Indian education system favors only rich..

Hi subathera u have highlighted very senstive topic and sure critical too here in Pakistan the situation is same two parallel education systems are going. one government school and small private school in localiotiers while other are big chain school with A level O level and other foreign standards with really high fee and etc Well u r right , getting good education to child is getting very difficult and its also creating frustration in the society, whenever u have dual system in society, the result would be problems hope things will be best soon regards

Yeah it's like that here too. If you are not a doctor's or lawyers or politicians kid, the teachers sit you in a corner and ignore the entire time you are in school. I think it is the same everywhere in the world. The rich are favored. They control the world and everyone else. The rest of us are just peasants to them. Little sheep or peices of dirt for them to step on. And when we try to better our lives or make more money, they try to stomp us down more.

The one certain thing world wide is 'you get what you pay for'. Because private schools (perversely in the UK we call them Public Schools!) can pay their teachers more they can pick the best teachers. Why doesn't the government pay their teachers more then? Well it wouldn't matter, the private sector will always pay a premium. That is the price of a democracy, freedom of choice - but it depends if you have enough money to enjoy that freedom! haha A true communist country country does not have that choice other than schools that cream off the gifted students. It wasn't long ago that China also had a state only school system so it is refreshing to hear that you have the freedom to choose a private school too. You will get better service in a 5 star hotel than a 1 star hotel but you must pay for it whether or not you use all the extra facilities.

You are right. i here started a discussion similarly based on this point. In the government school, where the chages are niminal, the quality of education is not taht much good always. So most parents depend on private school. But charges are too much. My niece got adnitted in a private school in Bangalore in lower KG. They took 55000 Rs for her. I just am amazed at this fact. tution fees, bus all are so expensive. I faced this problem. although i was not very bad academically,( was always a topper throughout)I could not pursue MBA in good college due to money. its so expensive in IIMs and ISB is beyond my imagination. After a certain limit its for rich only, not for meritorious peopel.

I think it is the same everywhere. Here in China, we have to pay a lot for the children when they start to go to kindergarten. And we have to continue to pay for them after they graduate from the university. The education charges and other charges are higher and higher but our earning remains the same.

Well that's logical since Money means power.

I think in the US, education in public schools upto high school is sponsored by the government...something like our government schools. Even in India, the government schools have to offer free education upto primary level. I have heard of schools having specific demands about the parent's qualifications and other factors at home in certain private schools. But not all of them. In some schools, the parents are interviewed first! I would go no where near such a school (even if I know that we can easily get in). My son goes to a private school and since it is an 'international' school (he's in the ICSE stream though), the fee is exhorbitant. But one good thing that they are doing is giving out a talent scholarship...where the child gets everything 'FREE'. And it doesn't go for the children who are good in academics...but is based on talent of the child and if he/she has participated on the state or national level. I also find that the kind of all round development that is provided by SOME private schools cannot be got at the government schools. Most private schools are very similar to government schools when it comes to the standard of education. The private schools take the fees and the kids get nothing more than they would have in a government school...no facilities...no play ground...no toilets!

Hello dear subhal. The educational system in China is also divided into public and private education system. Here in China, the education fee in a public school is much lower than that in a private one. But still there are many parents sending their kids to private ones as they have quite some special features in private ones. They send their children to private schools to learn what their kids would love to learn to develop their personal talent to the fullest in some special subject so that they do not have to learn those that cannot interest them as well as their weak subjects. So the coexistence of both the public and private ones are good for kids to have more choices in their studies. Thanks for your discussion, my dear friend.