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equalopportunities-logoAn illiterate nation cannot progress. This universal truth is all the more visible in our country, which in spite of all the resources still appears amongst the list of the developing nations. Unfortunately in spite of the sound vision of the stalwarts who drafted our constitution and gave the education sector the due importance, even after more than five decades the country is largely illiterate and is lagging far behind. Enough attention has not been given so far to the education sector. Every government since independence has viewed spending on education as expenditure rather than as sound investment for future.
Due to this hindsight policy what we developed is a pool of illiterate manpower, which is being viewed more as a liability rather than an asset in this machine age.
After achieving independence, the first step should have been to transform the teeming millions, largely illiterate, into educated lot, as it would have strengthened the nation. In spite of clearly laid down fundamental right for education in the constitution, various governments both central and states failed miserably in providing education to most of the children on account of poor vision and lack of will. Incidentally the private sector could realize the enormous commercial opportunity in this vital field, which the governments failed to comprehend. To do their bit, the governments treaded the easier path by formulating policies, which apparently indicated government’s contribution to this sector like making available plots at nominal costs to the trusts for running educational institutions. This turned out to be doubly beneficial for the trusts generally headed by some politician, who not only commercialized this once noble profession to their gain, but also started dictating terms and conditions for admission to these institutions, thus indirectly controlling the education sector. However, this was possible only due to the connivance with the educational department of the government. Since the avenues for education did not grow commensurate to the population, these institutions came in demand and they started the policy of auctioning the seat in the institution by way of donations. Since the demand could be met only by the privileged few, the gap between the learning opportunities for the poor and socially disadvantaged and the effluent lot, has widened. The absence of educational institutions run by government has made the matter worse.
It is time that government realizes the importance of curbing illiteracy by making due investments in the education sector besides effectively controlling the private institutions. This way it can convert huge human resource, which is being viewed more as a liability into asset, as is being visible in the IT sector. Most of the countries of the world are today selling their educational assets to foreign students for revenues besides cross subsidizing education for the students of their country.
With educational institutions like IITs and IIMs having made their presence felt on the global map, we can also establish educational institutions of repute and lure foreign students for revenue, for cross subsidizing the education cost for students of our country.

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