India’s leading Think Tank Centre For
Civil Societys upported by EdelGive Foundation recently launched ‘BPS in India’ an
annual report on Budget Private Schools in India followed by a panel
discussion, ‘Education of Choice For All: Role of Budget Private Schools’ at
the Asia Liberty Forum held in hotel The Leela. Eminent scholars and experts
such as Parth J Shah (President, Centre for Civil Society), Prof Geeta Gandhi
Kingdon (Professor of Education, Institute of Education, London), Shailaja
Chandra (Independent policy analyst), Ashish Dhawan, (Chairman, Central Square
Foundation), Vidya Shah (CEO, Edelgive Foundation), and Rohan Joshi (Centre for
Civil Society) served on the editorial board of the Report.
Speaking during the panel discussion,
Parth J. Shah; President of CCS said, ‘since their emergence BPS (Budget
Private Schools) have had a fair share of criticism from players in the Indian
education sector. This criticism intensified with enactment of Right to
Education Act (2009), which paid special attention to quality of inputs
(infrastructure, staffing and finances,) with the little focus on improving
learning outcomes.’ He further said, ‘it is evident that BPS sector, once
termed as ‘shadow institutions’ and ‘teaching shops’ have come a long way over
the years in establishing their credibility among parents and educators.
Interestingly, BPS, while steadily improving own performance have also raised
the bar of quality and accountability for other schooling segments, especially
the government schools, pushing them out of their complacency and giving
mission mode impetus to the ongoing efforts to enhance quality of education.’
Other panellists presentvduring the
panel discussion were Brajesh Mishra from Varthana, Neil D’Souza from Zaya
Learning Labs and Pro. Geeta Gandih Kingdon from Institute of Education at
University College, London. Panel discussion was chaired by Gopal Jain of Gaja
Capital.
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