http://liberationraj.org/2008/08/reality-of-school-education-in-india/ Life, liberty and pursuits Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://liberationraj.org/2008/08/reality-of-school-education-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Indira Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:42:58 +0000 http://liberationraj.org/?p=11#comment-12 While we are waiting for Government schools to improve, etc. if every household sponsors their maid's children then automatically literacy will improve at least in the cities. This is what I do. My maid's 2 daughters go to a private school studying ICSE in English Medium near my house. I paid for admissions and their fees. If you don't have a full time maid you can share the expense with the others that she works for. Pay it directly to the school and insist on seeing the report card. It's a myth that private schools don't accept poor children. As long as these schools have space and get their money of course they will take them in. And it's also a myth that poor children can't go to English medium schools. I live in Bangalore and my maid is Tamilian so her kids will struggle more in the Kannada medium than in English medium. While we are waiting for Government schools to improve, etc. if every household sponsors their maid’s children then automatically literacy will improve at least in the cities. This is what I do. My maid’s 2 daughters go to a private school studying ICSE in English Medium near my house. I paid for admissions and their fees. If you don’t have a full time maid you can share the expense with the others that she works for. Pay it directly to the school and insist on seeing the report card. It’s a myth that private schools don’t accept poor children. As long as these schools have space and get their money of course they will take them in. And it’s also a myth that poor children can’t go to English medium schools. I live in Bangalore and my maid is Tamilian so her kids will struggle more in the Kannada medium than in English medium.

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