Quality education for lower urban and rural children

Abstract

The research started with visits to 2 small-unorganized orphanagehomes, 2 private schools and 1 government school. Children, the head of each of theinstitution (or teacher) were met. It lays the foundation of understanding thepresent school and children in the Indian context. A mix of children whose parentscan afford fees and a few who are supported study in two of the private schools. Many fascinating observations were made in the survey. Standard questions used inthe exploratory research have been given in the exhibits 1 & 2. However, in the second phase, comprehensive study of organizations that dealswith underprivileged children by providing quality education was made. Backup byweb research and by visiting the organizations again, the focus of the study was onquality education delivery model. How do the institutes deliver quality education?What are the basic factors, which the organizations think are imperative? What dothey believe in? How do they differ from each other? How have they been successful? Finally, based on the findings from the study and literature review, a frameworkfor quality education for lower rural & urban children has been developed. A list ofinstitutions visited is given in Exhibit 3.