Men of The Queen realised India's importance as an ally during the Second World War. They had sent Sir Cripps on a mission to persuade India to enter the war and help them. Well it was sort of Mission Impossible as Indians were eyeing nothing less than Independence. Turns out Cripps wasn't even close to Cruise. Mission failed. Gandhiji commented on British proposal as, "Post dated cheque drawn on a failing bank."
History is a remarkable subject. It tells us tales about the past and gives us a second chance only for us not to repeat the same mistake. Albeit the mistakes and opportunities can never be the same. It is upon the wise to draw inferences or parallels, learn from mistakes or the successes of the past and act according to the situation to grow from strength to strength.
Whats the bank which is failing here? It is our ability as a Nation to provide quality education in Government run schools especially for North Eastern states. 'May' could well be the shortest month when you spell it but that's the only best and cute part. It is the time of the year when usually class X and XII results are declared. Mercury soars not just externally but internally as well making it one of the lengthiest month. What did the waiting culminate into for students of 73 Government Schools from Manipur? A failure. Ok if CBSE is relatively tougher than State Board examinations. Consider the following results from Nagaland.
If 35 is a pass mark, Government run schools haven't even passed the examinations! Consider Meghalaya for the last 5 years the pass percentage in state held Xth standard examinations has never crossed 60%. Out of the 11 Districts 5 Districts have under 50% pass percentage. The pass percentage of 10th and 12th standard students from Guwahati region is also the lowest amongst all other regions with 64.9% and 60.2% respectively.
While it is imperative that standards for education in the North Eastern region has to be improved significantly, a similar trend of Government schools not doing well could be observed across the nation as well. Consider the % candidates scoring 10 CGPA.
It is high time we stopped ignoring the seven sisters and make strides for an inclusive growth. One of the asset any state would want to possess and be distributed equally as much as possible amongst its citizens is the amount of knowledge. This knowledge divide is increasing YoY between Rest of India vs North Eastern India and time to act is now. By the time we realise the importance of North Eastern region of India, hope the solutions wont be post dated cheques!
While it is imperative that standards for education in the North Eastern region has to be improved significantly, a similar trend of Government schools not doing well could be observed across the nation as well. Consider the % candidates scoring 10 CGPA.
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| Stark contrast in Results |
Sources:
http://www.belvoireagle.com/education/nbse-hslc-class-10-hsslc-class-12-result-2016-declared-www-nbsenagaland-com-21526.html
http://cbse.nic.in/attach/PRESS%20NOTE%202016%20FOR%20CLASS%20XII%20(stat).pdf
http://cbse.nic.in/attach/Press%20Note%20for%20class%2010th%20-%20Stat.%202016(2).pdf
http://megresults.nic.in/sslc_abstract.pdf
http://cbse.nic.in/attach/PRESS%20NOTE%202016%20FOR%20CLASS%20XII%20(stat).pdf
http://cbse.nic.in/attach/Press%20Note%20for%20class%2010th%20-%20Stat.%202016(2).pdf
http://megresults.nic.in/sslc_abstract.pdf
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