Control of Rich and politicians on the Private Education system
About 15 years back, I wrote this post ' Increasing commercialisation of education in India ' which highlighted the control of big businessmen and politicians on the school system. Even after 15 years, this article is very much relevant because this trend has become more common today. I recently read news which stated that a politician from UP has 50 educational institutes. This news clearly shows the presence of politicians in the education system. In India, we can find great attraction among parents for Private English medium schools . Initially, it was the convenient schools run by Christian missionaries but the list has become very long and we have international schools in India. Why do big Businessmen and Politicians run schools? The answer is simple - Schools offer a regular and stable income as compared to other businesses and there are very clean businesses to do. Therefore many politicians prefer to run schools. These schools give them regular income with huge infl...