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The good and the bad in Bengal’s primary education
News:
- A recent report titled “Primary Education in West Bengal: The Scope for Change” by Pratichi Institute highlights the achievements and failures of primary education in West Bengal
Important Facts:
Major Highlights of the Report
- Success
- Access to primary education “has increased substantially”
- Pupil-teacher ratio has improved dramatically to 23:1
- Issues:
- Uneven distribution of resources:
- Great variations in pupil-teacher ratio: varies from 14:1 to 44:1. This is primarily due to administrative failure to rationalize the distribution of teachers across government schools.
- Increase in single teacher schools- 3.3% in 2014-15 to 4% in 2015-16
- Lack of government-run-primary school in many villages (847)
- Deficit allocation of fund for midday meals
- Poor academic planning
- Increasing number of private tuitions
