Present status of Amroha - Focus on Education

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), is an Indian legislation enacted by the Parliament of India on 4 August 2009, which describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India under Article 21a of the Indian Constitution. India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the act came into force on 1 April 2010.

Although India has already make education compulsory to the masses but this would be compromising at quality level of education. Quality education is needed to produce well educated children who will be compatible with today’s cut throat competition environment. In the past as well as in present Amroha have produced very well known names who had contributed lot in the field of education and achieved higher status in society. Most of these people left Amroha to study in reputed colleges or to reach better resources. We can speculate that many of these talents if remain in Amroha they can’t reach to their ultimate goal due to lack of quality primary education. Even though there is a mushrooming of primary schools in Amroha and primarily they are running for commercial purpose. Because their fee structure is very low and quality teachers are not available with them, their standards are very poor. Lack of career counseling and teacher’s training is one of the main factors of most of the school’s incompatibility. Many prosperous people are able to send their kids to DPS in Moradabad which is one of the best institutions present in the area. But again it is financially out of reach from poor children. Here we must think about economically weaker sections who can’t even afford daily meals. Parents of these children forced them to earn money or due to lack of sincere household income their childhood passed in vain. Ultimately they grown up and moved to Delhi for skill development or vocational training and ultimately fit into non-professional jobs in which there is no scope for self-development and improved standard of living. Their income remains low and they will not able to provide good education to their children.

Even basic sitting facilities are absent in some schools

In such conditions if some community efforts help in taking initiatives to improve primary and secondary education in the city for economically weaker but talented children than it would definitively make a difference in strengthening social fabric in long term. We are spending lots of money during various religious events and infrastructure. If we divert some funds for the development of this “education for under privileged” mission it would be appreciated.