Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Wanted to share a cute little video that was used as a promotion for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (hindi for “education for all”).
The video captures the journey from home to school as made by kids in different parts of India. The song, written by ex prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, makes this journey so full of joy and excitement, it makes me wanna go back to school!
It took 58 years for India to recognize the right to primary education as a fundamental right. But what’s more interesting is the journey: A total of 4 milestones(from wikipedia)
1950 – The constitutional mandate: “The State shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education to all children until they complete the age of 14 years.”
1986 – National Education Policy says: “It shall be ensured that free and compulsory education of satisfactory quality is provided to all children up to 14 years of age before we enter the twenty first century”
1993 – The highly controversial Unnikrishnan Judgment: 3. “Every child/citizen of this country has a right to free education until he completes the age of fourteen years.”
2005 – 86th Amendment of the Constitution finally identifies right to primary education as a fundamental right of an Indian citizen.
Rahul has an nice analysis of the Draft Right to Education Bill. Also check out Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’s official site.
“the destiny of a nation is decided in her classrooms” – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
nandini 8:44 pm on January 20, 2007 Permalink |
BD, did you ride a camel to school?
IMeMy 12:17 pm on January 21, 2007 Permalink |
What an inspiring video! Thanks for sharing.
BD 10:41 pm on January 21, 2007 Permalink |
@nandini
rode a plain old bicycle. Would have loved a camel ride though. Going to school would have been a lot more interesting.
@Id
you’re welcome
IMeMy 5:13 pm on January 22, 2007 Permalink |
Is it only elementary and middle school education that is mandated in India?
BD 10:50 pm on January 22, 2007 Permalink |
I think it’s elementary(primary) education (6-11 year old kids).
Also check this graphic to know more about how the Indian education system is structured.
IMeMy 3:21 pm on January 23, 2007 Permalink |
Thanks BD. Though now I’m up against another unknown – “MLL” (minimum level of learning) that is mentioned and which is not elaborated upon.
BD 3:41 pm on January 23, 2007 Permalink |
Interesting query Id. Department of Education has a stage report elaborating on the same (long live google
).
Quoting from the report:
nandini 6:22 pm on January 23, 2007 Permalink |
dat was long, couldn’t you summarize it?
IMeMy 2:42 pm on January 24, 2007 Permalink |
Thanks BD! I appreciate.
BD 3:02 pm on January 24, 2007 Permalink |
@Nandini
Would you do that for me please? You know how lazy I am
@Id
No problem
nandini 8:22 pm on January 24, 2007 Permalink |
sure BD! ***clears thorat and relays this Ace Ventura style***
:
There was a big boom increase in the number of primary schools in India, this is so because everyone basically owns a primary school now so some schools are 2X4′s and not really legit. The government wanting seem as if they are useful make a long drawn out plan on how to fix the problem in 5 years, 5 steps blah blah
jadeja harshvardhansinh 7:36 pm on January 5, 2010 Permalink |
hi , i am Teacher CRC Co
&
I want this in AUDIO format form my mobile ringtone
how is it posible
can U Send me on my mail-address
akanksha 9:28 pm on January 13, 2010 Permalink |
here i want to rectify that this song is not written by EX PM Atal bihari vajpayee its written by Mehboob .please make a correction . but your effort is nice , there are very few people who upload such vedios
rahul 11:55 pm on November 4, 2010 Permalink |
how download this song