India will be late by 50 years in achieving education goals: UNESCO

[Jaga Badmash]

India is expected to achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085

Going by the current trend, India will be half a century late in achieving its global education commitments and the country needs fundamental changes in the education system if it wants to meet the 2030 sustainable development goals, a UNESCO report has said.

UNESCO’s new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report says that based on current trends universal primary education in Southern Asia will be achieved in 2051, lower secondary in 2062, and upper secondary in 2087.

India is expected to achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085, it said.

“This means the region would be more than half a century late for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline,” it added.

The report says there is an urgent need for greater headway in education and the sector needs a major transformation to fulfil the needed potential and meet the current challenges facing humanity and the planet.

It also talks of another report, Education for People and Planet, which, it said, shows the need for education systems to step up attention to environmental concerns.

“While in the majority of countries, education is the best indicator of climate change awareness, half of countries curricula worldwide do not explicitly mention climate change in their content. India is an exception, where currently some 300 million school students receive some environmental education,” it said.

The statistics cited in the report have revealed only six per cent of adults in the poorest countries and only five in India have ever attended literacy programmes, once they pass the formal schooling system.

The report has also called upon governments of various countries to start taking inequalities in education seriously, tracking them by collecting information directly from families.

“The new global development agenda calls for education ministers and other education actors to work in collaboration with other sectors,” it said.

The GEM Report lists various benefits that could come if education actors work in collaboration with other sectors.

The collaborative working may help delivery of health intervention through schools, contribution in increasing crop yields by 12 per cent and contribution of education in reducing population growth.

Source: Indian Express
@django @Imran Khan @Zibago @The Sandman @PaklovesTurkiye

 

[Imran Khan]

there will be unesco in 2060 -2085 ?

 

[Jaga Badmash]

there will be unesco in 2060 -2085 ?

A big question but i would ask you US will exist at that time? most logical answer is yes then it is safe to assume these rouge organisation would be working at that time too.
UN and all other such groups working for US the lone superpower to support it's illegal action and legalize aggression and occupation.

 

[endyashainin]

In other words, it will be too late to reap the "demographic dividend" India is so proud of. Hundreds of millions of uneducated, unskilled people with few jobs will spell disaster for India.

 

[shah1398]

I would rather be more concerned towards what we are doing to educate our society. Lets just keep our head down and do not be deterred by what others are doing as we have got lot to achieve and that too in short time.

 

[jha]

50 years seem a bit too much. But yes, education system in India needs major over haul.

 

[Great Sachin]

In other words, it will be too late to reap the "demographic dividend" India is so proud of. Hundreds of millions of uneducated, unskilled people with few jobs will spell disaster for India.

India has 600 million middle class today...and they will insure that their kids be educated enough to get a job.
and that number will be keep increasing...

 

[illusion8]

In other words, it will be too late to reap the "demographic dividend" India is so proud of. Hundreds of millions of uneducated, unskilled people with few jobs will spell disaster for India.

The shit India has gone through over the centuries. ..I am glad that we are being given targets that are basically white man's problems and are being forced to achieve high end targets.

The basic tenets of successful organization's is to keep upgrading achievable targets...and, when it comes to India..even basic's are gigantic in proportion when one considers 1/6th of humanity.

The silver lining is India is pushing itself and is advancing in all spheres. The only similar example would be the Chinese with its population..but the Chinese are a homogenous population with almost 100 % Han and a almost 100% single dialect and a authoritative dictatorship in power...In India, the same achievements are 100 times more difficult.

 

[A_Poster]

In other words, it will be too late to reap the "demographic dividend" India is so proud of. Hundreds of millions of uneducated, unskilled people with few jobs will spell disaster for India.

It would have no effect on demographic dividend or skills.

India has achieved GER of 113% in 2013 ,meaning that all of school going age children (+ some more) are already in school. The illiterate population of India (which is around 25%) is wholely made up of people who are too old for school.

Here in lies India's dilemma:- How to educate those 50+ Year old people who do not want to become literate because there is not much life left in them. In authoritarian China, dealing with them is simple: Just kill them and sell their carcass to char siu and pork vendors. But here in India, we need to wait them to die off naturally, thus increase in literacy rate from now would be extremely slow as it would be dependent on death rate.

Though since Old people do not contribute a lot to Economy, them being uneducated or unskilled would not be much of an issue for India.

 

[kmc_chacko]

Why should we give education as per the standards set by UNESCO ?

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

The shit India has gone through over the centuries. ..I am glad that we are being given targets that are basically white man's problems and are being forced to achieve high end targets.

The basic tenets of successful organization's is to keep upgrading achievable targets...and, when it comes to India..even basic's are gigantic in proportion when one considers 1/6th of humanity.

The silver lining is India is pushing itself and is advancing in all spheres. The only similar example would be the Chinese with its population..but the Chinese are a homogenous population with almost 100 % Han and a almost 100% single dialect and a authoritative dictatorship in power...In India, the same achievements are 100 times more difficult.

Nope. Chinese had a variety of languages and dialects. Read Communism and its efforts to make China homogenous.

 

[ebrahym]

India is expected to achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085

Going by the current trend, India will be half a century late in achieving its global education commitments and the country needs fundamental changes in the education system if it wants to meet the 2030 sustainable development goals, a UNESCO report has said.

UNESCO’s new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report says that based on current trends universal primary education in Southern Asia will be achieved in 2051, lower secondary in 2062, and upper secondary in 2087.

India is expected to achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085, it said.

“This means the region would be more than half a century late for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline,” it added.

The report says there is an urgent need for greater headway in education and the sector needs a major transformation to fulfil the needed potential and meet the current challenges facing humanity and the planet.

It also talks of another report, Education for People and Planet, which, it said, shows the need for education systems to step up attention to environmental concerns.

“While in the majority of countries, education is the best indicator of climate change awareness, half of countries curricula worldwide do not explicitly mention climate change in their content. India is an exception, where currently some 300 million school students receive some environmental education,” it said.

The statistics cited in the report have revealed only six per cent of adults in the poorest countries and only five in India have ever attended literacy programmes, once they pass the formal schooling system.

The report has also called upon governments of various countries to start taking inequalities in education seriously, tracking them by collecting information directly from families.

“The new global development agenda calls for education ministers and other education actors to work in collaboration with other sectors,” it said.

The GEM Report lists various benefits that could come if education actors work in collaboration with other sectors.

The collaborative working may help delivery of health intervention through schools, contribution in increasing crop yields by 12 per cent and contribution of education in reducing population growth.

Source: Indian Express
@django @Imran Khan @Zibago @The Sandman @PaklovesTurkiye

no surprise
India has a massive population

this is the best time to advocate what i have always said
you see the countries like us termed as under developing
we should not go for degrees and graduation and shit
it costs much and takes long for practical experience
instead we should teach our people technical skills and opt for diplomas which does not take long and are quick for practical application

we should make them able to earn and feed themselves and they definately will go for education of top class for their next generation
it goes for all under developed countries not just pakistan and India

 

[endyashainin]

India has 600 million middle class today...and they will insure that their kids be educated enough to get a job.
and that number will be keep increasing...

600 million in middle class? Define middle class.

The shit India has gone through over the centuries. ..I am glad that we are being given targets that are basically white man's problems and are being forced to achieve high end targets.

The basic tenets of successful organization's is to keep upgrading achievable targets...and, when it comes to India..even basic's are gigantic in proportion when one considers 1/6th of humanity.

The silver lining is India is pushing itself and is advancing in all spheres. The only similar example would be the Chinese with its population..but the Chinese are a homogenous population with almost 100 % Han and a almost 100% single dialect and a authoritative dictatorship in power...In India, the same achievements are 100 times more difficult.

You are right. These targets are White men's problems. But since India adopted White men's form of government, shouldn't this make solving White men's problems easier?

 

[Nilgiri]

It is worth noting that India has achieved universal primary enrolment a LONG time ago. The current report even says so:

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002457/245752e.pdf

(Read page 182)

Whats being talked about here "universal primary education" refers to the population as a whole that have not had primary education "completion". Even with effect of adult literacy programs (which are quite a big thing in India), people who missed primary school earlier or did not complete it fully basically can never be statistically converted into the category of having had primary education. Basically their own lives have to end before the population itself over time can have universal primary education. Hence demographic replenishment takes quite some time.

This applies to the other education levels too which will take longer since their cohort rates are lower than the primary education one (they have not even achieved universal enrolment unlike primary).

The OP should understand that if he actually reads the paper, the situation is much more shockingly bad for Pakistan (if you look at the data and the graphs within it...which anyone thats interested can do so). A large part of why CPEC will not be a magical fix.

@Syed.Ali.Haider

So its not wise to throw stones from a glass house (click to expand picture):

Everyone has a long way to go, some a lot more than others.

@Doyalbaba @Bilal9 @UKBengali @BDforever @kobiraaz you may want to see BD numbers (there is success and failure here)

@Godman @Gibbs Same thing for Sri Lanka figures (generally quite good but scope for further improvement)

@PARIKRAMA @anant_s @Levina @Rain Man @proud_indian @kadamba-warrior @Roybot et al...India must focus on its secondary education (esp upper secondary) a lot more. A full 30% or so are not even being enrolled.

@nair @MilSpec @SpArK

@Robinhood Pandey fun to own our desperate recurring clown yet again

@SOHEIL @Serpentine some figures for Iran here too (UN classifies under Southern Asia region)

 

[anant_s]

India must focus on its secondary education (esp upper secondary) a lot more. A full 30% or so are not even being enrolled.

Yes two things need to be considered.
First Enrollment in a class doesn't imply anything (most of the times). Often these figures present a very distorted picture and doesn't indicate if there are students in class, teacher for the class or even a physical classroom. My wife often quotes an example while she was doing B Ed. You are required to teach in classrooms during the course and she used to go to a place near Sadabad (UP) from Agra in a village primary school. To her shock, the primary school building was used for all kinds of activities (including a wedding party accommodation, rallies, you name it...but teaching)
Most of the times students were nowhere to be seen and only thing that attracted the was mid day meal.
As for teachers, they had their own private businesses going and unfortunately most were unpaid for several months (probably forcing them to look elsewhere to make ends meet).
You can imagine what this setup would be doing on actual ground progress other than may be generate some artificial numbers for state government and education department to brag about.
this has to stop through an independent regulatory mechanism. We talk of corruption in various walks of life, but perhaps this is most cruel form where a child's formative and learning years are robbed away making his/her life miserable.

Second, we have to think how to get a person actually benefit from education. Our education system basis is very old and antiquated and perhaps this is where we need to look into. After certain minimum school education, perhaps we need to classify a student and see if Vocational training could be of more use rather than formal education. Services is already becoming a huge part of our economy and if we can get skilled professionals, they can actually make a better difference to not only society but tho their lives as well by earning handsomely based on skills.
This should off course be complimented by higher order institutes for skill enhancement so that a person can grow intellectually as well.
IMHO sectors like Farming, Dairy, Leather and wood working, electronic repair, nursing, animal husbandry, metal working and welding, construction, machinery repair could be a few sectors which need to be covered under such a proposed system.

The purpose of education should be to bring about a qualitative change in a person's life and not merely give him Diplomas. For this system needs to be overhauled radically.

or else life unfortunately would become as this joke tells (in context of countless engineering colleges operating in country)
Son what are you doing after your B Tech?
Regret

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