Faults in the Education System!
Education in India is a privilege enjoyed only by the middle and rich class of society. When a rich man’s son learns the complexities of trigonometry, the poor man’s son learns the tricks to combat his poverty. Though this itself is a grave situation to ponder on, what is more intriguing is that even after getting the luxury of education, the children aren’t getting the quality of education which would mould them into knowledgeable, practical and responsible citizens of their country.
The main drawback with our education system is that it fails in teaching various arts, and in particular common sense to children. Curriculums are never changed. Tough the technologies and principles are changing with every stroke of the clock; the content of the textbooks remains the same. More emphasis is given on passing an exam, rather than understanding the subject. There is very little practicality related to what is taught to the children as compared to the education given at international level. One good thing about the International curriculum is the children are made to think on their own right from kindergarten. They are given various activities where in they have to use their minds and their coordination skills. Also whatever is taught to them is done in the form of practical activities. Our education system is more bookish and although children study various subjects and cover so many topics in depth, they still do not have any practical exposure. So along with the syllabus, the approach towards teaching the syllabus also needs to be changed. Rather than being monotonous and bookish, teaching should involve more practical activities which makes learning more interesting and also enables the children to develop thinking and analytical skills.
Another aspect hindering our education system is the unhealthy competition lurking underneath the façade of accelerated growth. My heart goes out for the infants who are burdened with heavy bags at the tender age when they should be just playing and enjoying themselves. When you talk to the mothers of such children, they defend their act by saying that their child needs to learn faster in this competitive age to be able to outshine his comrades. In their quest to produce geniuses, the parents exert unwanted pressure on their children and force them to mug up things rather than devote more time in understanding the subject.
Since no emphasis is given on development of various art forms except sciences and mathematics in schools, subjects like fine arts is becoming obsolete. The students prefer being associated to a “happening” and “lucrative” course, rather than evaluating what they are actually good at. Unlike the plethora of vocational choices available abroad, students here have no option but to choose from the mundane courses like B.Com, B.tech or M.B.B.S. As a result, you may find an engineer at every other crossroad but you will hardly come across a violinalist harmonizing his melodies.
Majority of Indians flee the country in quest of better and improved education to join universities abroad. If we want to discourage the “brain drain” phenomena and hold on to our brilliant resources, we need to change the present education system.
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