I agree with the author that primary education is one of the most important issues that can change the face of the society and economy a lot. I also agree that teachers should be better paid so that we can attract better talent to the profession. India desperately needs good talented persons to teach the students of primary classes. It is also necessary that the teachers be given special training to deal with the students of primary classes, i.e. they should be given training about the psychology of children and how to handle them. This is because we can find that in many schools, teachers resort to hard punishments to students to make them study or to maintain discipline in the class. But this adversely affects students' attitude towards studies and particularly poor children are losing interest in studies. Instead, teachers should deal with students in a caring way. Also, we need to completely revise syllabus for primary classes. The syllabus should be reduced and the curriculum should be made simple and interesting to students. This will increase their interest in studies.
India needs to spend enough in these areas. Only then we can give education to poor children.
