Brief analysis of private education in India


Private schooling is the bedrock of the thriving education system of India. India has about 1.5 million K-12 schools and over 250 million students. While only 25 per cent of the schools are private, the student population is about 40 per cent in these schools. It is obvious enough that parents prefer sending their kids to private schools instead of governmental ones. According to an EY-FICCI report, this is true for rural areas as well which saw a jump in private school enrolments from 18.7 per cent in 2006 to 25.6 per cent in 2011.




Students in private schools perform better and outdo those of government schools. An NCAER report shows that about 65 per cent of private school students are able to meet class two level reading which is just about 45 per cent for governmental schools. The same percentages in Math lie at about 57 and 39 respectively. Therefore, it is for justifiable reasons that parents prefer sending their kids to private schools.
It is important to note that India’s education system comes close to bottom of the influential and in the globally recognized PISA tests in 2009. India did not participate in 2012 and 2015 at all. While some people might argue the value of these tests, but in the opinion of Nirmal Singh Lotus, there’s a lot of catching up to do for India’s education system.
There are some excellent private schools that could be compared to the top schools of the world but these are just a few in number. To leverage the demographic dividend of the country, millions of citizens under the age of 35 need to be equipped with skills and resources to take on the challenge of the 21st century. Metaphorically, the world is increasingly becoming a smaller place and our graduates have to compete not just with other local graduates of the country for jobs, but also with counterparts from all over the world.


The students of today will be entering the work regime in 2030 and schools are preparing them for their lives 20-50 years from now. In the expert opinion of Nirmal Singh Lotus, the role of educators is more imminent now than ever, which is to equip the youth with the resources and skills that will be required to tackle life’s challenges ahead. The traditional mindset of providing utmost importance to marks need also be minimalized going forward.


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