Haque, Nazrul and Sinha, Sujit
(2013)
Nurturing the citizenry of the future:
community involvement in schools.
Learning Curve (21).
pp. 11-15.
Abstract
The National Curriculum Framework 2005 has stated that “fertile and robust education is always created,
rooted in the physical and cultural soil of the child, and nourished through interaction with parents,
teachers, fellow students and the community.” However, there can be various forms of community
involvement in schools. Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, 2009 (RTE Act) is a
legislation which seeks to provide quality education for all children in the age group of 6-14 years. In this
Act itself, specific provisions have been made for democratisation of schools and for parents and local
communities to play their due roles in shaping and running of the schools in the form of School
Management Committees (SMC) and preparation of School Development Plan. Although a good move,
such involvements can be viewed as technical interventions and the goal is to see that the school runs
effectively. However, our children are today's (and tomorrow's) citizens too. The relationship between the
community and the school must be organic and something linked to the future of the child and the
community. There are few instances in our country where successful school-community links have been
possible –and they also contributed some meaning to the education. We are going to discuss three of
them: the Vigyan Ashram IBT model, Sikshan-Mitra program in Ashram schools, both in Maharashtra;
and Swanirvar experiment in West Bengal
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