DEMOCRACY INSIGHT

Email: khyati.khush@gmail.com Seventy years of democracy – India successfully makes world’s largest and youngest democracy, and happens to be world’s fastest growing economy now. Uttar Pradesh – the ancient, resourceful and most populous state is  also nation’s highly politically active state. Lying across the Ganga-Yamuna fertile plains, UttarPradesh has been the centre of ancient civilisations from Ramrajya to Maurayan empire, from Kushan, Gupta empire to medieval age Mughal empire. UttarPradesh fought back imperalism under BritishRaj right from 1857 rebellion – Cawnpore Rebellion, Meerut Rebellion to active participation in Non-Cooperation, Quit India Movement, and majorly contributed to the nation’s freedom struggle. The land has nurtured Indian culture, and has been a vital centre for education, learning, prosperity, cultural exhange, integral unity, social and political activities. As known, most Prime Ministers of Sovereign India have come from Uttar Pradesh. Being ...

email: khyati.khush@gmail.com Education in India has always been a symbol of pride and heritage. Delivery of quality education to all has been prolonged effort post independence. Presently, India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies in terms of GDP share (PPP), only behind China and US (World Bank Report 2011). The ‘Global Economic Prospects’ report published by World Bank in January’2015 forecasted that by 2017 India will out-pace China in terms of GDP growth rate. [1] The country sits on a most advantageous situation with 65% of its population being under the age of 35 and approximately 12 million individuals on an average are expected to join the workforce every year. With these demographics, it happens to be world’s youngest nation with median age of 27years. However, the ability of the nation to reap maximum benefits out of this better-off is doubted when the quality of our education system is bothering. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014 mention...