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Unit 5: Application of SWOT Analysis at Various Levels of Education

• Threats: External Factors and conditions that are likely to have a negative effect on achieving Notes
the educational objectives, or making the the objective redundant or un-achievable.

5.2 SWOT Analysis at Elementary (Primary) and Secondary Levels of
Education

Strength
Indian children represent an excellent source of global intellectual capital.
(i) India has a huge untapped reservoir of productive and creative human capital. Properly
stimulated, this 'unutilized brainpower' can be transformed to generate massive economic,
social and cultural returns for the country.
(ii) Given its low-cost education structure, India presents one of the best opportunities in the
world for generating returns from investment in education. Modest injections of capital and
resources can produce significant improvements in education quality and output.
(iii) Quality teacher training can bring about quantum improvements in learning and increase
the practical and creative output of students and teachers.
(iv) There exist a number of effective low-cost teaching methods to educate and rapidly
disseminate useful skills and knowledge to those that need them most.
Opportunities
(i) Many rural teachers demonstrate openness to new ideas and high innate levels of creativity,
often of a higher level than that found among urban teachers.
(ii) There has been little attempt by educators in the country to improve rural education, where
the motivation among children to attend class is low because of such factors as negative
parental pressure, poor facilities and uninspired teaching.
(iii) There is high enthusiasm for learning and experimenting among children. Right stimuli can
create an explosion in creativity and productivity in rural India.
(iv) Urban schools with their greater resources can play a catalytic role in the growth of rural
education. Urban schools therefore need to adopt a proactive community-building role.
(v) Given resource limitations a case can be made to focus on low capital-intensive skill-based
education. Given the real limitation of resources, e.g. lack of adequate physical facilities,
books and materials, a case can be made to focus on skill-based education, which requires
less capital and can be effectively and widely disseminated. At science workshops for 30,000
rural children sponsored by AGASTYA, over 100 experiments were demonstrated using
low-cost everyday materials.
(vi) Students to think independently, freely express themselves, get them to believe in themselves,
protect and stimulate their imagination and creativity, he added.
(vii) “If India is to truly rise as a global economic power, it must focus its efforts on creating a
world class education system. Adequate resources, higher standards for teachers and the
flushing out of corruption must be part of a reforms package that seeks to make Indian
education the nation’s top priority.
(viii) There can be no greater foundation for a rising India than a strong educational system.
Discovering new answers, not reproducing the work of others, could enable India to advance
its economy and society at a much more rapid clip.

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