Abstract:
A change ~ in the'system of ’ education"has repeatedly been
recommended by education committees and commissions, but
almost no- serious attempt has been made to experiment with
new ideas in education. Though primary education has been
free for 35 years, it cannot be said that education has made
great headway. A sample survey in one school unit revealed
that among a population of slightly over 3000 there was one
graduate, one who passed the intermediate, 12 matriculates
and 156 who passed Class V. A similar situation might be
found in many other places. The, effects of education are not
very much felt' in the villages, Education tends to be unrelated to village life. Students
do not acquire1 in school any competency in rural occupations
such as agriculture and'animal husbandry, and they come to
dislike the parental occupations,. They become more urbanminded,
and want a white collar job, however insignificant.
Many do not even want to live in the village.. Those who drop
out of school‘may even become liabilities to their local
community, unwilling to contribute their services in the
traditional'^dodupationsyet not fitted for wbrk elsewhere.
Those who remain in school longer, having received no training
in how to earn a living:, have an insufficient and bookish
education and are not well equipped to fade life's problems.
