Written By kbsyed61 - 21 May, 2008

Bangalore Bangalore education Schools Everything else

Friends,

In the midst of high profile issues and subjects, it seems we as Bangaloreans and Indians in general have neglected the Primary and secondary level education. When I say education, it has to be affordable to 80-90% of the population. Not just 10%-20%.

This is not a point fingering at anybody but to oureslves starting with myself first. In the hustling and bustling of highh growth jargons like IT, BT, KT, METRO, Infrastructure etc., the primary education has got neglected. If we look around us we don't see many schools (ordinary) any more. Given the growth, number of schools should have increased. But looks like we have -ve growth.

From Praja platform I would like to initiate a discussion on augumenting the current state of primary education in Bangalore to start with.

Let the discussion be in terms of population, no of primary schools, no. of High schools, their distribution, availability of space, infrastructure, teachers, staff, management etc. The discussion should lead us to take up the small steps that could mitigate the sitution to certain extent on the ground.

Syed

Statistics on Schools in Bangalore !

kbsyed61 - 21 May, 2008 - 19:10

Does any body has any information on statisctics on Schools in Bangalore?

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Rationalise school building by-laws

mcadambi - 21 May, 2008 - 22:28

One of the reasons why new schools cannot be practically established in Bengaluru is the by-laws of BBMP which stipulate a lot of infrastructure for new schools. Every one knows how costly land in Bengaluru is. 

And then there are restrictions as to how much you can build in a school (FSI / FAR) which affect the overall economics of building a school. Not everyone is into education for charity only. There has got to be some incentive for acting out of enlightened self-interest.

Getting permits of various sorts for establishing a school itself is a achievement. 

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details

tsubba - 21 May, 2008 - 22:33

cadambi, what are the exact limitations in physically realizing a school?

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robust solution.

tsubba - 22 May, 2008 - 05:54

need robust solutions. these are fundamental issues cant outsource them and depend on the large heartedness of big givers. what if these donors go belly up tomorrow? what about the kids then? alternately, what about the kids beyond the reach and grasp of these big givers? how about that kid in randompalya? we need to fix this issue more fundamentally. if a modern enlightened city/society cant fix education and equal access to it then what is its purpose? intha city idden upyoga?

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"when adults take active interest in their children."

City.Zen - 23 May, 2008 - 04:59

The Parikrma schools, whose focus is on children from the slums, obviously cannot accept each and every kid who wants to join. So, they use this filter to select a child whose elders "take active interest in their children."

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