Funds were also announced for 
the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme for free and compulsory basic education and for the opening of 62 new Navodaya Vidyalayas. But, neither is meant to address the significant problem of quality of education.
So, we are quite hopeful that in the coming year’s education system in India will develop, more children will attend school. We are sensitive towards the fact that at present 3 million students as per MHRD (figure is much higher as per census) do not attend school. As a CSR activity at MDI Murshidabad, our students run ‘Education Awareness Campaign’ in rural West Bengal and encourage parents in villages to send their children to attend school also makes them aware of scholarship schemes and educational loans.
We also hope to see government taking more initiatives to enhance quality of education, encourage research and path breaking innovation along with the strategic steps towards social and economic reforms.
About Author : Dr. Paroma Mitra Mukherjee has done her Ph.D. in Management and is a Faculty at MDI Murshidabad. She teaches subjects like Managerial Economics, Macro Economics and Indian Economics. Her research interest is in the area of Applied Managerial Economics, Macro Economics, and Strategic Management. She can be reached at paromamitra@mdim.ac.in.
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