Is education bewildering?

It should be a stunning revelation of the week. About half (374) of the districts in the country are considered by UGC experts as “backward” in education. That is what the Deputy Minister for Education told the Rajya Sabha last Wednesday. In AP, seven districts fall in that category. Even student enrolment rate in these districts is lower. To catch up with this situation, the Minister also informed the Parliament that the Government is launching now “Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan” (RUSA) under which colleges and universities will be setup in those districts and “better facilities” will be provided there. The larger context of this initiative is missing in this reply.