The very mention of government schools projects the images of dilapidated buildings, shaky structures, untidy classrooms and disinterested children from poor families trying to cope up with shortage of teachers, besides a poor learning environment.
Fact or falsehood but these are the images that strike everyone. More so, after mushrooming private schools started attracting children even from modest families whose major share of income is spent on the education, compromising on small pleasures of life.
Before the economic liberalisation engulfed the country, these very neglected government schools produced the best talent despite the modest facilities. Committed teachers and hardworking students overcame several barriers and the advantage of their peers from the convent educated from upper-middle and higher-income groups. But such talented students from government schools dwindled over the years.
