Teach India - Vijay Ho!

Listening to Hillary Clinton and Amir Khan with Arnab Goswami on television one could not but feel involved, enthused and positive about the success of the “Teach India “movement. I felt proud of every single person in that room who was giving some of their precious time to do their bit for this noble cause

According to Clinton, "Education is a great equalizer. We must do more to convince all of the importance of education and join forces to ensure equality of opportunity". As she talked my mind went back to Malcolm Gladwell’s outliers and I could not but help wonder if the intensity and passion with which Indians have joined hands to “Teach India’ will transform lives or will the opportunities still elude the underprivileged inspite of the education….. Agreed that this movement is a great leveler in terms of the bridging the gap between talent and opportunities – but will the opportunities come their way in the real world? Education is a great equalizer – I endorse that but in order for that to translate into a more equal society we must do more to ensure equality of opportunity.

Some good points by Amir too – Teachers must be the top paying jobs –unless we have good teachers we are not imparting the best knowledge. A revolutionary thought by Amir was that "The most important thing about education is that it should encourage students to think. It should create people with minds to take humanity further. Today, our educational system emphasizes more on memorizing,”

While we all know this for the brand ambassador of the movement to articulate this , a dynamic education minister in the drivers seat and the might of the TOI behind this movement I believe India is on its way to achieving greater heights in terms of equal opportunities both in education and subsequently in the real world!