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This statement coming from the World Bank Director will become a Policy statement for the spineless politicians in India..and in not so distance a future..we will see many third grade universities from abroad having their branches setup in India..the only reason which they claim is to strenghten Indian education system..but the hidden agenda is to earn money.through the Educational sector.. :dream:

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nijame anna garu :blink:

 

sollu laxxxklu...India lo education system baagoka pothe..intha mandhi Indian professionals ni MNCs enduku hire chestunnattu....inthamandhi software vallu ikkada enduku unnattu...inthamandhi Doctors enduku unnattu..Scientist lu endukunnattu......ofcourse there is always scope for development..No doubt our system has to improve a lot..none denies it...but ee sollu naa Kxxxlu evadayya Indian Education gurinchi certificate lu ivvataaaniki... :ready2fight:

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Renewing urgency around Education for All?

 

 

 

 

Submitted by Elizabeth King on Mon, 2011-11-07 11:37

 

 

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As donors, developing country governments, civil society and private sector representatives gather in Copenhagen for the replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), I feel both a sense of pride and urgency.

 

First, the pride: That the global partnership co-founded by the Bank and others as the Education For All Fast Track Initiative almost a decade ago has now matured, to an independent entity with a strong track record of mobilizing additional financing to get millions more children into school in poor countries.

 

I'm proud that the Bank has continued to support the work of the Global Partnership by being the supervising entity for a large majority of the grants and by investing in a substantial knowledge agenda to help inform education reform in countries. The Bank remains the world's largest external funder of education in developing countries, having provided $26 billion for education since 2000, with almost two-thirds ($16.5 billion) for basic education. I am proud that the Bank has pledged an additional $750 million for basic education over 5 years from IDA, our fund for the poorest countries, to help the countries furthest off-track to meet the Millennium Development Goals for education. Improving both access and quality of education for the most disadvantaged groups - especially girls - is a key pillar for our new Education strategy, Learning for All.

 

Now for the urgency. Foundational skills are essential to improve the lives of the world’s poor. This is the overall goal of the Millennium Development Goals. While countries have seen notable progress in bringing children to school, it’s too early to celebrate. Donors and governments need to continue their support for basic education, prioritizing this as a vital development investment.

 

Frankly, we are disappointed that our funding for basic education dropped significantly this past year -- a result both of record spikes in our financing during the previous two years in response to the global financial crisis, but also of weak demand for financing basic education from some countries that should continue investing heavily in this level of education.

 

The good news is that we can now project a sharp rebound in our financial support to basic education by the end of our current fiscal year to about $1.2 billion, around the levels we saw during the crisis years and well above the historical average ($742 million). In Copenhagen we are reaffirming our commitment to fulfill our pledge by 2015.

 

As we redouble our efforts to step up support, other donors should also make basic education a higher priority for their assistance. This is true not only for bilateral donors, but also foundations and the private sector, who have as much to gain as anyone from a better educated workforce in developing country markets. Recent changes now enable the GPE fund to accept corporate and other new sources of financing, and this oportunity should be seized.

 

And all of us who support the GPE also need to help developing countries mobilize new sources of domestic financing for education. This is the only way that our shared goal of free basic education for all can be achieved and sustained.

 

I hope Copenhagen marks the start of renewed global momentum around making Education for All the urgent priority it deserves.

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Trade treaty trauma on nature - River activist apprehends wto air strike in globalised world SHIV CHARAN SINGH 22Swati.jpg free to ?air? grievances: Swati Khandekar

 

Ranchi, Nov. 22: Imagine the following:

 

Scene I: A person is walking past an overcrowded road in a busy Indian city. With people dotting each nook and crannyand serpentine rows of vehicles profusely vomiting smoke all around, negotiating the way through becomes a bothersomejob. Feeling suffocated and worn-out, he looks around for a respite for some fresh air.

 

Scene II: The same person spots a garden on the other side of the road, reaches out to the counter across the road and books a ticket for Rs 5 to enter the green park for 20 minutes. Since the ticket is valid for only 20 minutes, he will have to come out of the park. So he breathes in greedily. He knows the ?air over the garden has been leased out to a particular company?.

 

Swati Khandekar of Chhattisgarh-based Nadi Ghaati Morcha says one could face such situations.

 

?Whether you are ready for such a rude shock or not, the world is unfortunately inching towards such ends, as seeds of such dreadful things are being sown everywhere. The day is not far when the air over your head will be sold to the multinational companies (MNCs). Then, to breathe in and out, you will have to cough up money or seek the company?s permission,? said Khandekar, who has been in the capital in connection with a protest rally organised by the Forum Against World Trade Organisation.

 

The anecdote that she has come up with is not altogether impossible, as Chhattisgarh has suffered almost the same.

Shivnath River, which runs across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, has been ?leased out? by the Chhattisgarh government to an MNC, Radius Water Company, which prohibits people from using the river water, Khandekar said.

 

According to her, the company enjoys a virtual authority over the river water. ?While Radius Water Company is mainly into water business, manufacturing mineral water through its units on the river, it also sells water to industrial units falling under the Boray Industrial Area of Chhattisgarh. The state government leased out the river in 1998. Radius Water Company, since then, has become a virtual menace for the families living on the banks for centuries,? she said to The Telegraph.

 

?Is it not surprising that a natural entity like the Shivnath is leased out? If this can happen in India today, how can we say that the air over our head is ?secure? and will not be leased out tomorrow?? she asked.

 

Speaking of the company?s attitude, she said initially it had strictly prohibited people from taking water from the river for domestic use.

 

?This went on for quite some time and the people, particularly those who lived in the proximity of the industrial units set up by Radius Water Company, had to bear the brunt of company?s monitoring guards, who kept a vigil over people?s movement to the river for domestic purposes. They had no choice, as the company claimed that the river had been sold to it and all those who wanted to use river water will have to pay the price. The resentment, however, kept on brewing,? she said.

 

According to Khandekar, when the ?atrocities? of the company became unbearable for the people, they organised themselves against the government?s bid to lease out a natural gift of river to the people and the Nadi Ghaati Morcha jumped in to put its weight behind the people?s protest.

 

?After sustained struggle, the company bowed down and allowed the people to use the water. But it has left a deep scar on the psyche of the people, who shared a belonging with the nature, forests and rivers, and never imagined that such a thing could never happen,? she said.

 

Speaking of her experiences with the affected people, Khandekar said: ?We travelled from one village to another along the river to record the woes of the people and found out that they had a feeling of detachment after the river was virtually sold out to the MNC. Though a ?conditional access? to the river water is vouchsafed by the company, but the battle is not over, for once such a trend is set, more such things are set to crop up in future. The victims are the rural poor people, whose lifeline runs parallel to that of the rivers, forests and land.?

 

?Unless the people are aware and organised the problems created by the MNCs and unleashed in the name of globalisation and trade agreements could not be solved. That a handful of people, who are behind WTO, play with the fate of the whole world just to safeguard their trade interests is a loathsome proposition and it should be dealt with sustained protest strategy.

 

?People should come forward to speak out against the sinister designs of the vested interests, which have unleashed their apparently bloodless war in the form of WTO agreements being thrust on the developing countries,? she said.

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Gandhamardhan hills anna peru eppudanna innaavaa..(Ramayanam lo Lakshmundu yuddham lo moorchapothe Hanumanthudu ellifattukottaduga aada ninchi herbal medicines)..Yes..that Hill in Orrisa which is notoriously famous for thousands of Medicinal plant species...is on sale to MNCs....again thanks to World Bank/IMF... European countries ban our Ayurvedic products but still they want to capture the natural resources which the Almighty God bestowed upon us..
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Deeni medaaa evudu legadu endiiii

 

Ignorant people dont understand these things...Educated People dont try to understand these issues.....ee lopala athi telivi prabhutvam itta jaathi sampadha videsiyulu ki kattabette pani lo untadhi...endhi inka legisedhi...? still some englightned people are figting on these issues...but the overall mass of India are not aware of these.. :blink:

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Ignorant people dont understand these things...Educated People dont try to understand these issues.....ee lopala athi telivi prabhutvam itta jaathi sampadha videsiyulu ki kattabette pani lo untadhi...endhi inka legisedhi...? still some englightned people are figting on these issues...but the overall mass of India are not aware of these.. :blink:

 

 

annay ne dierection lo sana nerchukovali :blink:

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annay ne dierection lo sana nerchukovali :blink:

 

vyavasayanni successful ga brastupattinchaaru...taruvatha mana parisramalni..repati roju..mana vidyavyasthalni....aa taruvatha MNCs vallu vachchi India lo Temples kooda kadhathaaru...(they are viewed in the west as a great source of Income in India).. :blink:

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