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By : Sheetal Bhandari, BE student, PSG College of Technology Coimbatore
Industry : Teaching/Education Functional Area : India
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India’s education system is mired in corruption and a high rate of teacher absenteeism in the country was a key factor for it according to the new global study. The UNESCO’s International Institute of Educational Planning study on corruption in education released recently says that 25% teacher absenteeism in India is among the highest in the world, second only after Uganda that has a higher rate. The global average of teacher absenteeism is about 20%.

Teacher absenteeism does not just affect quality of education; it is also a huge drain on resources resulting in the wastage of 22.5% of education funds in India the study said. Politics in teacher appointments and transfers is a major reason for teacher absenteeism according to a professor at National University for Education Planning and Administration.


The study identifies the absence of well established criteria for teacher recruitment a uniform policy on promotion, remuneration and deployment as some of the main reasons identified for teacher absenteeism. However the report found married teachers to be more regular at job than unmarried teachers.
In Bihar two of every five teachers were reported absent the figure in UP was reported to be one-third of the total teachers. However in states like Gujarat and Kerala the figure was lower than 15% the report based on several small studies.

Teachers also believe highly in private tutoring a practice identified by UNESCO as unethical. It does not complement learning at school and leads to corruption the report said. The practice of ghost teachers and involvement of teachers in mismanagement of schools were other gray areas identified in the Indian education system.

Another indictment of the sorry state of Indian education was the view held by students that cheating in examinations is their traditional right. In India universities cheating is now well-established. The fees for manipulating entrance tests ranges between $ 80 to $ 20,000 for popular programmes such as computer science, medicine and engineering the report said.


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  Commented by  Edu Head, CEO/MD/Director, Orbinet Technologies    | 08 30 2012 04:55:17 +0000
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  Commented by  Prof. Dr. V. N. Sivasankara Pillai, Senior Consultant, Entec Consultants    | 09 05 2010 10:58:59 +0000
Education has become a lucrative business in India. Politicians and religious sects go for that to get easy money. Look at the agencies and sections that run self-financing colleges. Those who have black money send their children in self financing colleges after paying hefty sums as capitation. The black money circulates at the expense of intelligent hard working children. The deserving child does not get deserving education. Then what is education for all?
  Commented by  Ajay Chavan, MCA student, MIT    | 09 01 2010 03:56:26 +0000
i think students cant take studies serious bcoz they pay too much and teacher cant bcoz they get too little payment
  Commented by  KALIYAMOORTHY, Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed    | 08 31 2010 17:04:18 +0000
It gives a very gloomy out-look. Too much exaggeration.Fact may be there but, it is blown- out in abnormal fashion.India's education has changed very fast & geared up to meet the new challenges. Most of the talents roaming all over the world are India's product- mean to say that they all from this kind of education.Fortunately, our system is not advocating guns & pistols in the class room even though teacher is absent.But what happens in western country, pornography in schooling,smoking /drinking, sexual harrasments, violence with guns & pistol. Which one you prefer?
  Commented by  s.baalu, SALES,MARKETING,FINANCE,ADMINISTRATION CONSULTANT, DASPAN INDUSTRIES LTD    | 08 31 2010 14:07:46 +0000
immediate and effective action is required to be taken to build a better India.Today`s students as it is widely believed are tomorrow`s leaders and they are the foundation of tomorrow`s India.
  Commented by  Saibal R., Sr. QA Engineer, Infotech Enterprises    | 08 29 2010 11:59:11 +0000
that was a good article and video sheetal...nothing ever describes better than vat you posted on the pathetic state of our education system...but i suppose not all institutes/ schools are like that...There are a handful who take their education very seriously...but ultimately, i think its going to be us who can help the rest come out of this sorry state of affairs, as a parent, teacher, friend etc...
  Commented by  Mohit Sharma, Project Leader/Managing Consultant- Adept Professional Solutions    | 08 29 2010 08:58:01 +0000
Thanks for the article! Unfortunately this is a problem with Engineering and Management Education at senior levels as well. The money minded institutes and faculties, take the students for granted and unnecessarily exploit them. Clarified-this is with private institutions, I am not referring here IIM's, IIT's and other ethical institutions. My frame of reference comes from Private funded institutions running on capitation fees and exploiting the society for the greed of a few capitalists- specially in Ghaziabad, Meerut, Noida, Hapur, etc. These bodies are run by greedy, inglorious, inauthentic, shallow, narrow minded capitalists who are thick skinned enough that no one can influence them for anything. They are running factories of education- without any focus on quality or care for student needs. They rob parents in merciless fashion of their hard earned savings - end result, the students wander helplessly without any job or a career despite spending huge amount of money.
  Commented by  Sunita Mohapatra, Product/Brand Manager, Tata Motors    | 08 28 2010 06:55:56 +0000
I agree with Anand. This is a good insight indeed & also very true & concerning. This is happening at an alarming rate & we have to take actions agaainst it...
  Commented by  ANAND M, Freelancer, Human Resources (HR) Consulting    | 08 28 2010 06:45:09 +0000
Very true Sheetal, Nice one..change can be expected only when we the common man change our notion towards the society we live in..
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