Education is one of the most important elements for developing nations. India has increased in education levels from the last decade. According to a national survey of India, in 2011 Indian literacy rate was 73% and has increased now to 77.7% in ten years. We increase only four percent even after the world changes in the latest education patterns in different fields. Our youngsters get qualified education and seek jobs in developing countries. Now it’s become common for every household, every educated Indian wishes jobs in foreign countries to improve their standard of living in society. In India, male literacy rate is 84.7% and the female literacy rate is 70.3%. Still today parents do not give importance to girls education and give priority to boys education.
Why India Has Less Percentage Of Students Who Pursue Higher Education?
The major reason for less percentage of a higher education in India is high fee structure at Universities level, professional education and for technical education. Many parents want to give higher education to their children but their financial positions could not allow them to do so. Some students leave their education mid-way due to the financial crisis and maybe they cannot afford education expenses. If we see the government faculties for higher education that becomes very difficult in India. Firstly, for getting scholarship students have to be extremely exhausting then, it is luck whether students get scholarships or not. This problem mainly happens with lower middle class families where they can live a comfort lifestyle but they could not afford higher education expenses.
How Do Poor Children Face Difficulty In Government Schools?
But the people who are living beyond the poverty line, their families send their children to government schools. But that children have to face a lot of difficulties from basic needs, they have inadequate facilities for primary education, lack of toilet facilities due to this reason girls face difficulties and helplessly to leave the school, lack of qualified teachers, inadequate teaching materials and poor sanitation. The other cause is to not understand the importance of education. Some where parents are uneducated and give less importance to education and sometimes parents uneducated but give lot of importance to education due to not getting education in their childhood, they have respect for education.
Poor people who even not get the proper food for a day, now that people give education to their childern, they send children to government schools, girls could not reach that level of education, because parents always thinking about marriage of girls, but their hopes with boys very much high. But in them few boys are able to reach the parents hopes and able to change their lives completely from poverty life to a better life may be a luxurious lifestyle. Some boys are unable to reach the parents hopes. And sometimes, reason becomes an unhealthy environment and cannot be focused on education.
How Are Students Facing Difficulties For Neglecting Their Mother Tongue By The Government?
The students who belong to rural areas could not get higher education or that much position because of neglecting mother tongue languages by the Government in higher education. In every place, India’s higher education has in English medium instructions and rural areas belonging to students not well versed in English and not able to get that much marks and lead to less marks.
When Do I Report In Girl’s Campus?
When I report in my campus about higher education whether students will pursue higher education or not. Many were given, ‘no answer, when I began to know the reason, the common reason was higher education has a very high fee structure even in common courses. And parents will not allow further education. Another reason is because they have a plan of marriage after intermediate education. And other students said that now we are getting education and that is enough. After that, sit at home comfortably and enjoy life.
Many less students are passionate about getting high education. And many of them belong to middle class families and they don’t know when parents will marry them. They have a fear of marriage.
What Should We Do?
Government should provide proper facilities for primary education in government schools. And should assure the girls safety and healthy environment. Governments should provide all basic needs of students. Parents aslo should co-operate the government and send their children to schools.
Healthy environment matters wherever you studies. Try to make healthy environment in your surroundings. Don’t accept the environment which is harmful, you are able to change the environment. Change it!
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