Sugandhi Devi’s Family (Mother)
The peculiarity of this case is that the mother and father are willing to send their daughter to the school but the child is least interested in attending .She had attended an Anganvadi in the native, but she just used to go there to get the food and then run away .It is interesting to know that she does not help her mom in household and is not an income contributor by any sense, she just roams around and passes her time by playing with other kids.
This is a case where parents will exists but the child is not attracted to the idea of education.
Let’s brainstorm, what should be our approach to enrol such kids?
Sumi Ghosh’s Family (Mother)
Hailing from Kolkata, they want their kids to go to some English medium school; they quite understand the importance of quality education. So they tried their best to find some English medium Gov school but after an unsuccessful search, admitted their kids in to a private one.
But problem is , school charges random fees every month and then also detained the kids in their respective first and second grade. They do not get any scholar ships or any other kind of support from the school. For now, their education is going quite good but with these negative scenarios and unstable income; this family is not sure about how long they would be able to facilitate the same.
Again a case where zeal is in but means are missing; kids and their parents are very enthusiastic about their education and bright future but no idea what is going to happen next.
Let’s brainstorm how the Gov. schools can be matched to the attraction of the English medium private schools. ?
Durga Aike (Daughter)
Latest, we got an amendment as per RTE that no kid is supposed to be detained up to class eight and I can observe how it effects by discussing Durga’s example. Durga is a shy girl studying in a TMC school. She recently gave her annual exams of fifth grade and has been detained by the teacher. While talking with her I realized that she is quite ashamed of her performance and on the verge of leaving the school. Yesterday when we were interacting with this family, one of the neighbour also join the discussion commending the exam performance of the kids. At that time, a clear sign of frustration was visible on the face of her parents .They were like what is the profit of educating them for this shame. ?
I do not think that only kids are to be blamed here. How much we interacted , we found them quite smart and thoughtful. We really need a way to understand the root causes of underperformance, it can be because of the poor standards of the teacher too. But one thing is definite that kids should not be detained at this level, this leads to the dropouts.
Please suggest what you guys think on the same. ?
Ekta, vital piece of information. Kudos!!
ReplyDeleteIn general, I don't completely agree with the scheme of NOT detaining any child up to 8th std. To some extent the motivation is required. You remember the grace marks system? If the student is on the verge of passing, he/she is pushed to the passing percentage. But by not detaining any kid up to 8th std will, in a way, cover the shortfalls of either the quality and standard of the education system or the government's responsibility to train and provide well-qualified teachers.
I am not very sure about the approach we need to take here. Having an interaction with parent and teacher along with the child and discussing what can be done to improve/rectify the situation there.
We may not be in the apt position to directly address the root-cause, as the problem might be at the larger scale (viz. quality of education, infrastructure of the school, qualification and ability of the teacher, parent-teacher-student interactions etc.)
You have highlighted a very crucial issue.
Dear Ashutosh,
ReplyDeleteI quite agree with your view point but I strongly feel that in these cases, we really need to do some research to find the root causes behind the failure of these kids.
We found them quite smart in understanding or reacting on the points, May be a better part would be to meet their teachers when the school gets re-opened.