INDIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Indian Educational System:


I would like to apologise for my prolonged absence thanks to the Indian Educational System (IES)

The IES is a problem that can be fixed. It affects the country’s future, almost every family is associated with it and to an extent I feel it is commercial issue too. But nothing is done about it because of great Indian mentality of avoiding change at any costs!!

A blockbuster movie arrived, and all the media could talk about was the anatomy and the romantic chemistry. Though this is an exciting Sunday morning review, but core crux of the movie was not addressed rather neglected.

The present state of the IES is really scary. Tiny toddlers 2-3 year olds are being sent to tuitions by their parents for admission into a play school. And it’s not the parents who are doing it purposely. These so called ‘prestigious institutes’ conduct INTERVIEWS for these trots!!

15 out of a class of 40, 7 year olds wear spectacles in schools. Tuitions for 3rd grade students. 8 gruelling-hour lectures for 10th Board Examinations. Classes for IIT-JEE in the 8th grade. What could be worse? I’ll tell you...

PARENTS AGREE!!!

There are two main problems that need to be fixed:

1. Supply of good colleges and seats

The first issue is the supply of A-grade institutions vs. A-grade potential students. Either the government will provide or students work with private participants (usually “coaching classes”). Even well-meant advice, to go easy on kids and not to take stress, does not work. The scramble for seats is bloody and ugly. There is no need of sending whopping crores of rupees as remittance to Indian students abroad. If rather the government would provide for opening up new universities or expanding present ones, we can divert those funds inwards.


2. Course content and intent behind education

Whenever I think of this issue the questions popping in my mind are:

• Has the world changed in 20 years? Has are course material changed? (I can say that because I myself solved 20 years JEE papers)

• Who decides are course material? Babus? Do they even have real corporate exposure?

• What is taught in school and college do we even apply it in daily life?

Ask yourself these questions.

There so much emphasis on rote learning. From personal experience I can say: all teachers expect exact definitions, points, paragraph length, word limit etc etc!! Times are changing. Companies these days want candidates that have knowledge of the concept but more importantly how to apply that concept in real life situations. The IES does not provide for innovations!! In fact we actually kill this spirit as soon as possible. Because innovation by definitions means, challenging the existing way and that is not something good Indian children who respect elders do.



If we are to become a first world nation, WE HAVE TO CREATE CHANGE EMBRACING LEADERS!!

I can hope the politicians acknowledge these issues. I can hope that realisation that new state universities are important than states itself.

May be I am right and my hope is justified. Or probably my optimism is misplaced and just another Idiot!