Mumbai: Population in Bhandup, Mankhurd, Malwani, Gorai, Charkop and South Mumbai parts have poor accessibility to school education, a study by IIT-B researchers have revealed.
This study explores how gaps in transportation in larger Mumbai can reduce accessibility to schools for many people.
The researchers found that the public transport system in the peripheral area such as the eastern part of Bhandup, Mulund, the outskirts of Chembur and Malwani need to be strengthened to increase accessibility to school.
This research, which was conducted by Professor Gopal Patil, with a PhD Student Gajanand Sharma from the IIT-B civil engineering department, was published recently in cities, An Elsevier Journal.
“We noticed that accessibility to school cannot be distributed uniformly in Mumbai.
In some areas there are more schools, and train and bus connectivity are better, and therefore the population has more easy access …
More Middle School Distribution It is tilted and therefore accessibility is worse than elementary school, “said Patil.
The researchers said access to education was better along the train line but more deteriorating when someone left.
Safe! You have managed to throw your votelogin to see the results of the study using a conceptual framework for measuring accessibility to school using extensive travel time datasets in 577 traffic analysis zones (defined by MMRDA for transportation studies) and 4,308 schools in the city.
The researchers assess whether an area has adequate public transportation, the distribution of school uniforms in the area, the time needed to travel to schools, ease of getting public and personal transportation.
Patil said they would revise the analysis and the results of their updates after the Metro line became functional.
Sharma said access to basic education must be given high priority in urban planning because it has a direct impact on children’s fundamental rights.
“Peripheral areas need to be improved, both in terms of the availability of government and private schools, and in terms of connectivity.
These areas also have a higher population of vulnerable and socially vulnerable education can help in their upleal and social mobility, “He added.
Farida Lambay’s education said connectivity was a problem because many communities have emerged, especially in the east suburbs.
“Mumbai’s demographics and geography have extended themselves without planning.
There is also a Re-community location near the railway line.
The re-location is planned by one department who does not consider access to school.
We have recommended the point-to-point bus service in this area, “Lambay said.
School education on the outskirts of the suburbs that are hit by poor public transportation: IIT-Bombay studies
