CAUSE AND COMMITMENT– RIGHT TO EDUCATION BILL
As a young student in the University it was inspiring and assuring to read of the initiatives and improvements taken by the then communist regime in Soviet Union in the areas of health and education thereby uplifting the standards of deprived and downtrodden. The advancement made by that generation in numerous discipline, results in Olympics showed the success of the policy. However; much water has flown down the Ganga and Volga since the breakup , disintegration and re-emergence of that society but the benchmark was set and the results are still relished as the human resource created under the Marxist regime is still wooed by all emerging economies , including India and China .Nowhere else such parity was achieved in such a short time.
Against the above backdrop ; it is indeed heartening to witness the enactment of Right to education bill which has made compulsory for the state to provide free education to children upto class viii . However; between the conception and creation falls the shadow. And; therefore the challenge of our budding democracy would be to reduce the long shadow . Do we have enough schools ? Teachers ? Will we be able to achieve the teacher student ratio of 1:35 in our country when the same is a challenge in the best of colleges in the nation ? What about funds ? And measures to monitor and extract accountability. Will it meet the same fate as that of land reforms ?
To provide free education till the age of 14 is enshrined in our Directive principles of state policy, and has taken about 58 years to convert policy into Law. How much time will we take to convert this cause into creation? I have serious apprehensions and am deeply cynical of the standard mechanisms to implement and control Govt
Plans as without ideology and commitment such directives remain half served. What made the Soviet policies work was the commitment and zeal of the cadre of the communist party . The various Universities , schools and colleges which are run by the Christian minority institutions excel and are sought by the majority because they have commitment . There are schools such as Shisu mandirs and Arya vidya Mandir run by the Hindu cultural organizations which are maintaining high standards despite being defamed of their extreme views on Nation and society; but their educational achievement cannot be ignored as it is backed by sincere commitment.
I wish Congress under Rahul motivates its cadre to such level wherein they immerse themselves toward execution of the policies without worry of self promotion and rewards. But that is highly unlikely; the dependence on private sector is living in illusions for they can just create islands of excellence such as Reliance International college ; but we need some one to create an Ocean of excellence.
Till then we continue to live on hope.
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