Observations and reviews
This part is an observation of the current state of education in India, which is severely bad. It is unequal, insufficient and mostly ineffective, but the observations need to be categorized.
Lets look at the primary (1-5) and secondary (6-12) first -
1. Largely unequal - Mostly overlooked,but this REALLY IS a big problem. The great-Indian-inequality starts here. There are schools that lack even the most basic necessities like classrooms and have very few teachers. Students are being taught (and provided mid day meals) just to finish off a government formality, with no vision of any kind. And then there are schools that have ACs installed even in their toilets! Would a pass-out of the first kind ever be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the latter one ? Or the other way round, will a citizen groomed from the second kind feel any sense of responsibility towards the first kind who make most of the country ? Will the first kind aim for becoming anything better than a chaprasi, and will the second ever be ready to respect a chaprasi?
2. Mostly boring - study is never fun, school is a burden even for those who can afford. Kids/students not only don't find it interesting, they also find most of it useless. Dropping out is easy if they have an option or incentive. Deep-rooted is the concept that studies are supposed to be uninteresting intrinsically, and need painful hard-work to finish successfully. Strong myth.
3. Lacking in exposure - The Type 1 (too poor schools) are mostly unable impart any exposure to the modern world of technology and other fields. Type 2 (too rich) fare lot better on this, but, one, they are a very small minority, and two, they need to know about the bigger lot, to actually be of any use to the society.
4. Missing and redundant courses - Health and hygiene, economics and commerce, entrepreneurship, basics laws and rights, civic sense and ethics, effective communication are either completely absent or optional / low priority. And there are the unnecessary ones are - the too many language courses, too much of history, geography, unnecessary and useless mathematics (Being able to calculate effects of inflation on savings is more important than solving differential equations, and knowing our fundamental rights is more important than knowing when the first battle of Panipat was fought!).
5. Too much focus on marks - grades - exams - cramming - competition. Too little on learning. Is it not easy to find toppers very lacking in concepts ? How much of the courses you scored 'A' grade in do you remember now or use? A serious mis-focus - study for exams and not necessarily for learning.
6. Little focus on sports. Needless to mention the effects.
This category needs major overhaul, and any improvement can work wonders. But next is a short review of higher education.
This part is an observation of the current state of education in India, which is severely bad. It is unequal, insufficient and mostly ineffective, but the observations need to be categorized.
Lets look at the primary (1-5) and secondary (6-12) first -
1. Largely unequal - Mostly overlooked,but this REALLY IS a big problem. The great-Indian-inequality starts here. There are schools that lack even the most basic necessities like classrooms and have very few teachers. Students are being taught (and provided mid day meals) just to finish off a government formality, with no vision of any kind. And then there are schools that have ACs installed even in their toilets! Would a pass-out of the first kind ever be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the latter one ? Or the other way round, will a citizen groomed from the second kind feel any sense of responsibility towards the first kind who make most of the country ? Will the first kind aim for becoming anything better than a chaprasi, and will the second ever be ready to respect a chaprasi?
2. Mostly boring - study is never fun, school is a burden even for those who can afford. Kids/students not only don't find it interesting, they also find most of it useless. Dropping out is easy if they have an option or incentive. Deep-rooted is the concept that studies are supposed to be uninteresting intrinsically, and need painful hard-work to finish successfully. Strong myth.
3. Lacking in exposure - The Type 1 (too poor schools) are mostly unable impart any exposure to the modern world of technology and other fields. Type 2 (too rich) fare lot better on this, but, one, they are a very small minority, and two, they need to know about the bigger lot, to actually be of any use to the society.
4. Missing and redundant courses - Health and hygiene, economics and commerce, entrepreneurship, basics laws and rights, civic sense and ethics, effective communication are either completely absent or optional / low priority. And there are the unnecessary ones are - the too many language courses, too much of history, geography, unnecessary and useless mathematics (Being able to calculate effects of inflation on savings is more important than solving differential equations, and knowing our fundamental rights is more important than knowing when the first battle of Panipat was fought!).
5. Too much focus on marks - grades - exams - cramming - competition. Too little on learning. Is it not easy to find toppers very lacking in concepts ? How much of the courses you scored 'A' grade in do you remember now or use? A serious mis-focus - study for exams and not necessarily for learning.
6. Little focus on sports. Needless to mention the effects.
This category needs major overhaul, and any improvement can work wonders. But next is a short review of higher education.
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