March 2007
1. FOREWORD
The Education Department (established in 1907) of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is responsible for 1,177 schools in Mumbai. Education in these schools is imparted through eight different languages so that underprivileged children of different communities can avail of education. Recognizing the right of every child for education the principal goal of the Education Department is to encourage underprivileged children through various programmes and projects to enroll in a school for education at least up to primary level.
Substantial efforts are being made by the MCGM in the field of primary education through the allocation of a budget of over 640 crores. However inspite of all its efforts it can not fulfill all the needs of all the schools. It needs financial and other support form the NGOs, business and industrial houses, etc. for the provision of better infrastructure and quality education. Since the past fifteen years the MCGM has tried to involve the private sector and the voluntary agencies in the development of schools through a School Adoption Programme. Several companies, NGOs, etc. have come forth extending support through the provision of infrastructure, furniture, laboratory, library books, uniform, text books, scholarship, computers etc. and through the organization of summer camp, balwadis, co-curricular activities, etc. While these efforts have resulted in improving the state of primary education in Mumbai city, an enhanced public-private partnership programme would help to ensure that the MCGM schools would have all the facilities that an ideal school should have.
Shri S.S. Shinde, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, (Education) of the MCGM has taken a lead in the matter and established the Public-Private Partnership Cell (PPPC) on November 6, 2006. The PPPC will oversee all the initiatives by the private sector agencies working in partnership with the MCGM are facilitated in their efforts. Three type of programmes have been visualized by the PPPC as given below.
1. The School Adoption Programme
2. The School Partnership Programme.
3. The School Support Programme.
The three types of programme would make it possible for a private sector agency to support the MCGM schools in a manner suitable to it. Details about each type of programme are given further. It is expected that the PPPC will facilitate the achievement of excellence in the MCGM schools and the all round development of the underprivileged School children.
2. Introduction
The MCGM is shouldering the obligatory duly of Primary Education in Greater Mumbai. Mumbai has the largest number of schools in various languages, which have provided access education to many underprivileged children in the city.
OVERVIEW OF MCGM PRIMARY SCHOOL (01.04.2006)
|
Language |
Schools |
Pupils |
Teachers |
Sp.Teachers |
Teacher and Student Ratio |
|
Marathi |
446 |
1,45,986 |
5,243 |
421 |
27.84 |
|
Hindi |
235 |
1,17,055 |
2,736 |
152 |
42.78 |
|
Gujarati |
106 |
13,413 |
572 |
16 |
23.44 |
|
Urdu |
205 |
1,02,599 |
2,226 |
76 |
46.09 |
|
Tamil |
48 |
14,136 |
403 |
17 |
35.07 |
|
Telugu |
45 |
6,103 |
189 |
10 |
32.29 |
|
Kannad |
45 |
5,494 |
132 |
12 |
41,62 |
|
English |
47 |
20,132 |
243 |
11 |
81.83 |
|
Total |
1,177 |
4,24,918 |
11,747 |
715 |
36.17 |
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
|
Sr.No |
|
Schools |
Pupils |
Teachers |
Sp.Teachers |
|
1 |
Secondary B.M.C. |
49 |
53,938 |
1,754 |
– |
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
|
Sr.No |
|
Schools |
Pupils |
Teachers |
Sp.Teachers |
|
1 |
Aided |
404 |
2,07,480 |
3,786 |
– |
|
2 |
Unaided |
574 |
2,48,821 |
5,343 |
– |
|
3 |
Training Collage |
03 |
– |
– |
– |
|
4 |
M.R. |
9 |
777 |
78 |
1 |
|
|
TOTAL |
989 |
4,57,078 |
9,207 |
|
The Education Department of the MCGM is also conducting 18 schools/classes for mentally challenged children. Apart from the above, various projects and schemes of the state Government and Central Government are also conducted in Municipal Schools.
3. Objectives and Tenets of the School Adoption Program
Objectives
The School Adoption Program is an experiment that has been introduces under the leadership of Shri S.S.Shinde. It is proposed to evaluate it from time to time to gauge its success. The principal objective of this program is
To ensure that all actions taken by the BMC, its staff and private agencies are in the best interest of the beneficiaries of the school, that is, its students.
A policy or program will be implemented only if it can provide that the policy or program will benefit its students.
The sub- objectives of the School Adoption Program shall be:
- To ensure that all school children are able to read and write in their medium of instruction.
- To provide a strong academic foundation for all school children.
- To nurture an enthusiasm for learning amongst all school children.
- To provide education that is relevant and meaningful and encourages children to stretch their creative abilities.
- To reduce the drop-out rate.
- To improve attendance.
- To provide support for extra-curricular activities that promote the all-round development of children.
- To utilize the available resources of the community to positively impact the childs learning experience.
- To achieve the National Goal of Universalization of Education.
Tenets of the School Adoption Programme: