but chose to turn a blind eye to the incident it was only after some of the parents got wind of the goingson that action was taken against the teacherscase study 3 in many remote villages inhabited by the tribals there are special hostels for children from the community in order to facilitate better educational facilities in january this year more than 40 students living in one such hostel had to be admitted to hospital because of food poisoning it was later discovered that the room used for storing and preparing the food for the inmates of the hostel was not suited for these functions the grains that were supposed to be nutritious were full of insects their eggs and stools when enquired about the incident and the unsavoury condition of the kitchen the school officials said that since they were located in a remote place the government preferred to send them the grains required in a bulk that makes it difficult for them to store it properlyquote shoot even before the mdgs were conceived india was thinking about universal primary education it is sad though that it took so long for something like rte to come along even though the bill was passed by the parliament even now the implementation of the act looks iffy despite all kinds of schemes only 45 children in the villages get formal education not many villagers are aware of the existence of a village education committee for monitoring the schools within their jurisdiction today people have realized the importance of good education and actually want it still they are putoff by the absence of quality education rickety infrastructure and wide spread corruption with most of the educational institutions being run by politicians there is no transparency or accountability in their administration which also discourages people nitin choudhary activist even at the national level not much has been achieved in terms of education whatever little changes can be seen are because of the private institutions with no contribution towards any improvement from the governments side the enrolment has definitely improved a lot over the years but as the horror tales of the many loopholes in seemingly successful schemes like midday meals surface the enrolment is being affected too even the attendance that is shown to be very high in most schools is a myth with the reality being very different in the rural areas children are looked upon as earning members of the family only 710 of the students from the village ever opt for a higher education with the number of girls being very little mrunalini fadnis senior educator and expert member of vidarbha development board the government is making constant efforts to improve the state of education whether it is in terms of infrastructure or utilizing new technology to raise the standards of education things have improved over the last few years even in the governmentrun schools several new schools with better classrooms and other facilities have been made recently