Back to school
The country's education system needs an overhaul and the new government needs to take some bold steps
The Narendra Modi-led NDA government took several baby steps towards improving quality of education in schools and higher education institutions, but multiple grey areas still remain. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), released by Pratham in January, reveals that the percentage of class V children in rural government schools who can read class II textbooks has declined from 53.1 per cent in 2008 to 44.2 per cent
