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    How Should The Indian Education System Be
    How Should The Indian Education System Be
    How Should The Indian Education System Be
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    How Should The Indian Education System Be

    By Gopal Kolekar

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    Through this book, I humbly make an attempt to bring to the notice of Indians and the educational fraternity in the world at large, as to the difficulties faced by children who study in the regional language medium up to the tenth standard and then are made to study in the English medium from college. I was born in a village named Kangrali B.K., in Belgaum district, Karnataka. I did my schooling in the regional language education system up to the tenth standard. On attending college, I found that all the subjects were in English. This was very much new to me. During my school days I was never exposed to spoken or written English properly. I had only a basic knowledge of English. With the result, at college, I was unable to understand what the lecturers were teaching in English. My mind was unable to relate properly with the English study books. Due to this drawback I was unable to score more than the minimum number of marks required for passing the examination; though my academic record in school where I studied in the regional language was excellent. In spite of facing great hardships, I was able to secure a degree in Mechanical Engineering with Maths and Physics. To this day, I am very much depressed for not being able to effectively communicate in English. This set me thinking that a universal English Education system should be brought into place throughout India and the manner in which we should go about it. Hence this book. This study of mine will be very useful to India and other countries which suffer from lack of understanding the English language. This study of mine includes a grammar book on English and another on language science. I fail to understand that though I am frequently corresponding with the President of India, the Human Resource Development Ministry and the White House; they are taking this matter very lightly, whereas I think it is of a serious social nature. It may be observed that this matter is being hotly debated in the daily newspapers. I finally decided to publish this book titled "How Should the India Education System Be?" - in the public interest of India's children. I respectfully request the people of India to consider this matter at the appropriate level.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGopal Kolekar
    Release dateAug 16, 2020
    ISBN9781468935875
    How Should The Indian Education System Be
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    Gopal Kolekar

    Gopal Rayappa Kolekar Author is Mech. Engg. born in village Kangrali B.K. INDIA

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      How Should The Indian Education System Be - Gopal Kolekar

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      HOW SHOULD THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM BE?

      Author: Gopal Rayappa Kolekar

      ISBN: 9781468935875

      Under the Indian Copyright Act, all rights of the contents of this book are reserved with the author, Gopal Rayappa Kolekar. No part of this book, including the name, title, design or inside matter or photographs may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, in full or in part, in any language. Breach of any of these conditions is liable to legal action.

      All disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of Bangalore courts.

      First Edition: October 2009

      Second Edition: June 2011

      Published by:

      Gopal Rayappa Kolekar

      Door No. 341, Lane: Patil Galli, Post Kangrali B.K.

      Taluka and District: Belgaum 590 010

      State: Karnataka, India

      Email: gopalkolekar@yahoo.com

      Printed by:

      M/s. Surarchit Communications,

      No. 40/2, 14th Cross, Swimming Pool Extension, Malleshwaram, Bangalore 560 003

      State: Karnataka, India

      Phone: 080 23562315, 9945513525

      Email: surarchit@gmail.com website: www.surarchit.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to the

      underprivileged children of India

      studying in government schools.

      Begging is dangerous to one’s existence in all walks of life. Hence none should indulge in begging in whatsoever a manner.

      ––––––––

      Hindustan Times

      Hindustan Times Wed.07 Oct.2009   Excerpts

      Half of Indian students don’t go beyond secondary level

      At least 48 of every 100 students in India pursuing secondary education never go beyond that level, the World Bank pointing out that the country was doing worse than Vietnam and Bangladesh in enrolling students in secondary education.

      Thirty seven percent students fail before the final examination and 11 percent drop out during the period (class 9 - 12), the World Bank study released said.

      It said with larger numbers of India’s children now finishing primary school, the demand for secondary schooling is growing. Over the next decade, the number of secondary school students is expected to increase from 40 to 60 million.

      An increasing share of these students will come from rural and lower Income groups, who will be less able to afford private secondary education, the bank said.

      The bank said that in India, the maximum job growth in recent years has taken place in the skilled services and manufacturing sectors. The Country, therefore, needs to provide the 12 million young people who join the labour force every year with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes and experiences to enable them to access these better-paying jobs.

      The World Bank said that India, however, does not compare favourably with its global competitors in terms of the overall educational attainments of its people.

      Even countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh, which have lower per capita incomes than India, have higher enrolment rates (GER) in secondary schools. India’s GER in secondary school is 40 percent compared to 70 percent in East Asia and 82 percent in Latin America.

      http://www.hindustantimes.com/Most-Indian-students-don-t-take-secondary-level/H1-Article-462152.aspx

      Preface

      Through this book, I humbly make an attempt to bring to the notice of Indians and the educational fraternity in the world at large, as to the difficulties faced by children who study in the regional language medium up to the tenth standard and then are made to study in the English medium from college.

      I was born in a village named Kangrali B.K., in Belgaum district, Karnataka. I did my schooling in the regional language education system up to the tenth standard. On attending college, I found that all the subjects were in English. This was very much new to me. During my school days I was never exposed to spoken or written English properly. I had only a basic knowledge of English.

      With the result, at college, I was unable to understand what the lecturers were teaching in English. My mind was unable to relate properly with the English study books. Due to this drawback I was unable to score more than the minimum number of marks required for passing the examination; though my academic record in school where I studied in the regional language was excellent. In spite of facing great hardships, I was able to secure a degree in Mechanical Engineering with Maths and Physics.

      To this day, I am very much depressed for not being able to effectively communicate in English. This set me thinking that a universal English Education system should be brought into place throughout India and the manner in which we should go about it. Hence this book.

      This study of mine will be very useful to

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