PaRCha - JNU - ABVP - 2014 ID-1419
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Black Paper on Education in West Bengal 2014 Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarth... jnuabvp.blogspot.fr/ .
and Hindi. The knowledge and culture of our country through the ages is encoded in the Sanskrit language. We demand that proper importance should be given to this language. The Left Front had an aversion to Sanskrit and they had stopped the earlier system whereby Sanskrit was compulsory till class X. We feel that this is the reason why Sanskrit studies declined in importance. We demand that the present government reverse this anti-Sanskrit measure of the Left government and make Sanskrit compulsory till the Madhyamik stage. This will ensure the continuing survival of the language and of indigenous learning. Today the lack of values is being felt in all areas of society. The attacks on women, rampant corruption and violence are the result of taking out value education from our system of education. Swami Vivekananda had stressed on education which would be man-making, not just turning out fact-churning machines. Value education should be introduced at all levels which would result in a positive change in society. In the case of private schools, we are seeing rampant commercialization. Especially many CBSE/ICSE board schools are charging not only exorbitant fees, but many other hidden charges and are forcing parents to buy merchandise through the school. We feel that the government should exercise control over the fee structure and other hidden charges. A government authorized fee structure for private schools should be promulgated and no institute should be allowed to charge more than that. Many of these problems would be solved if the Right to Education Act, 2009, was implemented in full. The progressive provisions of the Act like transparent admission process, reservation of seats for economically deprived children should be immediately implemented in order to act as a check of rampant commercialization and other arbitrary terms and conditions imposed by some so-called elite private schools. .
Higher Education .
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The main problem facing the general higher education sector is again lack of infrastructure and restoration of the academic atmosphere after decades of politicization. At present there are 13 general state universities and 456 general degree colleges, according to the last published report on higher education, 2012-13. Foundation stones have been laid for a few more, though without the adequate infrastructure. Out of the 456 colleges, there are 20 government colleges though again a few more have been announced. The total undergraduate student strength of the state including all streams, according to 2010-11 and 2012-13 figures are 1066148 and 1225751 and the postgraduate student strength are 95097 and 94930 respectively. This indicates that the enrollment in PG courses has declined. This shows that due to poor quality including infrastructure the students are preferring to go to other states or pursue some other career options. As per the 2012-13 annual report of the department of higher education there are 81 post graduate colleges in the state and out of this only 22 are government postgraduate colleges and among this there is not a single college in rural areas. It is thus obvious that in a highly populous state like West Bengal, this physical infrastructure is hardly enough and we need a rapid expansion of colleges and universities. The present government has taken some steps in this regard. But, what is lacking is a similar concern with quality of education imparted. New colleges and universities are being announced and even started, without regard to proper physical infrastructure, recruitment of teachers, laboratory facilities, etc. Adequate amounts are not being sanctioned to meet these needs. Existing institutions are also allowed to open new courses without reference to the infrastructure necessary. Intake capacity of the colleges and courses are being violated with impunity. No inspections by university expert committees are taking place for increasing seats in lab-based subjects which is a must under the norms. Colleges are being allowed to open PG courses even without the requisite infrastructure. In many colleges, all of the students given admission cannot be housed in the classrooms and so non-attendance is condoned and actively encouraged by the college authorities. Due to huge admission of students, in many colleges classes are not held specially in the general pass courses thus reducing the system actually to a farce. Recently, new universities have been started namely Gaur Banga, WBSU in Barasat, Sidho-Kanho in Purulia,etc. without ensuring all .
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PaRCha - JNU - ABVP - 2014 ID-1419
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Black Paper on Education in West Bengal 2014 Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarth... jnuabvp.blogspot.fr/ .
and Hindi. The knowledge and culture of our country through the ages is encoded in the Sanskrit language. We demand that proper importance should be given to this language. The Left Front had an aversion to Sanskrit and they had stopped the earlier system whereby Sanskrit was compulsory till class X. We feel that this is the reason why Sanskrit studies declined in importance. We demand that the present government reverse this anti-Sanskrit measure of the Left government and make Sanskrit compulsory till the Madhyamik stage. This will ensure the continuing survival of the language and of indigenous learning. Today the lack of values is being felt in all areas of society. The attacks on women, rampant corruption and violence are the result of taking out value education from our system of education. Swami Vivekananda had stressed on education which would be man-making, not just turning out fact-churning machines. Value education should be introduced at all levels which would result in a positive change in society. In the case of private schools, we are seeing rampant commercialization. Especially many CBSE/ICSE board schools are charging not only exorbitant fees, but many other hidden charges and are forcing parents to buy merchandise through the school. We feel that the government should exercise control over the fee structure and other hidden charges. A government authorized fee structure for private schools should be promulgated and no institute should be allowed to charge more than that. Many of these problems would be solved if the Right to Education Act, 2009, was implemented in full. The progressive provisions of the Act like transparent admission process, reservation of seats for economically deprived children should be immediately implemented in order to act as a check of rampant commercialization and other arbitrary terms and conditions imposed by some so-called elite private schools. .
Higher Education .
.
The main problem facing the general higher education sector is again lack of infrastructure and restoration of the academic atmosphere after decades of politicization. At present there are 13 general state universities and 456 general degree colleges, according to the last published report on higher education, 2012-13. Foundation stones have been laid for a few more, though without the adequate infrastructure. Out of the 456 colleges, there are 20 government colleges though again a few more have been announced. The total undergraduate student strength of the state including all streams, according to 2010-11 and 2012-13 figures are 1066148 and 1225751 and the postgraduate student strength are 95097 and 94930 respectively. This indicates that the enrollment in PG courses has declined. This shows that due to poor quality including infrastructure the students are preferring to go to other states or pursue some other career options. As per the 2012-13 annual report of the department of higher education there are 81 post graduate colleges in the state and out of this only 22 are government postgraduate colleges and among this there is not a single college in rural areas. It is thus obvious that in a highly populous state like West Bengal, this physical infrastructure is hardly enough and we need a rapid expansion of colleges and universities. The present government has taken some steps in this regard. But, what is lacking is a similar concern with quality of education imparted. New colleges and universities are being announced and even started, without regard to proper physical infrastructure, recruitment of teachers, laboratory facilities, etc. Adequate amounts are not being sanctioned to meet these needs. Existing institutions are also allowed to open new courses without reference to the infrastructure necessary. Intake capacity of the colleges and courses are being violated with impunity. No inspections by university expert committees are taking place for increasing seats in lab-based subjects which is a must under the norms. Colleges are being allowed to open PG courses even without the requisite infrastructure. In many colleges, all of the students given admission cannot be housed in the classrooms and so non-attendance is condoned and actively encouraged by the college authorities. Due to huge admission of students, in many colleges classes are not held specially in the general pass courses thus reducing the system actually to a farce. Recently, new universities have been started namely Gaur Banga, WBSU in Barasat, Sidho-Kanho in Purulia,etc. without ensuring all .
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