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India has a long way to go until kids’ learning levels improve, Pratham’s Rukmini Banerji says -Soniya Agrawal

-ThePrint.in

Recipient of the 2021 Yida Prize for Education Development, Dr Rukmini Banerji said the education sector in India still has a long way to go.

New Delhi: The policy framework for the new National Education Policy (NEP) may be in place, but collaboration among various government departments is the only way forward, said Dr Rukmini Banerji, CEO of the Pratham Education Foundation.

In an interview with ThePrint, Banerji, who was the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development, cited the example of pre-schools and anganwadis (child care centres in rural areas) to elucidate her point.

“If we want to get the maximum out of pre-schools and anganwadis then the system needs to set common goals and work towards it, for now pre-schools are under the Ministry of Women and Child. Their goals are different from that of the Department of School Education, so the way in which schemes are treated on the ground for the same children, are different by different departments,” she said.

The NEP is based on a 5+3+3+4 structure wherein a strong base of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) from age 3 is also included.

Speaking about receiving the Yidan prize on 28 September, a top recognition in the field of education offered by the global philanthropic foundation Yidan Prize Foundation, Banerji said that the motto of her organisation remains the same — “Every child in school and learning well”.

However, she added, “As a country till the time the ASER numbers improve we have a long way to go.”

The Annual Status for Education Report (ASER), an annual report released by Pratham, provides estimates of children’s enrolment and basic learning levels for each district and state in India.

The latest version of the report, released last year, had highlighted the disruption caused to education in India due to the Covid-19 pandemic, indicated by a shift of students from private to government schools in rural areas.

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