Yesterday I was witness to a speech by an amazing German lady, Dr. Hella Mundhra, who has started a school, Shishu Mandir, near Bangalore for underpriviledged children. This school takes only the poorest children from several villages and does not discriminate on the basis of caste or religion. There are 12 students in a class and no uniforms. An atmosphere of openess and freedom with discipline has been created. The graduates of this school are Engineers, MCAs, Diplomas, ITIs etc. The success of these students is amazing and simply goes to show that reservation is not the answer. None of the graduates of this school require reservation. Reservation would only question the legitimacy and diminish the value of the achievements that these kids have accomplished .
The government should study this school and incorporate the best parts of their programs, all over India, in all schools. Destroying the unity and diluting the quality of our students through reservation is simply not the answer. Finding new solutions is. And Shishu Mandir has definitely shown the way. When we have working examples of working solutions why take the easy way out?
Even our politicians who follow vote bank politics should realise that awakening the curiosity and educating children in our villages will be in their best interest and the country's best interest. This is the only way to harness the potential of our huge population. As Mr. Dilip Ranjekar , Chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation, pointed out at the same meeting- India has 16% of the worlds population and 1% of its GDP. This can only change if we educate our underpriviledged children and bring them up to par with the rest of the world since 70% of our population lives in the villages
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