During our exchange of usual pleasantries he informed that with illegal buildings coming up all over, his business was brisk. While his elder son helps him in his business, the younger one due to his being highly educated could not do anything worthwhile. Therefore, he has got a school opened for him. Tie in uniform is an absolute must. It has dual purpose.
Parents are impressed, in turn they can impress other parents.
This is the crux of our literacy mission. Whenever we talk of education we are eager to launch yet another new scheme. This field has been treated as a big laboratory for experiments by all those mandarins of education department. Industrial entrepreneurs, construction giants, business houses and NRIs have also jumped on to the bandwagon. We have had more systems than one can count from ancient Gurukuls to today's high tech, computer friendly, air-conditioned class rooms.