Education in India by Kaitlyn Gagnon (PHS Student) https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_ Izzy & Katie en-us 2018-05-16 14:26:23 UTC 2025-12-23 22:51:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Personal Account 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261883397 Ramu, a teenage Dalit, was working in a restaurant for a higher Caste who constantly berated him for showing interest in learning how to read. His boss believed that that Ramu should get used to cleaning up after people due to the fact that he will never have a future. However, a foreigner proved Ramu’s past boss wrong. The foreigner enrolled Ramu in Ramana's Garden, a private institution dedicated to breaking the discrimination because of the Caste System, and took him into his home.

"In my childhood, I was so desperate for learning" - Ramu

]]> 2018-05-18 11:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261883397 Education in India Today 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261884638 The quality of education in India is quite poor but has been improving since 2007. Since 2007, it has been recorded that there are 1.4 million schools and 7.7 million teachers across the country. Although that is a good thing, there is very little students not graduating: “29 percent of children drop out before completing five years of primary school, and 43 percent before finishing upper primary school. High school completion is only 42 percent” (Urvashi). That's not the only problem though, 4 million children, ages 6 - 11, do not attend school. Majority of the children who attend school now are not on appropriate grade level topics. Only one out of every four can read a simple English sentence and many cannot do a division problem. This is a huge issue for Indians because it will lead to being stuck in poverty and children growing up to be illiterate. Additionally, India still faces many challenges before they achieve standard quality education. For example, there are gender issues due to the fact their is violence against girls for equality. ]]> 2018-05-18 12:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261884638 Education in America 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261892034 America is in the process of progressing the education given. Our presidents and the people believe that every kid in American should get their education needed. Starting as preschool that has been a move of $1 billion dollars forwarded so every kid at the age for preschool would be able to go. A program has been created to benefit all kids in over 15 states. In fact, there has been a 200% increase in students that are living in poverty being able to take AP/IB courses and an average of 900 minutes of students in the grades 3-8 being back in classrooms. The American education system has been working on solutions to improve what we already have. Solutions such as developing a plan that sets up more advanced assessments for more advanced learning. America has always been ahead in education compared to India and will most likely always will be. The people of America are constantly working harder everyday to make this the best system there ever has been. ]]> 2018-05-18 12:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261892034 Higher Caste Education versus Lower Caste Education 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261892292 In India, people are discriminated against through a system that is technically illegal but ever so alive. This system is known as the Caste System. The Caste System separates the people of India through social ranking and no Indian is allowed to move up or down. Because of this system, education between Higher Caste and Lower Caste is separated.For example,in more Southern States of India where upper Castes are located such as Kerala“literacy rates of a remarkable 90 percent” whereas lower Castes such as Dalits are stuck with a 50%. Dalits are one of the lowest standings in the Caste system which is reasonable for them to receive poor education. Attendance for the Dalits are one of the lowest attendances than other Caste groups too: "In the past 6 years, the Dalit’s attendance at school has risen from 64% to 77%." Studies have shown that the reason for such low attendance from the Dalits is because instead of getting an education. children are working on farms in order to support their family. Higher Caste Indians do not have to worry about their children resorting to child labor in order to support their family because their families are wealthy enough to have their child attend a private school whereas middle class and low class Indians have to send their children to a public school.
The Caste System social order. Digital image. Wordpress. N.p., n.d. Web.

]]> 2018-05-18 12:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/261892292 Dalits in India still do the most menial jobs. Digital image. BBC News. BBC, 27 June 2012. Web. 20 May 2018. 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262176327 2018-05-20 14:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262176327 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262176868 2018-05-20 14:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262176868 Video #1 - BBC News 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262187278 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKspt58JbsM
A visitor visits a school in India and teaches students new words. The students also share their dreams about what they wish to be when they grow up.]]> 2018-05-20 16:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262187278 Solutions to Indian Education 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262187776 Some solutions to solving the Indian Education crisis is...
  • Advancing the technology in India has the potential to help the Indians learn, however, money is an issue.
  • Make schools that ignore the Caste system; have schools that focus on equality for everyone no matter what rank they are in the Caste system
  • Set initiatives for the kids to look forward too such as if they can read a simple English book, then they'll get a reward
  • Have a fresh start with making sure there is enough teachers to teach the children and that are well educated to fit the part
  • Set a finalized, reasonable/achievable goal for creating and taking time on the school and or any education system involved
]]> 2018-05-20 16:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262187776 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262189078 Elite Boarding School in India. Digital image. RimTim Blog. RimTim, 14 Sept. 2016. Web. 20 May 2018.]]> 2018-05-20 16:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262189078 Video #2 - FMF 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262189777 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa-2KbM_cXQ
Real life description of what it personally was like dealing with the education in idea. ]]> 2018-05-20 16:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262189777 Indian students learning in school. Digital image. Digital Learning. DL, 22 May 2017. Web. 20 May 2018. 21gagnonkaitlyn https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262190625 2018-05-20 16:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262190625 Computers in the classroom 21berubei https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262320925 2018-05-21 11:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262320925 Many people were looked down upon and doubted to even be able to go to school 21berubei https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262321614 2018-05-21 11:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262321614 Sectioning off what the country is stereo typed as 21berubei https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262322137 2018-05-21 11:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262322137 America stereotyped sections by rich a poor 21berubei https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262322718 2018-05-21 11:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262322718 What An American classroom looked like in the 1940s 21berubei https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262322993 2018-05-21 11:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/21gagnonkaitlyn/educationinindia_/wish/262322993