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2.30 lakh students came from private to government schools, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has the highest number of 37 thousand
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, August 12, 2024
Bhupendra Patel’s BJP state government has once again claimed that children are leaving private schools and coming to government schools due to government schools being open. But Bhupendra Patel’s figures are true but the claim of good education and good schools being built overnight is hollow.
In the year 2024-25, a total of 2,29,747 students from kindergarten to class 12 have taken admission in private and government schools in Gujarat. In 10 years, 7 lakh 50 thousand students have left self-finance private schools and joined government schools.
In 2024-25, the Ahmedabad School Board has the highest number of students enrolled from private to government schools at 37,786.
Migration
District-City – Students
Ahmedabad City – 37786
Surat City – 22,892
Vadodara City – 10,602
Rajkot City – 6,204
Banaskantha Dist. – 10,228
Mehsana Dist. – 8,267
Bhavnagar – 8,242
Junagadh – 7,892
Anand- 7,269
Ahmedabad Rural – 6,910
Rajkot Rural 6,881
Gandhinagar Dist. 6,811
Kutch Dist. 5,952
Kheda Dist. 5,910
Surat Dist. 5,777
Students have taken admission in government school from private school.
Expenditure
Total Rs. 55,114 crore has been provided as compared to the budget provision of last year 2023-24. An increase of Rs 11,463 crore is seen.
Expense
27 percent is spent on education in Delhi. In Gujarat, barely 7 percent of the total state budget is spent. 90 percent of the children in Delhi study in government schools. Gujarat and the Center together should spend 6% of the GDP on education.
Smart School
Gujarat has 1 lakh smart classes to get technical education. Work is being done on more than 5 thousand smart classes. About 240,000 computers have been provided in 16,000 schools to provide computer-based education to the children of the state. While work is going on to provide 70 thousand computers in more than four thousand schools.
Good things about government school –
The government schools of the state have quality education as well as basic facilities like drinking water, computer lab, library, playground, nutritious mid-day meal, uniform, smart class room, rooms and cleanliness.
Educational facilities and infrastructure are also increasing.
Free education is available. Government schools are turning into smart schools.
The education system has been improved.
Infrastructure such as scholarship scheme, Mission School of Excellence, smart schools, high-tech computer labs, etc. have forced parents to send their children to government schools.
State schools have good infrastructure for students with modern laboratories, Namo Lakshmi, Namo Saraswati, Gyan Sadhna scholarships, highly qualified teachers, e-library.
This change has been seen due to playgrounds, high-tech teaching classes, skill development organ curriculum and especially the activism of the school management committee.
Due to the free facilities available in government schools, a large number of students are coming to government schools. All this has convinced the parents that their child’s future is brighter and safer in a government school than in a private school.
Economic condition
The biggest reason behind the admission of parents from private schools to government schools is the economic condition. After Corona, enrollment in government schools is increasing. If there is a son, he studies in a private school and daughters in government school. Also, due to inflation, people are turning towards government schools. It is also a compulsion. Most are going forcibly.
Young teachers have come to Vidyashayaks, they are doing a very good job. The way teachers teach is having a greater impact than what the government gives. Jobs have become secure, the generation has changed, new books have come, new teachers have taught with innovation.
Reasons for rejecting private school loans –
Out of 8 thousand private primary schools in the state, 5500 schools do not have playgrounds. Whereas out of 12,599 secondary and higher secondary schools, 6004 schools do not have playgrounds. 40 percent of the schools are such where children do not have playgrounds. 1200 private schools in Ahmedabad do not have the facility of playgrounds. Every city is like this.
Education is expensive.
Parents are arbitrarily forced to buy fees, uniforms, books, clothes, sweaters and all stationery and other items from the school itself.
The school also forces the children enrolled under RTE – Right to Education to bear other expenses.
Girls have grown up
As of 31 December 2018, the number of boys from class 1 to 5 was 16.03 lakh. While the number of girls was 16.05 lakh. The number of girls was 2418 more. At the same time, there were 5983 more boys from class 6 to 8. There were 9.57 lakh girls as compared to 9.63 lakh girls.
Thus, a total of 48,57,499 children were studying from class 1 to 8.
Due to the worsening of the economic condition of the people after Corona, the number of girls in government schools has started increasing continuously.
There was a decline in 10 years
In 10 years from 2008-09 to 2017-18, the number of children in government schools decreased by 6 lakh 17 thousand 721. In the year 2008-09, more than 59 lakh 14 thousand students were enrolled in government primary schools. During the year 2017-18, the number of students decreased to about 52 lakh 96 thousand.
So, there should have been 70 lakh students in 10 years. So in reality there are 10 lakh fewer students in government schools.
Number of children enrolled in government primary school
Year – Number of children
2008-09 – 5
9,14,542
2009-10 – 57,94,737
2010-11 – 58,13,213,
2011-12 – 58,80,522
2012-13 – 61,03,442
2013-14 – 59,63,267
2014-15 – 58,01,899
2015-16 – 56,68,877
2016-17 – 54,92,893
2017-18 – 52,96,821
Reduction in Corona in Ahmedabad
Due to Corona, students were decreasing in Ahmedabad. So has there been a huge change in schooling and education since then? The number of students in Ahmedabad schools was continuously declining till 2020. In the six-year period till 2020, there was a decline of 32,924 students. 21 percent of the students had dropped out of the exam. There was a reduction of 3.50 percent every year. 5 percent of students were dropping out of Ampa schools every year.
A total of 1,55,713 students were enrolled in schools in 2013-14 which has come down to 1,22,789 students by September 2019.
School closures – The number of schools in Ahmedabad has also come down from 450 in 2013-14 to 381 by September 2019, that is, the civic body closed 63 schools during this period.
Malnutrition increased
38.5% of children under 5 years of age in Gujarat are malnourished. Schooling and nutrition are interlinked. As malnutrition is increasing, more girls are going to government schools.
School closing conspiracy
5223 primary schools have been closed in the name of integration of schools in the state. The most affected are tribal, dalit and minority areas. If one school has to be built then it costs Rs. 5 thousand, at least according to today’s market value. The government needs Rs. 15 thousand crores.
In 2019, government primary schools, secondary schools are closing every year as compared to 2002. From 2011 to 2017, a total of more than 13,500 government primary schools have been closed.
Children are dropping out of school
According to a survey, about 40% of girls aged 15-18 years in Gujarat do not go to school for education. Gujarat is becoming illiterate due to school closure. (Google translation from Gujarati)
