Anil Swarup, Secretary, School Education & literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development has urged schools to be transparent in their undertakings at a workshop conducted by the FICCI Alliance for Re-Imagining School Education — FICCI Arise. The workshop was organised to deliberate on the aspects of — The Model Self-Financed Independent Schools Code and build consensus with various State Governments and independent schools.
“It is important to dispel apprehensions regarding Indian school education system prevalent in the society today. The education sector in India has mafias which are important to be isolated as they bring a bad name to the school education system and the good work being done by most schools in general. I strongly believe that neither the public sector nor the private sector can take the education system forward alone. It is time that we partner and jointly work towards resolving issues. I also strongly recommend schools to be transparent in their functioning to fizzle out the negative perceptions in public.” Swarup said.
On the sidelines of the workshop, FICCI Arise presented their views on formation of national regulator and creating third party framework, Right to Education Act, proposals for jointly working with CBSE and prospects for public-private partnership through their initiative, project — Hum Saarthi — that offers a framework for one to one adoption of Government schools by well-performing independent schools to enhance the existing infrastructure and improve learning outcomes.