A Complete Guide To School

1.5 million schools

With more than 1.5 million schools and about 260 million students in 2015/16, India has the world’s second-largest school system after China. Overall enrollment surges in recent years are attributable to the country’s youth bulge as well as increased access: Between 2010/11 and 2015/16, the student population in the school system grew by 5 percent or 12.6 million students, per government data.

Education in India is compulsory for all children from ages six to 14 and provided free of charge at public schools. Yet, despite tremendous advances in expanding access over the past decades, participation rates are still not universal, particularly in rural regions and among lower castes and other disadvantaged groups.

Education in India is primarily provided by public schools (controlled and funded by the government at three levels: central, state and local) and private schools. Under various articles of the Indian Constitution, free and compulsory education is provided as a fundamental right to children aged 6 to 14.

The approximate ratio of public schools to private schools in India is 7:5.

India has made progress in increasing the attainment rate of primary education. In 2011, Approximately 75% of the population, aged between 7 and 10 years, was literate.India's improved education system is often cited as one of the main contributors to its economic development. Much of the progress, especially in higher education and scientific research, has been credited to various public institutions. 

Education in Indian high school, and even college, broadly, is tougher than most places in the world. 

High School - In India, in the main board examinations, as well as local board examinations, the curriculum in the Math and Sciences is equivalent to the US standard AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics (2 of them). I speak only for the Science stream. In case you are unaware, the AP is widely regarded as the most elite form of certification of mastery in a subject across America. Also, if you are not familiar with the high school system in America, you can take the classes you want at the difficulty level you wish. For example, I could simply choose not to do any Math and Science in high school and simply do PE or some other such rubbish for 4 years at a very elementary level, and graduate. Although the US has some elite high schools that are arguably academically better than any in India, on a national scale (in my opinion), the education level in high school in India is higher than in America.

Lack of education is a fundamental problem in India, and the state of the Indian government schools is a clear illustration of this.The Government of India is well aware of the problems in the Indian education system, but has been slow in responding to them. School infrastructure is in a poor state and many school teachers are not properly qualified, with 31% of them not having a degree. 40% of schools are without electricity. There are schools where at the time of exams the invigilators ignore the students, giving them full freedom to cheat, and at times the teachers themselves abet the act of cheating. Also, there are instances where the children are asked to sweep the floors, serve meals to the teachers, and children as young as six are beaten with rulers.

Reasons include poor school infrastructure, poor access to toilets, sanitation facilities, teacher absenteeism.. ironically, it's been almost a decade of the passing of the RTE Act. Quality of education depends on infrastructure such as classrooms, water and sanitation facilities, availability of electricity, provision for digital learning, sports equipment and facilities, availability of chairs and desks, and softer elements such as presence of school staff, professional competencies of teachers, access to books and learning materials, among others.Only 28% schools (18% government schools) have a computer and 9% (4% government schools) an internet connection.

Despite high demand for schools, as is visible by the upward trends in enrollment data, supply-side factors related to teacher availability and infrastructure leave much room for improvement.

Indian education system is good. When it catches at the level of high qualification, it must be a good opportunity to perform all over the world. The whole world already realized the good skills of Indians, and it was highly beneficial to the Indian constitution and it's laws.

There are so many ways to improve each one, to their capacity and ability. Art, music, dance all are allowed to improve as an Indian and he can catch the high post. All Indians supported all the skills.

There are so many sources to complete the skills, because the Govt has supported giving them education loans and scholarships. Scholarships in various fields are a great thing to show his masterpiece to others.

India had 37.4 million students enrolled in higher education in FY19. Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education reached 26.3 per cent in FY19. The country has become the second largest market for E-learning after the US. The sector is expected to reach US$ 1.96 billion by 2021 with around 9.5 million users.

Read the rest of the article to find out more about Indian schools, and how much time Indian children spend on the school grounds. This means that Indian secondary students clock in 21 days more than students in other countries, each day with classes lasting for a total of six hours.This issue is the topic of heated debates since the government of Maharashtra put a hold on the Right to Education Act.

This act requires first through fifth-grade students in Indian schools to spend 200 days in school, with a total of 800 hours of classes. Students between the sixth and eighth grades get 1000 hours, across 220 school days.

How much time should your child spend studying, including school hours? Indian children are spending anything between 4 and 10 hours in school.

The stereotype associated with Indian and other Asian children is that they are used to working hard in academics and that they are particularly good at maths and science. Indeed, Indian children do spend more time in school than those of many other nationalities. A class 8 student, for instance, was found to be spending 130 hours more in an academic year than his/her peers in OECD nations in 2014.

CBSE Class 12th result 2020 announced: Overall pass percentage is 88.78 per cent; girls outdo boys. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared its class 12 result on Monday, July 13. Over 11,92,961 students appeared for the exam this year, out of which 10,59,080 have passed.The overall pass percentage is 88.78 per cent. Girls have done better than boys by 5.96 per cent. The overall pass percentage of girls stands at 92.15 per cent, boys at 86.19 per cent and transgender at 66.67 per cent.

Whereas government teachers' pay is dictated by a 'minimum wage', which is often driven by political compulsions and teachers unions. Private schools pay their teachers the market-dominated wage i.e. salaries as dictated by demand and supply.Add to this the fact that private schools often demand greater accountability from their teachers, you can see how they produce better results.

So the bottom line is this — The lakhs of public schools dotting the country are failing to provide their students with quality education and most households are now preferring to enroll their kids in private schools.

With more than 700,000 schools in operation, India certainly has a big job on its hands. Despite the recent improvements in Indian school systems, many parents choose to educate their children in private institutions. In fact, just 70% of school age children attend public schools. That being said, only about 50% of Indian children go to school at all: while registration is compulsory, attendance isn’t typically enforced.

Your teen's days will revolve around study. Weekends too. They can (and should) still eat, sleep and make time to unwind. Depending on where you live, they might have a week or so off school before exams start (i.e. study leave), and every day during this time should be filled with about 6 – 8 hours study per day.This amount of time might sound daunting to your teen. If they’re not yet a good studier, they can build up to it. Trust us, once they start building their study skills and resilience, all of a sudden, 6 – 8 hours goes in a flash.

In India, parents spend 12 hours a week — the highest among all — helping their kids complete their homework. That is about two hours each day for six days.Is it because parents in India are making up for lack of attention paid by teachers in crowded classrooms. Statistics show that may not be the case.

The global average student-teacher ratio in 2015 was 23.4:1. It was 16.3:1 in China, 20.9:1 in Brazil, 19.8:1 in Russia and 33.6:1 in South Africa

India does not fare too poorly. According to the Economic Survey 2017, the student-teacher ratio in primary schools stood at 23.1 in 2016-15.

India stands at the 37th position. The quality of math and science education depends upon public funding and the education system. The countries ranked up to 36 spent more than 6 percent of their GDP on education against 3.3 per cent in India.

Our education system gives more stress on marks and grades rather than quality. Our education policy should be changed to address quality concerns,” an expert said.

Dr Srini Bhupalam, an education expert, said, “It has been proven that quality of education can be provided pretty effectively to small populations.” 

“If you look at the list, most of the country's population is very small. It’s always a challenge to do the same for very large populations. Nevertheless we have a lot of scope to do better,” he added.

Andhra Pradesh

International Literacy Day 2020: The literacy rate of India is 77.7% while Kerala has emerged as the most literate state in the country, followed by Delhi while Andhra Pradesh has recorded the lowest literacy rate.With 96.2 percent literacy, Kerala has once again emerged as the most literate state in the country, while Andhra Pradesh featured at the bottom with a rate of 66.4 percent, showed a report based on National Statistical Office (NSO) survey.

The answer to this question is- Because many teachers and parents think that beating students is for their well being. That is the reason why parents and teachers beat students. ... Indian teachers know very well why children are so obedient and respectful or less confident. The reason is beating.

This is the reason why many children fear from talking or asking or giving answers to teachers. This is the reason why they do the work according to what teachers say and in the way teachers say. For many children it is not respect but fear that they have from teachers that they are like this. But many times this is not only the reason or also the reason. Other reasons can be being vulnerable to be made fun of ; Some teachers make fun of students by making other students laugh for giving the wrong answer or saying something or being shouted upon ; Like for giving a wrong answer the teacher may shout. This is also a form of harassment of children.

Now it is my request to all teachers and parents-Stop beating children. Beating children will never solve your problem. They may do the things like the way you said but they will always have negativity for you. It is really bad for you to beat children. This is the one of the major reasons why Indian children suffer from depression. Some children fear so much from these teachers that they commit suicide. Some children don’t want to go to school ever because of the fear of their teachers.

Originally Answered: Which country has the hardest Mathematics in their education curriculum? China and Korea, hands down. The main European countries of France, Germany and the UK are nowhere near as difficult.

The countries with the top highest tested IQ scores are the industrialized developed East Asian countries of Taiwan (104), Singapore (108), Japan (105), South Korea (106) and China (105), followed by North American and European countries such as the United States (98) and United Kingdom (100). Intermediate scores are found in South American countries such as Venezuela (84), Peru (85), and Honduras (81), as well as in South Asian countries such as Pakistan (84), India (82), and Bangladesh (82) and in Middle Eastern and North African countries such as Iran (84), Egypt (81) and Lebanon (82). The lowest recorded IQ scores are found in sub-Saharan African countries such as Somalia (68), Sudan (71), and Ethiopia (69). [23] However, substantial correlations between intelligence test scores and measures of well-being also exist when the analysis is limited to developed countries, where the IQ results are more likely to be accurate.

Education is indeed and effectually the best way of the poor to escape not only poverty but also to kill illiteracy and ignorance and unawareness of individual rights and responsibilities and to outflow all forms of social discrimination, not only in India and Africa but worldwide.

Education allows later the possibility of taking part in the political life and to be part of it and to know how to defend and protect the rights of the citizens who are marginalized, disregarded and unnoticed from the taker of the decision makers.

Number 1: Canada. This country tops the list as the most educated in the world, with 56.27 percent of adults having earned some kind of higher education.

MUMBAI: Here's proof that Indians have a flair for mathematics. Indians scored higher than the global average in GMAT's quantitative section that tests math skills in 2010. But Chinese students have the highest average in quantitative scores, and India is far behind, at seventh position.

B-schools worldwide use Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores to select students.

While intelligence is clearly a predictor of success in education, there may be other variables involved that affect this relationship. Socioeconomic is one variable that often arises in this debate. In order to investigate this Campbell and Ramey used the results of the Abecedarian Project, which targeted children who were at high risk of academic failure and aimed to intervene and try to boost academic performance. The results showed promising improvements in IQ suggesting early intervention is important in ensuring children have the best chance of success, and socioeconomic status affects the IQ of children. On the other hand, while increases in IQ were observed, the best predictor of intellectual and academic achievement was still maternal IQ, which consistently explained twice the variance than that of the next best predictor.... This demonstrates that while education and socioeconomic status influence IQ, it is still parental IQ that exert the strongest predictive effects.

When you earn a degree, you accomplish a big step. You gain knowledge, skills and experience to help you both in your career and in life in general. On top of that, by gaining additional skills in communication and problem solving and achieving your goals, you can also increase your confidence.

And studies have shown that greater confidence leads to greater career advancement.

According to a study from the University of Melbourne cited in an article from Science Daily, there’s a strong correlation between confidence and success. In the study, participants ranked their confidence at various education levels, and findings showed that those who reported higher confidence levels earlier on earned better wages and were promoted quicker.

Canada is recognized worldwide for our outstanding quality of education—from elementary school to post-secondary studies. Our educators are highly trained and bring diverse perspectives to the classroom. At the university level, 2 out of every 5 academics hold at least one international degree.

And we have 11 of the top 250 universities worldwide[2]. In our opinion, there’s no better place to learn! Need more convincing?

Now, there are two main reasons why Indian education cannot follow the American pattern and Richard does not seem to have touched on them. 

The first is the syllabus. ... The second reason is that India is a poor country. Each country has to adapt its education system to its own circumstances.

The first is the syllabus. An Indian professor is expected to cover the entire syllabus, which is prescribed by the university. Since the examination is conducted by the university and the student performance is evaluated by external examiners, a professor cannot afford to leave anything out. That leaves little time for discussion and debate in the class. American professors write their own syllabi, give their own tests and exams, and evaluate the students themselves. That gives them a lot of leeway in what is taught, how it is taught, and how it is evaluated. But, as I said earlier, that also leads to abuses of that freedom.

The second reason is that India is a poor country. Each country has to adapt its education system to its own circumstances. An affluent country like America can afford to have a project-oriented system, which is somewhat wasteful at times. A poor country like India has to conserve all its resources; so it goes for lectures and paper-based examinations.

In 2013, research conducted at Stanford University found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a lack of balance in their lives, and alienation from society.The researchers also found that spending too much time on homework meant that students were not meeting their developmental needs or cultivating other critical life skills. Students were more likely to forgo activities, stop seeing friends or family, and not participate in hobbies.

Many students felt forced or obligated to choose homework over developing other talents or skills.

Traditional classes are more suitable for young children, teenagers, and young adolescents who are yet to join the workforce. Regular attendance in classes helps them interact with other individuals of their own age, be better disciplined, follow a regular schedule, and improve their physical fitness and mental alertness.

Classroom learning helps students and teachers know each other in a better manner. This allows teachers to know the students and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses better, act as mentors, and guide students in their career possibilities.

In a traditional classroom, students can directly share their views and clarify their own queries with the teacher, thus getting their questions answered right away.

Most of the time books and classroom notes are very useful for studying and passing exams. Understanding the Question & Answer pattern, and with suggestions provided by experienced teachers, students can find it more helpful to learn than when using generalized online notes and suggestions available on the internet.

Also, classroom learning is more helpful due to a continuous interaction between students and teachers, as it helps students to get rid of their fears regarding exams, which can rarely happen with online guidance.

Education is the key to eliminating gender inequality, to reducing poverty, to creating a sustainable planet, to preventing needless deaths and illness, and to fostering peace. And in a knowledge economy, education is the new currency by which nations maintain economic competitiveness and global prosperity.

Education is an investment, and one of the most critical investments we can make. This is true not only for the United States, but for countries around the world

School influenced me in many different ways such as teaching me about myself in preparing around others. The way i should speak as far as manners, I have been taught how to be responsible in respectful to others. School can make you reflect on yourself and if you are capable of being a leader. It helps me to understand the importance of my future as well as learn from your mistakes in progress to sustain better. I see myself as a person who when they first entered Uhs didn't really care or really never had a goal along the way and started to understand the importance of school and how it will affect your future whether good or bad. I have noticed the growth in myself in the mistakes I have made in the ones that I can still change. There are some habits that are definitely hard to break but it would just take time and understanding that you have to change and make it better for yourself.

It helps people become better citizens, get a better-paid job, and shows the difference between good and bad. Education shows us the importance of hard work and, at the same time, helps us grow and develop. Thus, we are able to shape a better society to live in by knowing and respecting rights, laws, and regulations.Learning languages through educational processes helps interact with different people in order to exchange ideas, knowledge, good practices. It teaches us to live in harmony.

In 2009 the Government made free (and compulsory) education a fundamental right of every child in India between the ages of six and fourteen. The Government also set out the infrastructure provisions that schools were mandated to implement. In doing so, it adopted a rights-based approach to elementary school education.This paper reports on a study of the effectiveness of this approach. It is argued that merely declaring a public service as a citizens’ right does not entail either optimal access or optimal implementation. Rather, the paper argues that claiming rights and implementation requires an enabling environment and it is concluded that societal power bias and social accountability are important factors in creating such an environment. The examples of Kerala and Bihar, respectively the best and worst performing states in India with regard to implementation of the right to education, were used to examine these states’ different levels of performance regarding the mandates defined by the Right to Education legislation enacted in 2009.

Although science is on the fence about whether you can raise your IQ or not, research does seem to suggest that it's possible to raise your intelligence through certain brain-training activities. Training your memory, executive control, and visuospatial reasoning can help to boost your intelligence levels.The best way to train these areas of your brain is to engage in thoughtful activities and games, learn new skills, and keep your brain active.

In 35 such studies, about 77 percent find the link between homework and achievement is positive. Younger children have less developed study habits and are less able to tune out distractions at home. Studies also suggest that young students who are struggling in school take more time to complete homework assignments simply because these assignments are more difficult for them.... Practice assignments do improve scores on class tests at all grade levels. A little amount of homework may help elementary school students build study habits.

Fact: most world leaders studied at Harvard in the US and Oxford in the UK. Each university far surpasses its nearest domestic rival (Cambridge in Oxford's case, Yale in Harvard's) in educating its nation's political elite.But not only have these two institutions produced a majority of their respective countries’ own leaders, between them they are the alma mater of over 70 past and present foreign heads of state and government from more than 40 countries.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University rank better than Harvard University in the latest world's top universities ranking, according to Newsweek.com.

Cambridge-based MIT’s famous mission is to advance knowledge in science, technology and areas of scholarship that can help to make the world a better place, and the world needs it now more than ever.

Founded in 1861, MIT was initially a small community of problem-solvers and science lovers eager to bring their knowledge to bear on the world.

Finland

There are no mandated standardized tests in Finland, apart from one exam at the end of students' senior year in high school. There are no rankings, no comparisons or competition between students, schools or regions. Finland's schools are publicly funded.

The people in the government agencies running them, from national officials to local authorities, are educators, not business people, military leaders or career politicians. Every school has the same national goals and draws from the same pool of university-trained educators. The result is that a Finnish child has a good shot at getting the same quality education no matter whether he or she lives in a rural village or a university town. 

Institutions wishing to accept the Gaokao for direct entry to the first year of undergraduate programmes may want to consider a very high score (above 85%) in addition to a very high English level.

As per the students' feedback, the overall level of the NEET paper was easy. However, few candidates found the exam tricky and lengthy. Biology section was perceived to be easier than the remaining sections. The Physics section was well balanced and the questions asked were of easy level.There were few questions in the physics section which needed lengthy calculation but were direct and easy. The Chemistry section contained a few difficult questions from Organic chemistry however the overall Chemistry section was easy.

SSC CGL 2018 is the most famous exam among the graduates as there is no limitation of stream backgrounds, anybody from any stream can apply for this exam. This makes the competition very difficult. It is important that you begin to prepare for your exam before time.Many candidates would be preparing by joining various coaching institutes and some might be doing self studies for this exam.

City Montessori School in Lucknow

"The largest school in terms of pupils is the City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, which had a record enrollment of 55,547 pupils on 16 January 2019 for the 2019-2020 academic year." The school presently has over 56,000 pupils.

1. Harvard University — $38.3 Billion. With a current endowment of over $38 billion, Ivy League Harvard University is the wealthiest university in the world.Founded in 1636 as New College, it was quickly renamed in honor of John Harvard, a Cambridge–educated clergyman who donated $1,285 and a large collection of books. Since then, Harvard has continued to accumulate land, books, artwork, valuable documents, and — especially in recent years — money.

The schools are run by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Development and are considered some of the best public schools in the country.

Around 95% examinees from these schools passed the Class 10 and 12 board exams for the past five years – a significantly better pass-percentage than the average of 82% for all schools affiliated to the board in the same period.

Their reputation attracts even those not on the central government or armed forces’ payroll. The cost is also a factor. The KVs are cheaper than most popular private schools and some sub-par ones as well.

Education system in the US is considerably more flexible than that in India. - The Indian education standard is considerably higher than that of US Standards, as students are made to prepare for challenges in life, unlike the US where education is made as said flexible so that each and every student passes out High school.

- Indian education system provides great emphasis on Math other than the US where it is an optional subject. No wonder why India has so many good software engineers and other professionals.

Education system is more strict and has more homework as well. Compared to India, the syllabus and workload is relatively simplified and systematically organized in the US. In kindergarten and first few grades in the USA, they prepare the children for future learning by teaching how to learn.The school’s focus on fun-filled creative learning by providing a lot of activities and interesting projects for children. They learn the fundamentals of Math, language and science through real world problems.