bottom) and decentralization (bottom-up) have been laid out. Head Teachers and teachers are in wonderland if they have to achieve targets given under SSA, RTE, and NCF-2005 etc. They often wonder in naive if they are doing what is ought to be done or not but still continues to do. They were highly demotivated by children and parents effort but they still push on consciously or unconsciously. Their accountability is under question but they overcome this sincerely or in witty ways. Many underperforming students still have a hope high never to be introspected if they are improving/learning in sync with their dreams. SMC has been instituted with an effort to decentralized schools but SMC members still wonder why they have to sign every document in the school.

        BO’s (block education officers) wonder if the system under them is under control but remain numb if ask what is contributing to the failure in learning teaching process. They attribute this to politics and lack of motivation and will for teachers to work where the service calls them. Every head teachers and teachers claim their wisdom and experience unless inquire why a child is unable to read or write?

       This entire galvanized situation lured me to conclude that financial sanction simply drag education institute as a show case institution and not a functioning institution. Like the invisible hand pulling almost all the children and comforting their parents on virtue on being in school building and not on basis of learning. Being in school as a child will not outcast from his/her peers, thus to overcome this fear/trauma whatever happens (except learning) in the school. My thoughts are extremely pessimistic in this page just because learning is not happening which should happen at any cost. I am highly uncomfortable with this scenario. But I am sure I will overcome from this pessimism to positive note very soon.