India's Education System Fails: Raghuram Rajan
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 23:23 IST   |    4 Comments
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India's Education System Fails: Raghuram Rajan
CHICAGO: India's formal education system is failing as the government is falling short in delivering its responsibilities, Raghuram Rajan, PM Manmohan Singh's economic adviser has said, emphasizing the need for more organizational training in the sector. "India's formal education system is failing and government school system is failing - government is not delivering the goods," Rajan said, adding, India needs to improve in the field of education. Speaking at a fund raiser, Rajan said India needed to give incentives to its good teachers to raise the level of education across schools and universities. "In Indian primary schools, half of the students are not in class. Average schools are better in the US and dropout rate is more in India although students are more hungry for education," Rajan said. Referring to the fact that higher education is the key to one's well-being, Rajan said, "Education is game changer." He said China always emphasized on education much more than India and as a result its average literacy rate is better than India.
Source: PTI
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