Education reforms revolution in India is the NEED of the hour.

Education reforms revolution in India is the NEED of the hour.

1.    Allocate & increase upto 25% budget to education.

2.    STOP census duty, election duty and polio duty for teachers. Teachers will never miss classes due to other government activities. Additional government work can be done by so many unemployed youth by outsourcing through them.

3.    Give zero-collateral loans for college education up to 10 lakhs. No collateral needed, if you live and study in the Gujarat state, then you are eligible, that is it. The loan should cover tuition fee, books, laptop, equipment, hostel fee, mess fee etc.

4.    Give School Principals the power to appoint Cleanliness Manager at a appropriate salary upto Rs 25000 per month. He/she has responsibility get the school cleaned in & out and upload pictures/videos daily on an app. Implications of this app are that every morning one can know the exact no. of malfunctioning school toilets, the exact no. of out of order tube lights across all government and aided schools etc.

5.    Have private school refunding fees on a state wide scale. Most of private schools increase fee 10% every year.

6.    Arrange teacher training from IIMA or equivalent for teacher training.

7.    Provide Tablet/laptop for each teacher. This will save the time of data entry and take attendance and other administrative and communication work, also the parent will receive SMS by lunchtime if kid absent from the school. Audio visual presentation and teaching cane be practiced.

9.    Give Principals total autonomy for hiring replacements for teachers who have gone on long leave. No need to send any file for approval to ministry.

10.Give privileges to contract teachers also-

·        Fixed monthly pays (50–60% salary hike)

·        No more firing-> selection -> rehiring cycle at the end of EACH academic year

·        As many casual leaves as regular teachers, earlier they had no leaves.

·        Experience certificates just like regular teachers

11.Plan for a CCTV camera in every classroom of all schools. Surprisingly every stakeholder wants it there!

·        Principals want it to ensure punctuality of teachers.

·        Teachers want it as it results in students in being self-disciplined.

·        Students want it as the rowdy behaviour of theft/violence stop due to it.

12. Accord the same respect to teachers as soldiers. Rs 1 Crore for Stabbed Teacher’s Family. Believe that teachers are as important to India’s future as soldiers. Same *1 crore* rule is applicable to any citizen belonging to Army, BSF, CRPF, CISF, NIA, NDMC, MCD, Police, Fire Fighters.

13. Remove the most atrocious private school policy – criteria for nursery admission.

14. Do video recording of Nursery admission Lottery. Earlier schools were totally operating without any restriction.

15. Stop fancy & costly admission prospectuses. No school can charge more than 25/- for any registration. Want to give 100-page fancy prospectus with glossy pages, now give it for free!

16.Take over a private school by force If any malpractices found in school administration and management

17. Remove of management quota from school admission.

18. Set up model schools which will pave roadmap to ultimate goal – *“Making govt schools better than or equal  to private schools”*

19. Display no. of illiterate students publicly. Isn’t it horrifying that 74% of Class 6th kids can’t read their own book.  Establish a public dashboard in each school with data on how many kids cannot recognise characters, can recognise characters, can read words, paragraphs, stories, complex stories.

20. Identify and create a batch of “teacher’s teacher” on education trip to best institutes.

21.Class Room strength to be hiked by 50% in 2yrs, with the aim is to ensure that 30 students maximum in each classroom.

22. All schools to be whitewashed during summer vacation on a compulsory basis. Budget and approval allocated for total revamp of infrastructure across all schools.

23. All staff rooms to get a face lift to ensure a welcoming ambience for teachers – high-quality tables and chairs, tea/coffee vending machines, clean toilets.