India By Robin Strandmoe (Education) Josh Reid (Solar Power) Jai Sen Sarma (AIDS)

IndiaBy Robin Strandmoe (Education)

Josh Reid (Solar Power)

Jai Sen Sarma (AIDS)

General Facts

• Population: 1.18 billion people• HDI: 0.519 • Currency: Indian rupee• Capital: Delhi

“Does your country use “green energy in any way? How does your country try and help protect the environment? Do they recycle? Do they use renewable energy sources? Do they use solar power? Wind power?”

• Budget : 100,000,000 (Euros)

• Solar energy isn't being used in the best way the country could be using it.

“How does your country help it’s children? How do they feed them? How do they educate them?”

• India budget is: 6.73 billion• United States budget is: $972

billion• Literacy Percentage in India:• Total: 66%• Male: 76.9% • Female: 54.5%• Budget : 100,000,000 (Euros)

Education in India is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal (Indian Government), state (Union Government), and local (smaller divided parts of the government).    Enrollment number is not available, because not even all people in India are registered. Education in India is compulsory. However, India continues to face challenges. Despite growing investment in education, 35% of its population is still illiterate; only 15% of Indian students reach high school, and just 7% graduate. Issues:Funding and infrastructure (59% of the schools had no drinking water and 89% had no toilets.)Curriculum issues (unchecked school books),Teacher shortage New Indian law supporting education in it’s country. National Common Minimum Program (NCMP) of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The announcements are; (a) To progressively increase expenditure on education to around 6 percent of GDP.

How can we harness the forces of change in this region to promote future human development and well-being?

I researched online for several possibilities on how to solve this problem, but I couldn’t find any solution which could assure potential and long lasting results. So, to elucidate this complication, I found several possibilities which could finally lead to a better outcome then today’s statistics. With a 100,000,000 budget you can’t accomplish miracles since in our eyes this might seem a huge amount, but in a country as big as this billions of dollars travel around every day. Here are the possibilities that I found which could help this situation:• Transportation, children in rural areas can’t find an educational area, so school buses

would be a solution.• More books and more teachers will be attainable.• Scholarships for those who have a lot of knowledge in social studies and can further

India's economy.• And finally enlarging schools can help accommodate more students.

HDI

Human Development Index

Ranked: 119

HDI: 0.519

Change since 2009: +0.007

• “How does the country support programs preventing AIDS?”

• 5.7 million cases reported in 2006

• 20-15 million cases were suspected in 2010

• Budget : 100,000 (Euros)

• University of Manitoba

Websites

• http://www.fhs.sfu.ca/research/active-projects/hiv-aids-prevention-care-and-support-in-karnataka• http://www.avert.org/india-hiv-aids-statistics.htm• http://funfactsaboutindia.blogspot.com/2009/03/facts-about-hiv-and-aids-in-india.html• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population• http://www.indiastat.com/popclockflash.aspx• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Rupee_symbol.svg• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee_sign• http://www.sweetmarias.com/india.gif• http://images.travelpod.com/users/kupdegra/2007.1245456433.indian-housing-and-the-side-entrancex.jpg• http://www.treehugger.com/20090601-solar-panels-india.jpg• http://mastersministries.org/India%20Children%20slum%20school.jpg• http://powerofgenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/stop-aids1.jpg• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UN_Human_Development_Report_2010_1.PNG• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index