municipal school
This is what public school looks like in Mumbai. These kids are actually at school before classes begin so they can get extra coaching. Normally a class would have 30-50 students, all sitting on the floors and there may or may not be a teacher present! The situation at public schools in Mumbai is atrocious - teachers don't come consistently, there aren't substitutes, the classrooms are over crowded and often the teachers don't even know the subjects they are trying to teach. 
posted by slaint at 6:14 PM
8 Comments:
What a pity about schools. These kids look very tentative =)
that's so sad....I bet there are so many children eager to learn. If they can show up on time, the teachers should too.
That is a sad situation.
I very nice shot to promote a good school environement.
Perfect !
great post!
it's a situation prevalent in Asian sociaties. No sub teachers and over-crowded classrooms. 35-40 in a class when I was in school (late-80s.) I'm told there's more in a room now. And because of the increase in student population, the ministry rushes out teachers before they are ready.
how come the teachers are absent?
municipal school teachers are paid quite well by indian standards, but there is NO oversight so they just don't show up! It happens in alot of the govt jobs actually.
This was so interesting. I personally don't think of India as having this kind of problem with schooling, but moreso in underdeveloped africa. Thank you so much for the insight.
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