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NEW DELHI: With memories of deferment of the Educational Tribunals Bill still fresh in his mind, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday invoked the name of Rajiv Gandhi, in the presence of UPA and National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi, to make the point to his detractors that he was in no hurry to bring in educational reforms.
Speaking at the inauguration of buildings of 31 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, Sibal said, " Rajiv Gandhi had said we need to improve the quality of education and in months. Twenty-five years have elapsed and we are at the same stage. Now people say we are in a hurry. We should be in a hurry."
For Sonia Gandhi herself, 25 years of JNV was a proud moment. Started by Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 with two schools there are now 593 JNVs all over the country. Gandhi paid tributes to her late husband for his "vision" that has made JNVs a success story providing quality education to children from economically and socially weaker sections. "It is a matter of great satisfaction that Navodaya Vidyalayas have lived up to expectations," she said.
At the same time, she expressed concern as to why other government schools were not as good as Navodaya Vidyalayas. She pointed out that one-fourth of the teachers are absent in these schools and while children did take admission here, many of them, especially from the weaker sections, dropped out. She said the government is giving scholarships to school students, the information regarding which must reach all. She added that other government schools must learn from JNVs.
In JNVs, at least 75% children are from rural areas and one-third of them are girls. Of the over two lakh students in JNVs, 77.84% are from rural areas, 36.67% are girls and 41.61% belong to SC/ST categories. In 2009-10 alone, 147 students cleared IITs, 3,286 were successful in All India Engineering Entrance Examination and other engineering entrance tests, 345 cleared the medical entrance and 22 the civil services examination.
The 31 recently constructed buildings of JNVs are in states across the country -- Kerala, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Sibal said that in the coming days special Navodaya Vidyalayas are proposed to be opened to encourage children showing aptitude in sports, culture and in vocational streams.
Speaking at the inauguration of buildings of 31 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, Sibal said, " Rajiv Gandhi had said we need to improve the quality of education and in months. Twenty-five years have elapsed and we are at the same stage. Now people say we are in a hurry. We should be in a hurry."
For Sonia Gandhi herself, 25 years of JNV was a proud moment. Started by Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 with two schools there are now 593 JNVs all over the country. Gandhi paid tributes to her late husband for his "vision" that has made JNVs a success story providing quality education to children from economically and socially weaker sections. "It is a matter of great satisfaction that Navodaya Vidyalayas have lived up to expectations," she said.
At the same time, she expressed concern as to why other government schools were not as good as Navodaya Vidyalayas. She pointed out that one-fourth of the teachers are absent in these schools and while children did take admission here, many of them, especially from the weaker sections, dropped out. She said the government is giving scholarships to school students, the information regarding which must reach all. She added that other government schools must learn from JNVs.
In JNVs, at least 75% children are from rural areas and one-third of them are girls. Of the over two lakh students in JNVs, 77.84% are from rural areas, 36.67% are girls and 41.61% belong to SC/ST categories. In 2009-10 alone, 147 students cleared IITs, 3,286 were successful in All India Engineering Entrance Examination and other engineering entrance tests, 345 cleared the medical entrance and 22 the civil services examination.
The 31 recently constructed buildings of JNVs are in states across the country -- Kerala, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Sibal said that in the coming days special Navodaya Vidyalayas are proposed to be opened to encourage children showing aptitude in sports, culture and in vocational streams.
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