How can we improve education quality in schools?
How can we improve education quality in schools? India has a positive demographic opportunity, with half of its population in the working-age group. Needless to say, education is a tool required to release this demographic potential along with childhood nutrition, health care and good mentoring, quality schooling forms the basis of ensuring all round development of a person. Quality education depends on infrastructure such as classrooms, water and sanitation facilities, availability of electricity, provision for digital learning, sports equipment and facilities, availability of chairs and desks and softer elements such as presence of school staff, professional competencies of teachers, access to books and learning materials among others. POOR INFRASRUCTURE Despite high demand for schools, as is visible by the upward trends in enrolment data, supply-side factors related to teacher availability and infrastructure leave much room for improvement. For instance, the District Information