Much clevererer okes than me have identified that in order to have learning take place, the learners (especially children) have to be in an environment that is stable, secure and to be taught by people who are confident in their subjects, stable and secure. 
Right, so how do we go about it in this beautiful land of ours? We regularly change the syllabus, textbooks and deemands on the teachers, so that a smaller percentage of the time is actually spent on teaching! Since starting my interaction with the learning process, we have had, I think, 4 syllabi, as many different textbooks and I have not even touched on the best way to screw up the future- OBE! A system that in application requires a low student:teacher ratio, very skilled practitioners and constant maintenance, none of which are readily available in our country!
Well, that deals with the schooling system. What about the home environment? Stable and secure? NOT!! For the majority anyway. Children as heads of households, lack of basic services etc etc, are the challenges faced by many. 
Our goal HAS to be to create stability and security both in the home and in the school system. The magic formula will appear in the next post!
Happy Tuesday