tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post113743660543910851..comments2023-11-19T00:42:48.156-08:00Comments on balancing life: A quick buck, and learning moreSunilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1137782565701560852006-01-20T10:42:00.000-08:002006-01-20T10:42:00.000-08:00Charu....you're right. It's true with any school.....Charu....you're right. It's true with any school.......like any thing else. Hold people accountable, and it will work. The problem comes when parents themselves don't know what a school should do, or how they can be involved. They need this education too...so education can't be restricted to children.<BR/><BR/>Michael.....i remember your Finland post. But i think it's probably more complex an issue than just pressures of a multi-ethnic or mono-ethnic society.......but good points there.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1137759226606610092006-01-20T04:13:00.000-08:002006-01-20T04:13:00.000-08:00Hi SunilAs you describe the incident with the stal...Hi Sunil<BR/>As you describe the incident with the stall cars, I shared your suspicion that these people were "ethically challenged." Is that a peculiar trait of Indians or of multi-ethnic societies in general of or all societies? My guess is that people tend to look at life more like a non-cooperative game if more other people do as well and this is more likely if you have some ethnic groups that feel put-upon by society. This was kind of the thesis behind my Finland post of 6 months back.Michael Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034249281790021336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1137566958093875932006-01-17T22:49:00.000-08:002006-01-17T22:49:00.000-08:00am looking at the website as I write this... (teac...am looking at the website as I write this... (teacher student of 1:30 sounds like a dream - you dont see it even in the more expensive private urban schools)<BR/><BR/>you know, what you have written about people willing to pay for good education, I was thinking the same things when i read your earlier post on accountability - started to comment there a couple of times but left it coz I couldn't think clearly...<BR/>I think schools will be forced to deliver if parents take interest and control in their hands - and demand accountability - I know that most parents are poor and illiterate nd generally not bold (for want of a better word) to go out and question - but in instances where they have, I have read about remarkable results.<BR/><BR/>Azim Premji foundation does this - they take on a project in village only if the community promises to sustain it and keep it running - they help in the initial setting up of the project and then the accountability is both ways...<BR/>blah blahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1137523823184169462006-01-17T10:50:00.000-08:002006-01-17T10:50:00.000-08:00Thanks Charu.....actually, your point has 2 or 3 a...Thanks Charu.....actually, your point has 2 or 3 aspects for it.<BR/><BR/>It's really impossible for an NGO, which relies on outside money (largely) to sustain itself permanently. But CMS has a great working relationship with the local people (we're talking thousands of people here, spread over many villages), and so local support is increasing. Once the people can afford to pay, they will. It might take years. But CMS also is working to improve the govt schools. Now two of their own volunteer teachers teach part time at the govt school (where the teacher student ratio is about 1:100).<BR/><BR/>CMS does have multiple other schools.......not just a school for dropouts. Right now, they're stretched to the limit (they are a small group with limited resources), but still handle about 1700 kids spread across many villages, with an excellent teacher student ratio of less than 1:30). An excellent group.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1137485233164751202006-01-17T00:07:00.000-08:002006-01-17T00:07:00.000-08:00all about prevention being better than cure and al...all about prevention being better than cure and all that... is this a story of hope or one to feel sad about I cannot decide for now...<BR/>if this is happening, then the school may do well to extend their scope to not just dropouts (although that is a commendable mission to get interest and faith back in education among drop outs and their parents) but other kids as well...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com