[CODATA-international] How can some University Senior managers earning huge salaries oppose my humble request for providing full scholarships for students from economically poor families?

Wed Mar 29 02:52:45 EDT 2023

Suchit

Here's the link to RTE act, GoI

http://dsel.education.gov.in/rte

Feel free to use the information

All the best

Devika

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 8:22 PM Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi Devika
>
>
> Thank you for sharing your ideas and information. Greatly appreciated.
>
>
> I understand that this is a much wider social justice issue.  I agree
> that this needs policies at the level of governments. If indeed policies
> and mandates about equitable education are possible with a binding on the
> higher Education institutes to comply, only then there will be real changes.
>
>
>
> There are 4.2 million children living in poverty in the UK in 2021-22 .
> That's 29 per cent of children (This percentage might be higher now due to
> cost of living crisis in the UK )
> https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures
>
>
> Hence there is a need to provide full scholarships for 30 percent of seats
> in each Russell Group university (the richest and prestigious universities
> in the UK) for students from economically poor families and
> first-generation students (first in family to go to university).
>
>
> I am planning to send an open Letter on the need for  “Right to Quality
> Education opportunities for All”  to UK Government and leaders of all
> major UK Political parties requesting their kind support for this.
>
>
> May I request that I can use the information in your email for this.
>
>
> I also request all colleagues who have ideas and information on how to
> provide more quality education opportunities for students from economically
> poor families and first-generation students to email me by 8th April 2023.
> Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Devika P. Madalli
> *Sent:* 26 March 2023 15:56
> *To:* Suchith Anand
> *Cc:* CODATA International
> *Subject:* Re: [CODATA-international] How can some University Senior
> managers earning huge salaries oppose my humble request for providing full
> scholarships for students from economically poor families?
>
> Suchith
>
> I appreciate your concern for the less privileged and your request is very
> much necessary to create some channels of access to education and learning
> for those who cannot afford to pay fees.
>
> However, this is not a trivial issue.  I feel that there must be a
> holistic, top down approach to the problem. It would be ideal if the
> solutions actually come as mandates to higher education institutions and
> universities. Which in turn means Policy formulation at the highest level.
> You have set the ball rolling. I feel it should gather enough momentum with
> a large community support to urge policies at the level of governments and
> the UN for example. If indeed policies and mandates about equitable
> education are possible with a binding on the higher Education institutes to
> comply, only then there will be on ground change.
>
> In India RTE - Right to Education  is mandated by the central government
> at primary school level where schools, even private ones, HAVE to admit
> children from underprivileged families with no fees. For those unaware,
> private primary, middle and high schools are very expensive in India.
> Therefore RTE really helps the children from families that otherwise could
> not afford high fees.
>
> At Higher Education levels there are reservations by caste (there are
> people  who were kept away from learning and knowledge by the upper caste
> for a long time). The intension behind such reservation of seats in
> educational institutions was social justice.  There are also reservations
> of seats in educational institutions for candidates from economically
> weaker sections.
>
> Something akin to this is what will ensure what you have requested for
> Suchith. My two cents
>
> --
>
> Devika Madalli
>
> --
> Professor
> Documentation Research and Training Centre,
> Indian Statistical Institute,
> Bangalore, INDIA
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 7:13 PM Suchith Anand <
> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
>
> I would like to thank all colleagues from universities in the UK who send
> their moral support for my request to University managements to provide new
> 100 full scholarships per year at each UK university for  students from
> economically poor families and first-generation students (first in family
> to go to university). Your help and support is greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> I understand that some senior management colleagues in some UK
> universities are opposing my request for providing new 100 full
> scholarships per year at each UK university for  students from economically
> poor families and first-generation students.
>
>
>
> According to statistics provided at Child Poverty Action Group , there
> were *4.2 million children* living in poverty in the UK in 2021-22.
> That's 29 per cent of children, or *nine in a classroom of 30. *Details
> at *https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures*
> <https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures>
>
>
>
> Extreme child poverty in the UK is a humanitarian and ethical crisis. In
> educational terms, poverty is a significant disadvantage. The link between
> poverty and poor educational outcomes and wellbeing in the UK has remained
> stubbornly and depressingly high despite longstanding policy concern at
> national, local and jurisdictional levels of government.
>
>
> Child poverty, education and the postcode lottery
>
>
> *https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/08/19/child-poverty-education-and-the-postcode-lottery/*
> <https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/08/19/child-poverty-education-and-the-postcode-lottery/>
>
>
> *Access to quality education opportunities is a human right. Universities
> have a social responsibility. There is an urgent need to scale up the EDI
> scholarship initiatives by all UK universities.*
>
>
>
> *How can some University Senior managers who are earning huge salaries
> (over £100K per year!) oppose my humble request for*  *providing 100 full
> scholarships for students from economically poor families and
> first-generation students?*
>
>
> *What moral authority do these university senior managers have when they*
> *continued to increase senior management pay and their investments in
> vanity projects?*  At the same time, staff in higher education who have
> worked hard and generated record income for the sector has only to be
> rewarded with attacks on their pay, working conditions, and pensions.
>
>
>
> I request the University vice-chancellors and senior management in all UK
> Universities to please consider my humble request for providing new 100
> full scholarships per year at each UK university for  students from
> economically poor families and first-generation students.
>
>
>
> *If you are working in a UK university and your university doesn’t have a
> EDI scholarships program, may I request you to be a champion in your
> university for EDI scholarships initiative. May I request you to kindly
> share and support the Open Letter that I published requesting EDI
> scholarships at all UK universities. *
>
>
>
> Please find details of my open letters at
>
>
>
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thank-you-your-support-edi-scholarships-initiative-suchith-anand/
>
>
>
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-requesting-edi-scholarships-all-uk-suchith-anand/
>
>
>
> I request your kind support for my request for providing new 100 full
> scholarships per year at each UK university for  students from economically
> poor families and first-generation students.
>
>
> I am very grateful to all amazing colleagues from around the world working
> for making education opportunities for all.
>
>
> I look forward to working with all UK universities to increase education
> opportunities for all students.
>
>
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
> Dr Suchith Anand
>
> Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist
> | Board member | Governance | Policy | Consultant in Data Science and Data
> Ethics | Global Citizen | SDG Volunteer and Advocate
>
>
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