Dr. Ashok Pandey on residential schooling in India

Residential&nbsp;schooling was very popular in our country in the 20th&nbsp;century. This&nbsp;idea&nbsp;originated&nbsp;from our&nbsp;age-old&nbsp;Gurukul system.&nbsp;However, with&nbsp;modernisation&nbsp;and the increasing aspiration of parents, the purpose of education shifted from&nbsp;wholesome personality development to obtaining good marks and good percentages.&nbsp;So, residential schooling is losing its shine as a system.&nbsp;But&nbsp;the contribution of these schools in the formation of our country’s human capital is undeniable.&nbsp;In this interview, Dr. Ashok Pandey,&nbsp;Director,&nbsp;Ahlcon&nbsp;Group of Schools, Delhi, talks about the current scenario of residential schooling in India&nbsp;and the growing popularity of day schools.&nbsp;



How have residential schools contributed to the Indian education system?&nbsp; Residential schools have&nbsp;played a pivotal role&nbsp;in producing&nbsp;achievers as well as&nbsp;men and women of character. Their&nbsp;contribution&nbsp;in India’s human capital formation&nbsp;from&nbsp;all the walks of life&nbsp;is also undeniable.&nbsp;



Why are we seeing lesser number of residential schools in India?&nbsp; Presently,&nbsp;what I sense is that&nbsp;it is increasingly difficult to run a residential school in India because you need teachers with&nbsp;a&nbsp;different kind of attitude and orientation. In fact,&nbsp;a different kind of&nbsp;teacher&nbsp;training is&nbsp;necessary&nbsp;for these schools.&nbsp;It is not easy to devote 24/7 to a group of children in a school.&nbsp;You actually need to make a lot of personal and family sacrifices.&nbsp;Therefore, as someone who has worked for residential schools, day schools and day boarding schools, I would feel a little&nbsp;sad&nbsp;that that we are not getting many&nbsp;men and women who can come and work for residential schools with the same zeal as&nbsp;it used to happen a few decades ago.&nbsp;However, it is not to say these schools will be wiped away from the canvas of schooling in this country.&nbsp;&nbsp;



What is the reason behind the growing popularity of day schools?&nbsp; All across the world, the trend is towards&nbsp;day&nbsp;schools as they are also improving their profile. They are working day and night to bring in softer skills, sports and all the elements&nbsp;of residential schooling minus the stay.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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