The Gujarat state education department ordered a report from the authorities after it was claimed by Dhaval Patel (IAS), the commissioner of geology and mining in Gandhinagar, that some basic school children in the Chhotaudepur district couldn’t even read or finish simple arithmetic sums.
Patel sent a letter to the education department on June 16 in which he made the assertion that the education that is being delivered to tribal students is “rotten.”
In addition, he said that the future of indigenous people would be spent working in jobs that they are ill-suited for since the educational system that is in place now will prevent them from advancing farther in life.
The Gujarat Congress party used these results to its advantage and threw suspicion on the whole of the government’s educational system. The press secretary for the party, Manish Doshi, was quoted as saying, “This is especially true for the children who suffer in tribal communities like Chhotaudepur.” The report offers an in-depth analysis of how Gujarat’s comprehensive educational system functions.
Patel reflected on his time at the Timla primary school in a letter that he sent to Vinod Rao, who is the Secretary of Education. Because they were unable to read full words, the children in Standard 8 broke down each word into its constituent letters and read them aloud. They were having trouble doing even the most fundamental calculations in mathematics. Students at Bodgam Primary School had a difficult time coming up with antonyms for commonplace Gujarati words and phrases such as “day.” According to Patel, a female student in Class 8 was unable to locate the Himalayas and Gujarat on the map of India.
“I was astounded to see such a low level of teaching quality in five out of six of the schools that I visited. According to what Patel said in his letter, we are being unjust to these tribal youngsters by providing them with an education of such a low standard.
We are ensuring that the next generation of indigenous people will continue to live in poverty and will never achieve their full potential. “What I don’t understand is how a student who has been here for eight years can’t do the most fundamental math operations like addition or subtraction,” he said.
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