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Education is the quintessential passport to greater opportunities — be they economic, academic or social.

Private schools differ vastly in terms of the quality of education they provide.  Why? 1.  There are serpentine queues from the early hours of the morning for admissions into kindergarten in a few reputed schools. ·                          2. The scramble for seats is evidence of the dearth of quality education.  ·                    3. Just herding children into private schools is not going to ensure their learning unless                    teachers are sensitised and trained to deal with children with different profiles .  Three factors abroad: Why government and private schools need to implement systemic changes?  We cannot overlook the fact that our educational system, both government and private, is in need of serious overhaul. In 2007, McKinsey a...