No patchwork works

If it is really about educating our children, the entire scheme of things needs a serious review. The statement might seem grandiose and sweeping, but that is how it is. The decision to merge government schools that have extremely low enrolment is a good occasion to open up a meaningful dialogue on school education at a systemic level. The patchwork, or snap responses, may bring some optics, associated with some hope, but experience tells us that it all finally doesn’t yield any significant results. Unfortunately our directorate, our ministry and al other institutions related to education think in terms of controlling things. Education........

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