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

Threats Notes
"The focus on exams and marks in urban schools is like winning a 100 meter race on steroids. "

(i) Private resources for promoting rural education are minimal to non-existent. Allocated public
resources are more often than not, not effectively utilized.
(ii) Single teacher schools, most of them with just a single room, are unable to provide even the
basic environment for learning
(iii) Lack of adequate classroom facilities means that children from different age groups typically
sit in the same classroom, leading to boredom and disinterest.
(iv) Driven by pressing short-term economic needs, most parents are reluctant to send their
children to school. They often pose obstacles to learning. In some cases, the State has to offer
incentives, such as subsidized rice through the mid-day meal scheme to attract children to
school.
(v) Even a cursory interaction with naturally bright rural children and teachers reinforces the
view that there is indeed a huge amount of unutilized talent and creativity, which if given
even the most basic opportunity will produce major benefits for the community and country.
(vi) Many rural teachers have the "hunger" and desire to learn and teach. They are interested in
acquiring new skills and show high levels of innate creativity. Some are even so committed
as to have spent money out of their own pockets to provide basic learning materials for their
students.
(vii) There is little to no transfer of technology, knowledge or ideas from better-endowed urban
institutions to their rural counterparts. The reason for this is not lack of money as much as
the lack of interest and concern for community.
(viii) Even small injections of money and resources in kind, such as part-time volunteer teachers,
can produce major improvements in the existing quality of teaching and learning
opportunities available to rural children.
(xi) Teaching and learning methods used in most schools discourage questioning, learning,
application and creativity.
(x) An education system focused on exams and marks ("factory approach") has produced few
world-class creators and original thinkers.
Self Assessment

1. Fill in the blanks
(i) India has a huge untapped reservoir of .................... and ............ human capital.

(ii) There is high enthusiasm for ................... and experimenting among children.
(iii) Education in most schools is one dimensional with an ..................... focus on marks.
(iv) The knowledge transmitted to ................ is bookish.
(v) Most of them lack an overarching and .................... vision.

SWOT analysis is a qualitative tool which by identifying the strengths, weakness,
opportunities and threats to the Indian higher education makes an overall assessment of
the Indian Universities education system.

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