Education builds the man so it builds the nation. Today we claim to be the biggest human resources supplier for the world, but are we concerned what quality of human capital we are building and for whose needs? We supply bureaucrats to the government, software engineers to the IT companies around the world, highly paid managers to the multinationals, we supply engineers and science graduates as researchers to the foreign universities. What capital are we building for ourselves?
India aspires to be powerful, it wants to play a role in the international community, for that to happen, its economy has to grow multifold and for that to happen, it requires a huge force of entrepreneurs who could transform it into a nation which produces, from the one which only consumes. India needs a huge force of innovators who could make it self reliant in all kinds of sciences and technologies. India needs artists who could make its culture the most popular in the world. A culture which is not only saleable itself but also helps in selling India’s products across the world. In a nutshell, India needs Henry Fords, Bill Gateses, Thomas Alva Edisons and Michael Jacksons born and educated in India.
One may say we had few. Yes, we had. M. S. Swaminathan who made India self reliant in food grains, Dhiru Bhai Ambani who proved a common man can become a billionaire, Dr. Varghese Kurien who is the father of Amul milk movement, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam who dared to build missiles for India, Pundit Ravishankar who is the ambassador of the Indian music to the world. Such people though in small numbers, were always there. But they are not the products of this education system. This system did not teach them how to become innovators or entrepreneurs or artists. Had it done so, they would have been millions in numbers. These people were inspired themselves. To some of them, their education may have given the technical know-how (though it is hardly conceivable), but not the dream or the inspiration needed. It is the education which should inspire one to become something one really wants to. Education should make you free, should make you experiment and it should make you ask questions. Ultimately, it should make you realize what you are.
Youngsters in India, do not have the freedom of selecting there career, it is said. They are forced to become engineers, doctors, MBA’s and IAS officers, it is said. Yes, agree. But that is not the problem. The problem is, youngsters in India do not have the vision to think beyond. Neither their parents, nor their grandparents had that vision. This is where the root of the problem is. Generations have gone through a system which sucks. Now the beauty is even the law-makers and educators of today’s India are products of that age old system. That is why no less than a revolution is needed in the education system in India.
What do we expect from such a revolution?
A revolution means big changes. We expect the revolution in education to bring lots of changes. These changes will result into:
1. Best talents of the country working in the education sector.
Today, education is not the career of choice, but it is the career of compromise. If you are a teacher, people sympathize, they curse the prevalent unemployment in the country. Education is one of the highest profit making ‘industries’ in the service sector, but its workers are the least paid compared to those working in somewhat glamorous sectors like the IT industry. This has to change.
2. A world class infrastructure.
The experience of shopping at malls is better than the old dirty bazaars. The experience of traveling in a metro train is much better than suffering in the city buses. The experience of driving on four or six lane highways is much better the same way. The same way, infrastructure has a meaning in education. World class universities and schools with world class libraries, laboratories and classrooms, in a world class building make a world class infrastructure for education.
3. Greater investments into education, public as well as private.
We need world class infrastructure and best talents in all schools and universities of India. These resources should not remain limited to a handful of IIT’s or IIM’s. Each village should have a school with all resources and facilities. Each university should have whatever it needs for a better education. This would require huge money and hence, huge investments.
4. Education which encourages innovation and creativity.
When farmers in the villages of Punjab make a vehicle from the diesel engine and name it Maruta (A male version of Maruti), that is innovation. When villagers of the Rajasthan and Gujarat transform the Bike ‘Enfield Bullet’ into a local auto-rickshaw, that is creativity. How many automobile engineering students could do likewise? The question is, how many?
5. Education which encourages entrepreneurship.
In a Hindi movie ‘Nayak’, the father of the actress refuses to permit for her marriage with the actor because he is not a government servant. At last, he permits, but then the Actor had become the chief minister of the state. This mindset of the society, particularly of the middle class, has to be changed. You are not a respectful person if after education you start a business, as that is seen as a failure in getting a job. It is the task of the education system to change this mindset. It also has to inspire the youth for the necessary courage and vision for entrepreneurship.
6. An education which makes a child sad when the last bell is rung at the end of the day in the school.
Nice views. But the ’second’ question is who will bell the cat
First question is how can the revolution be brought. Most people will agree to the end result of the revolution, as written by you. But nobody known what to do in order to bring the revolution. Please put more light on it ..
-read Gandhi on basic education and
-know Dr. Abdulkalam(president) ’s views on Education.
-When profit (economical)enters in ed. then spirit of deeds dies.
we all agree with your views, but one thing we don’t seem to realise is how are we going to cough up the money required to make sweeping changes in teh education sector. we are now seeing a shift towards niche careers, at least in the metros. people are exploring new avenues. it is definitely a good sign. awareness about various new and upcoming career options among students and parents is very important to ensure that students are not forced to take up careers they do not have an aptitude in.
New career choices and an openness towards them in the parents is a wellcome sign.
But this is only among a minor section of society. Again, the motive behind these careers is a merely a job. The technical educaional institute still can offer better results to the society if they understand that their job is education and research and not examinaion and distribution of degreees.
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there seems to be an underlying assumption in the replies that the end result of the revolution is an obvious one.
i think its worth noting that revolution in education is a norm rather than exception or novelty.
every new political party in power starts with introducing a revolution in subject of history .recently there was a news about textbooks describing bhagat singh , chandrashekhar aazad etc. as Terrorists. (is it true , false or ambiguous can be personal opinion. but that it is a revolutionary definition,180 degree revolution, is pretty obvious).
the 180 degree revolutions are general in education , whether india or any other country. in america , clearly one of the most scientific society , the darwin theory of evolution has been replaced from the textbooks with the theory of bible that god created everybody .
one may think that they atleast have plenty of infrastructure.and they are producing revolutions too. but really is this what one has in mind while talking about the change in education.
but the thing is whatever ‘one’ has in mind can’t be same for every one. as a democracy , we will be asking for ,not a revolution , but a common minimum program to be implied.
agenda of its being job, jobs.. and so on.
so the logical conclusion seems to be that the only way of bringing about a complete and wholesome revolution is by not trying any such thing.
Respected sir,
I was really unknown to such wonderful minds and ideas about education.
It was nice reading and i too would like to write my views and express it,but before can you post some of your thoughts on a topic relevant to this.the topic is “REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION”. I think your view regarding this topic can give me a more stable platform to pen my thoughts about education system.
Sincerely,
ASKhare.
Guys, you are missing a few big points:
look at the Maharashtra Engg/Med admissions : they are an organised loot of students’ money with 50% seats beign allotted to management quota. The “donation” to get those seats is in the range of 3-12 lacs for Engg and 5-32 lacs for Med.
At least 25% of that goes to ministers and politicians.
Also, the syllabus is deliberately kept poor, vague and outdated. That is chiefly because the same profs who teach in colleges run classes/tuitions and if they are going to have to learn the latest technology, they wont be able to make that much money ’cause they dont know all the new stuff.
Also, they dont teach in college coz if they do, students wont come for their classes.
Also, ministers who otherwise jump to disinvest and gobble up a hefty commission from MNCs arent in a mood to outsource education to foreign univs coz *they* run colleges here which are hopelessly substandard and if they allow outside colleges to setup branches, their colleges will shut down in *months*.
Finally, although industry can invest, industry also knows the perils of messing around with the ministry. And look at it straight, the more the unemployment the better it is for companies – they need to pay far less since people will do anything for a basic income.
So, stop thinking about revolution and start thinking about corruption.
So, “desh gaya bhaad mein – apni dekh aur maja kar”
god help this country!
I couldn’t agree with you more. I have had the opportunity to study in an alternative education school apart from ‘doing time’ in regular schools and college. What i noticed the most in conventioal education is that there is too much emphasis on facts and figures and not actually learning. What this achieves is to turn education into a chore and rather than stimulating the student, repels them from any subsequent attempts to learn.
Do i believe the system should change? Yes. Do i believe such a change can be achieved? Hell Yeah. But such a change would not be easy and would actually require that people acknowledge that there is a problem, something that im not sure too many people are aware of.
Anyway good job on the post.
If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember — Anonymous
The Situation : piles of books, parental pressure, peer pressure.
Task : Complete 25 chapters per subject by the end of the year for the final examinations.
Memorize! Memorize! That’s the key word.
Believe it or not, the Indian educational system tests your memory-skills rather than the ‘application of concepts’ in real-life situation. It concentrates too much on the theroetical aspects of topics, rather than focussing on the practical knowledge. All a student needs to do to top his class is:
1- Read and re-read
2- Memorize the text (which gets too much for the brain)
3- Vomit it all out on the day of the examination
And if you happen to have great mugging-skills, BINGO! You are in the top 5 list of the most “intelligent” students of the class. Is that right ?? That is what has been happening in India since decades, but is it serving the purpose? That is the question.
The purpose of education is to develop the young minds into beautiful brains. But is that purpose being achieved by judging the intellectual capability of students by taking yearly examinations? Do we need periodic-assessment or the grading system in India?
@ Shah Dhaval,
Sure, grading sysytem is neede desperately. They talk about it sometimes but dont implement it nationwide. Then there are proponents of the currents system defending the existing percentage marks system stongly. Then there are parents who want to throw there children into fire.
And why stress on periodic education at all?
Competitive exams like GRE and GMAT should bethere to take care of selection issues. Let schhols be only for eduation. Evaluation is welcome in schools (not only of students but also of teachers) but evaluation should not become a system of a kind deadly of race among children as it is today.
Its an awesome article and should be printed in the newspaper so that every india can know about it.
our education system needs to be changed ,the present one is rubbish.we must not conduct board exams. instead we must take monthly exams.children in india are loaded with so much syllabus.there is no rest for them.every year there are so many suicides.
what about medium of instruction at early education
Great Article!
I agree with all the things you said.
I live in America and after watching Swades I have decided to finish my education finance and economy and go back home and help india create a more imporved planned economy.
indians are the smartest people on this earth and we have the brains to bulid a great nation.but
Two things are holding us back one is lack of education and another is politics. until we take care of our government it is going to be tought to created schools which can provide students with eduction that we need.
we need to educate people to take charge of the lifes and encourage the new generations to get themselves a great education.
india has the potenial we just need to put an end to corruption or aleast limit it.
more money in the school system, green revoltion for the framers, and a new and less corrupted gov’t. this are the main changes we need.
we need Big changes (castsystem must go)
I intent to become a teacher in india myself
@ SAP This is exactly what we want. Hats off to you…
@ SAP This is exactly what we want. Hats off to you… I decided not to leave to Australia for my higher education after watching Swades. I thought I was the only one influenced by that movie. As long as we dont respect our system, who will???
I really don’t know why kids dont have freedom in India should let them chose a carr
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Everything in India took a deep dive in the last two decades. The effect of this dive in education will be felt in the next decade or so. There appears to be some awakening of late and may be if this trend continues India will come out of the gutters it is presently in. The contribution that has been made and that which continues is the effect of the education system of the past. Individual excellence is still possible and with our vast population quality contribution will still be there. The selfish, perverted, power hungry has always played a major role in India, be it the husband with the dowry stick, or the zamindar or the goonda. It is just that these perverted souls have entered the powerful lobby of politicians. When we are yet to completely erase the dowry hazard, what hopes do we have of eradicating these from the governing lobby.
Education has been ok in the past. As mentioned we did have our share of people who have excelled in their spheres. Many more who are less known. We have been a poor country and remains to be one because of our selfishness. In spite of the strides made, applaudable though they may seem, these cannot compare even to an oasis in a desert. Just as every other sector of our activities suffer from a lack of application and excellence, so has education. Yes we have been making strides in spite of our poor performance.
I wd like to current education system that is going on now and what are merits and demerits of it and how to improve those. What changes or suggestions that can be done for glorious India.
I feel the current education system and the private schools are basically focussing on merits of students.more importance is given to students who are good at studies and who fare well in EXAMS.We are lacking behind in understanding the importance of Extra-curicullar activities.Always believe in Quality and Quantity education.
i agree. theres a need to bring revolution in educational system which will have to start from pre-primary level. students need more freedom of thoughts, they have to have their own thoughts instead of setting their minds as per whats written in a book. students have to be given exposure to more artistic subjects like scultpure, carpentry, etc so that we can have our own michelangelo, taipei 101, and othe great people and strutures. what students need is more practical knowlege. they should be able to understand life and how to live it own there without being instructed by anyone. those little angels who enter a school campus with free thoughts, nothing yet stable, have to be given a chance to decide on their own about things.
a lot has to be done and can be done. we just have to take the first step..
Kudos Mate… u speak my mind…… The The Education System in This Country SUCKS!!!!!
It Stinks of two factors 1) Money Power& 2) memory Power.
Nobody Gives a SHIT!!! for Aptitude!!!!!!!!!!
Thats y half of our south Indian students rush out of India with absolutely no intention of ever returning back…..
This is India’s 60th year of Independence. India has transformed itself from a poor agrarian society to a fast developing Nation. The spectacular strides it has made in science and technology, IT, BT has propelled its economic position in the world. However, this hue and cry about progress and shine is the pre dominance o f an elite few. The 29% spectacular growth India has registered has benefitted less than 0.3% of the population. A lot of disparity does exist between the rich and the poor, between the rural and the urban. The increased farmer suicides, atrocities on women and children, injustice meted out to the poor section of the society religious and caste intolerance still persist in our country. The political turmoil, corrupt leaders, economic injustices, lawlessness etc are the result of the social and political order prevalent in the society. The root of the problem goes down to the very same universities and colleges that educate the people who ferment trouble in the society. Today’s problems are the result of the kind of education we have acquired.
Education plays a pivotal role in shaping the human character and social order. In fact the real function of education is to impart the genuine knowledge about life, existence and future. A real student is one which seeks the realities of life and universe. But the tragedy is that the contemporary educational system aims only at creating a generation that fulfills the market and industrial needs. The ideology of self centralism is creating ‘ultra individuals’ who are more concerned about their material well being and least bothered about the society and the problems people are facing. The academic intelligentsia is also on a mission to depolitize the campus, curb student activism, isolating them from the emotions of the society. Hence it is not obligatory on the part of the student to be socially responsible. Farmer’s suicides, atrocities on women, political corruptions, and injustices are the subjects that are a taboo for the students. These developments are of far reaching consequences. We are preparing dumb, dead citizens, who are socially inactive signaling the end of freedom and the collapse of democracy.
Even after 60 years of independence, we are not able to wither away from the impact and influence of our colonial past. Our idea of development is synonymous with that of the west. All our life and modes of governance to education is modeled and designed to promote western thought process. Knowing of English is the symbol of
progress and modernism. We do not find avenues of higher learning like science & technology in our regional languages. All our references to education are those that are designed, conceptualized and promoted by the westerners. India boasts of its Golden Past. India’s contribution during the medieval past to Mathematics, Medicine, Science and technology, Astronomy are well known. But where is this glory lost now? Why aren’t we not bale to produce such intelligentsia today? Why is our technology dependent on the west? Why is that we need to submit to western imperialism to sustain our development? Why India cannot formulate its own nuclear policy? There are many puzzles and many unanswered questions?
The root of the problem lies in education. We still follow the colonial model of education. It was designed by the British Viceroy Mc culay to serve their colonial interests. In his own words the purpose of that model was to prepare a class of Indians who are Indians by blood and color, but British in their thoughts. Any education that is bereft of its local culture and ethos is doomed to create problems. We are the citizens of a free India but slaves of the west. We are only free to govern this nation. But how to govern, what policies should be adopted are not in our dominion.
All these have led to our student force losing its vitality, energy and spirit for a life of struggle, endurance and resistance and have fallen prey to lethargy, immobility and lack of responsiveness towards the society.
It is in this context that SIO shall address the basic limitations of the contemporary educational system, commercialization of education and the other educational issues, the growing dispassionate attitude towards the society in the youth community and thereby reiterate the need to renovate the society.
All the students and socially responsible citizens that desire to reconstruct the society should come forward and join hands with SIO in its efforts. Just as a drop of water is powerless, similarly a student alone can do much but if the students energy, talents, vibrancy, passion can be organized and channelized then only can they be the catalyst for the desired change. Stop lamenting, be the torch bearers of truth and prepare oneself for a life of discipline and responsibility.
Come let us Awaken the Nation!
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this very fact is poking my mind for the last two to three years.our indian education surely needs a revolution.but that need not come from somewhere else.all this revolution can be made out of a unique source, and that is our vedic tradition.
it is not that we don`t have any billgates or michaeljacksons who were born and educated in our counry.it is that most of such talented persons are justmigrating to other countries for riches.
our vedic tradition teaches us the fact of simple living and high thinking.it just means to live with contentment,without tempting towards so called “riches”.it teaches us to utilize all or talents and wisdom for the welfare of society.
The very fact that “education system in India needs a change” is poking my mind for the last two to three years.But this change need not come from somewhere else.All the change can be made out with the help of a single source and it is our “vedic tradition.”
The real problem in our country is not that we dont have any BillGates or MichaelJacksons who were born and educated in our coutry.It is that all such talented persons are migrating to the west for riches.
Our vedic tradition teaches “simple living–high thinking”.This teaches us to live with cotentment and not to get tempted towards the so called “riches”.It teaches us to utilize all our strength and wisdom for welfare of the country and the society as a whole.This is just an example of how the vedic tradition educates us upto the mark of today`s requirements.In fact all the science is being proved to have its roots in the vedas.
So I opine that vedic education, with an intellectual approach will surely meet the reqirements of the present Indian scenario.
Good work dude! I have been concerned about India’s education system for past 5 years now. We are badly failing in delivering real graduates who are uplifted by knowledge and are ready to experiment. Though revolution idea is great, remember education is a slow process and we need to build it with strong foundations. These are some actions required,
1) Role of Government — New Education Policy should give greater autonomy to universities and completely overhaul the system. The govt. should relinquish its control (read HRD ministry) and should assume the role of regulatory commission. This involves doing R&D studies and use of statistics to access the deficiencies and to formulate the vision of the Indian education System. In regard to this, I am very happy with the work by National Knowledge Commission headed by Sam Pitroda. They are doing amazing work to first come up with facts and use them to see what is the best cost effective and integrated solution needed. If any one here doesn’t know who Sam Pitroda is, he is the guy who brought about Telecommunication revolution in India under Rajiv Gandhi. Notice the word revolution!!
2) Independent Body and Funding agencies — It is very important that politicians do what they do best – make policy (unfortunately in India, even this one job is not done by them right). They can’t direct the next frontier of science, art and technology! There should be a board or panel of eminent scientist, artists, management gurus who are appointed on tenure basis and who constantly upgrade the vision of our Nation. Remember the movement we stop changing and learning, we are out of business. From these should off shoot bodies like National Science Foundation (NSF) etc. which have clear goals for the nation to achieve and would fund various univs for R&D.
3) Go back to Univs — We need to understand one thing. IIT and IIMs are good, but they were 60 years old ideas. If any one of you has ever pursued higher education in US universities, you know the difference immediately. With everything under one place from Medical to Arts, the students gets to interact with a diverse group of people. Further with more and more interdisciplinary research these days it makes even more sense to open new univs and not just IITs and IIMs. How is a biomedical engineering student supposed to learn if there is no close by Medical institute. Structuring and changing univs to meet future challenges are much easier then these isolated pockets of excellence.
4) Foreign Competition — A best way to shake a under performing person is to put in competition. This is also applicable to our univs. When foreign univs come in, they will give stiff competition which will make education sector competitive and lucrative. It is high time to open up our education system to free market competition. Look at china which now has many foreign universities centers working there.
5) Role of Industries — Private industries should be regulated by government to spend more on R&D (at least 5%) and collaborate with univs to find solutions. Further, endowment chairs and gifts to universities will help them maintain quality.
6) Quality control — It is important that the head of a university is appointed on performance basis and only report to board of governors directly as is done in many US univs. They are like CEOs and have immense power, but also have the risk of getting fired if they don’t perform. This would only allow visionary leaders to survive. This also applies to faculty whose salaries should be partly dictated by competitiveness. Some university presidents in US are ex director of CIA, great economists and political heavyweights ( for example Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, was president of Texas A&M univ; Bob Kerrey is president of New School and former Senator. ).
7) Role of Media — This completes the loop. The Media should educate general public about things going on and should provide impartial view of events. They act as quality control agents and make leaders accountable. My favorite channels are PBS and C-Span which show interview with authors about their latest books, critical articles on national policy and in general great educational resources. I hardly see that in India. Media completes the loop by giving back the ordinary man the right information he needs to know to take action.
Only if we have good foundation (including policies) and right people we will stand up against world competition (especially China). Remember, we were once a great knowledge economy. We just have to rediscover our past. Not only that would be our own it will be unique!!
Dear Sir,
I would also like to add to your excellent post regarding Indian Education System, that India needs to focus on developing mainstream research activities and create research mindedness among students, since only through extensive research can we prepare a patent base comparable to the developed nations, giving us a continuos inflow of good foreign exchange for the products developed on these patents.
The infrastructure and mentoring provided by the educational institutions for R&D is dismal and hence the students have to turn to companies, which take control over the IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) of the products thus developed. Since these companies are mostly foreign based, the revenue generated gets funneled out into their respective countries.
I have tried to put forth a standardised education system here:
http://indianstudentresearch.blogspot.com/2007/11/controlled-and-effective-education.html
first of all hats off for analysing such a good topic…the thing is basic system of education should be changed.in foreign countries the students are allowed to take a subject of interest even in their primary schooling.but our students are not given such an oppurtunity.we are studying only on the exam point of view.it should be changed.”a good education is one which makes the students to think”
Nice. But how??
The Question of the hour should be ………………… soul carriying the body or body carrying the soul . well i must say in todays scenario …………….. it`s body carrying the soul. can anyone reading dare to go out of home leaving asset and comfort to wat he or she thinks would develop and sell it to the world ……………………well i know 0.1% would say yes …….
basically youth picturises a car …. funky jeans…..tight minis ….. bear …. pub n cafe th gf/bf …..posh locality ……. frenzy life style ……………………………..ofcourse not forgettin the ever admired charm of speakin fluent english ooh ooooh missing to mention a trip to switzerland of europe as whole truth …… and the only truth ………………..well I do is “live alone n live in style” ……..do sth to sell create sth of ur own ……………..fuck this scary life of boredom & security…… critisizing is easy ……. to do is life ………. listen to ur soul n answer is life`s gr8 …….. we deserve the place we are in ……… definitily if not born with .
The education system of India refers to the monument of a person which he gets after education, it leads only the halfway to the effective life. It depends only on a person that , what is his willingness or desires.This education is not enough to the country because it leads only rankers and toppers, then what about the other students of country and their desires and progress of our nation?
Sir,
It was just Amazing. when i was searching for info on education system of our country, i got your blog.
From my childhood i used to think about our education system. I’m not telling it is bad, but, it has to be changed.
Because of our education system, especially secondary higher education, students are struggling a lot. As India’s future is in the hands of youngsters, we have to put our efforts for the change that everyone can believe in. So that, our future generations can have the fruits of our efforts.
So many children are dying in India out of stress that was caused by teachers, parents,and moreover by society.
India is the important source for manpower for so many countries. There is no palace in world that an Indian cannot enter. We are outsourcing so many IT people. So many Indians are in states. For these people, our government is putting lot of money in the name of subsidies. According to the info i know, every year our country is spending nearly 1000C on these people. If the government can take back this money from them after they get settled, it will be helpful to the rural childern
Hi, a very good view on the indian education system.I think this is the high time we start thinking about the revolution in education system that offers the knowledge not only to make indian brains to work abroad but to bring a greater change in indian economy.We have lot of brilliant brains in our country,there is absolutely no doubt about it.But the point is how many among them are in india at this point. Why?What is the reason they give for going abroad?
“OPPURTUNITY AND SCOPE”–these are the keywords putforth by almost all the people who crave for going abroad.But we should clearly understand onething that oppurtunities wont come running behind you..rather you have to go behind it.With all these developments today i think if you have the proper talents and knowledge there are companies,industries and institutions who acknowledges you….
i am currently living in NZ and doing and assignment for university based on education in india and NZ. i am also traing to be a teacher. i was thinking how ould my teaching experience and qualification will impact in education in india, if i wana teach there. there are heaps of issues in nz too but are usully solved. the ongoing problem in idia about girld should not be sent to school has no space to stand for it….
Its a good article and the views of other readers are very impressing. As a lecturer, I would like to impart my views on this topic. The present indian educational system is not what everyone complains about it. Our curriculum and teaching methods are not less than anyother nation. There is a severe fault in the operation of the system. As per the AICTE norms, an engineering institution should have all said infrastructures and produce the real engineers not just engineering graduates. On the other hand the reality is different. Due to corruption, many new institutions got away with the requirements. And the monitoring authority is so corrupt that it is going on non-stop. Somebody has to do something about it. The students who went for higher education in USA and other countries tell me that they could learn faster the technology that they come across. Our system even in its bad shape could make the students sharp. We have to fight the corruption that ruins it. India is in a bad shape in most fields due to one factor that is Corruption. What we are going to do about it? If we can minimise the level of corruption, there will be a great change taking place in every system in India and we will be the powerful nation of intellectuals with advanced science and technology. Lets stop corruption!
Hi,
A topic on which I myself have been thinking a lot myself. Getting stuck on one point though, If I open a school, but do not want to follow the set pattern of education prescribed by different Boards like CBSE etc, but actually want to have a teaching methodology which creates leaders instead of followers, am I allowed and still have board’s affiliation intact?
good u think of it.work on it gather few who think on such issues.as 1 out of 1000 will think like this.
its good that we are aware of the truth but we must have the courage to act upon it and stand for it at any cost. we can form committee n find measures to produce innovators n not the second handers.Man have taught dependence as virtue which create mutual corruption. so need to make our base very strong by getting knowlege n education not just schooling.
A very good discussion,excellent,but a discussion only at last…..Guys ,instead of always discussing and giving views,try to do something…
sochte to sab he,karta koii nahi he,,,,,dont think ki koi aega aur kuch karega is system ke liye…
If you really want to do something,then gather and make a team then do something…instead of alwayss discussing…okkk..1000’s of people like us are discussing every day on such topics …
reply if anybody want to do something……
pretty good ! was looking for more facts n figures
Hi, Soon there will be a hindi version of this post…keep on checking…
that was great,it extended my knowledge.sir can you please help me in prepration of the topic ”education and employment.an unholy nexus between degree and education”
Great, Thank you so much for this wonderful article and discussion on current INDIAN education, we are all waiting for the revolution, I will do my level best for revolution.
this article has not been that helpful,but the responses have helped me..thank you.
article is good but are you doing some efforts to eliminate the obsolete Indian education system???? if yes than please tell me hoe , when and where? As i am interesting to open a kindergarten in india. I want to do some innovations in this field.
So, what is the solution? I think heavy syllabus is the root cause. Who decides this syllabus? The person responsible for deciding on this syllabus should be contacted to reduce the syllabus. Does anyone know who is the contact person? Is it the education minister or is it some bureaucrat or a team of professors? They must first understand that a change is required in the syllabus so that students get enough time to understand and learn. Respondents of this forum can unite together to send a memorandum or meet the persons concerned to reduce the load on the students.
Shall we mail to someone in this website
http://education.nic.in/Elementary/WhoisWhoEE.asp
I thank Mr. Hitendra for starting such a wonderful discussion
good, topic one has to think more about it.
Some more views are here
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101744
good to see these thoughts and i feel happy that still people are there to think about india’s future. In TN, in the remote place we have planned to start a well infra structured school, with good quality of education.. there will be a normal syllabus which government approved.. and we framed a syllabus in our mind that we planned to implement..
Syllabus should be with more of practicals and life time realities.. These syllabus should teach at all classes/standards with professionals. The syllabus consists of
1. Social responsiblity which a man should have..
2. About agriculture.. (backbone of india)
3. Laws
4. to develop india’s own handicrafts
5. current politics
6. rescue / first aid / road safety / fire safety
etc…
any one may also suggest the syllabus where we can really make the change in society.. atleast for the forthcoming generations.
these subjects should not be in specialised subjects and should be in all the standards..
dream… start implement.. and be ready to see the results….
lets hope we can change the better india in another few decades…
thanks for the article
i am very happy to see good number of response has come from people on this topic. The article is very informative. The people of india are waking up. but the politicians are in deep sleep or acting sleep.
We can not forget the moral education in primary level what we used to get. Only with this education, scrupulousness may be developed. For eradication of corruption this will be the strong weapon.
Dear HS,
I liked your single liner….yes we have to create a society and develop thurst in our kids so that they ask for more education, than only they will become “SAD” at end of the day.
before that it’s important to create right systems, if you check NIC.com, you will realise that the funds are not reaching to the roots.
We cann’t be a watch dog, we also have to come up with solutions…like someone said…”if you can find a problem, you must have thought of a solution too” which is missing, need real focus on that part……you may write to me on my mail ID too, as we’re like-thinkers.
Nice inputs from everybody. Here I would like to add a few thoughts of my own.
Having studied in this system for the past so many years, one realizes how inappropriate and impractical it is when one looks for jobs outside. The current educational system does not teach the skills required in the actual world, but, through pressure and force, one learns how to mug up things and later forget it. This is not education. Every individual has two types of learnings, one that we get from our parents, which teachs us our culture and ethnicity, and the other that we get from the society, through experience. Each individual has some unique quality which is what he/she is made for. It is our duty, till we are alive, to find this quality in us, so that we attain success and contribute towards the development of the society.
Unfortunately, the current educational system in our country considers every student the same, and hence each of us face a standard curriculum, irrespective of our interests. The syllabus in the schools has not changed with the changing needs of the society. We still tend to follow the same old course of study, disregarding the fact that this is the time to innovate and improve. We are now in a competitive society which demands improvement every minute, and this cannot be ignored any longer.
Here, I would like to suggest a teaching method caller Montessori method, developed by Maria Montessori. This system does not involve any books or lectures, and also does not segregate students depending upon their age group, instead it encourages individual thinking. Every person in this type of system is allowed to do/study/ develop the skill he/she believes to be best suited for. This does not involve pressurizing people and any job done would be done with complete concentration and interest. It would also boost confidence in the doer and not demoralize him/her. We should encourage the individuality of a person and then only would we be able to develop a society of free thinking people, who work towards their growth and betterment, which in turn would benefit the entire society.
JAGO INDIA JAGO..!!!!
i completely agree with your valuable points to enlighten the educational system in india…..
a complete revamp of our educational system is required,every children should be given the freedom
of choice to decide their interest in their life or carrer
it is precisely for this reason that i decided to put my son in ib world school. boy is he enjoying wow!!!!!!!. today he wass cross with his mother for not allowing him to go. it took some time to realize that it was a saturday. point is how many cbse students would be willing and eager to go like this?? very few at all. key word is that innovative thinking does not come out of rote learning . the graduates we are producing will not be taken by the markets anymore. unless there is intreset in doing things nothing much can happen. till then parents can go shopping for the nearest dps and likes. anyway informative post
“Education which encourages entrepreneurship”
I also feel that we need more people who think beyond MNCs and comfortable work place with fat salaries. There are hardly much institutes who focus on entrepreneurship.
Govt should start new courses in this field.
MR.Vikash Tayal I share the same views as yours.I too am planning to set up a unique education system which will do away with all the demerits of the current education system.All the elit people who can come up with ideas which can help me in carrying out my mission are most welcome.An idea can change the world around us ,so all creative souls ,do post in your suggestions at my email id:kittyagarwalin80@hotmail.com
The Director / Secretary,
Respected Sir,
I want to share my views on my practical life & studied / think on truth. Now, I request you to research or think for children always.
(1) World should be full of thinking like Swami Vivekananda & Buddha because they gives education on truth / developments. You may think better / best.
(2) As I borne in 1956 and not seen the independence of India or other things. I
Visited all parts of India and not visited aboard, Hence the following details is of
India. Why the word God & other words like Atma, Permatma, Deowata (Man),
Devias’ (Females) in Hindi are there can be cleared by educators of Shastras’
Or can be seen in temples of India, which is harmful for children. It is like
Animals as we eat.
Page No.24 (18th line) To-day the Education given to females is not good. We should
give progressive & truth education and it is not only from the books.
Page No.68 (12th line) If we think & ask them, they have nine lives in INDIA like
Cats and boys are dying like houseflies.
Above written in Hindi Book —— Bhartiya Nari
Written by Swami Vivekananda
TECHNOLOGY OF CRIME / DEATH
CRIME BASED ON EDUCATION OF SHASTRAS’
This is the reason that INDIAN SAINTS don’t marry
Wife is so kind to her Criminal Guru / Educator
Who is thirsty for blood of males & People are slaughtered in remote areas
100% literacy to save the children & betterment of all females
Education of Shastras’ / Ethics should be simple to know like 2+2=4 by everybody through school educations and should be added in world educational curriculums to think always for children / others. In the World all religion has females & male. How to identify peoples by religion??? Why all these religion has been created????? Think about agricultural farmers who are really innocent people & give us food by their hard working thought out their life & others who don’t think or do harm for you.
Page No.18 (10th line) If you think like Christ, you will be Christ or if you think like
Buddha, you will be Buddha.
Page No.47 (10th line) The pride of man is due to his thinking and man are different
from animals due to his thinking power only.
Above written in Hindi Book —— Vedanta In Practical Life
Written by Swami Vivekananda
The children / people should not be considered / used like goats, houseflies, cows etc. You must have read / heard about killings their own relatives in Mughals. The same way people are hanging or slaughtered in remote areas by Guru / Educator under wrong education by Shastras’ / Ethics. Regularize the good work by adding Rs.5/= or Rs.10/= in monthly tuitions fee and a specific teacher should be deputed for this work in all schools very easily to think & explore through students and parents / others. At present I am writing about the group who is involved in murder of Indira Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi former PM of INDIA.
We can think like doctors who learn from animals or on dead bodies & think for basic to powerful / best medicine to save people the same way scientists learn non-stop for developments. Please be a doctor or scientist for children’s education and 100% possible by thinking / competitions / interactions. Please reach to a simple education of Shastras’ / Ethics like 2+2=4 by arranging competitions or interactions for children / others & reach to the best world / abstracts free life for everybody.
In India a female slap a person by any reason, other peoples will beat him and if he is alive can say facts. We can think on this for a basic medicine / education to save a child.
Further you may think about wife who is so kind to her Criminal Guru / Educator, both are thirsty for blood of males and other side one boy or girl is there and rest world is one side, think that who will die instead of kids. Those people who want to save children should think & educate in schools or everywhere. By thinking on this the best solution / education / medicine you can think for children. Can a queue of police or army or people may be slaughtered turn by turn automatically as shown in temples? By this children may be saved from slaughtered in remote areas / direct education.
In politics also, We can choose a party to rule for fixed period and next time no need of election wastage of time / mind / money, automatically next party will rule if the party realize that last party has over estimated for development then the party can refuse to take charge and last party have to fulfill the commitments & develop more, other party may cooperate to best for the public as copilot. Instead of this, a full school students may be 5000 with their teachers can think best solution on the problems about children / others as a supreme power or prime miniters. This team should think good or best work for the children / people / world. All people / politicians should be safe like others.
You may save children by True Education & Mind
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master hitendra,
i truly agree with ur thoughts they are put up beautifully. and as being the citizen of india i will surely try to make the education system in india more good than what it is now…………
thanku
I have similar views as yours. Great Article!
We always talk about problem and solve but tell me one thing how many of us take some action plan. I am working a working professional but I spend 2 hrs thrice in a week giving lesson on maths to a private primary school and I get paid nothing for that. This is not the time making realised other but You guys better realised and rather saying big talk do some action.
We always talk about problem and solve but tell me one thing how many of us take some action plan. I am a working professional but I spend 2 hrs thrice in a week giving lesson on maths to a private primary school and I get paid nothing for that. This is the time to take some action plan I would have appreciated you if you would have done some thing in this regard dont forgrt that charity begins at home
Whatever the things you said i agreed with all the points but solution of those problem are not suggested by you.
I am tring to give you a solution of thoses problems.
1) First of all we have too pay more to the teachers as compared to any other field then diffenatly you will get highly qualified and experiencd people which will make this professtion novel.
2)The government should build the world class school in all over the countary provided that free of cost eduation till 12th standard for poor student at least .
3)Education should not became the bussiness for that goverment should put eye on education system.
4) The pass out student who start earing we will start apply Education tax on them for development of world class education .
I guess what you said was awesome. I mean it sounds awesome…..a revolution is what a 10th class student will ask for when she has to leave her passion and study all day….complete all assignments before the deadline….and keep up with the draining tutions…….but could someone please start it? i mean i would love to do something bt im so busy with my study schedule thet i dont havetime to pursue just…..anything so i would like to advice you to do somthing cuz blogging out would not get you anywhere except vent out your current feelings…….
talking about revolution in education and PPP is ok but the scene that has emerged with mushrooming of private educational institutions have become only business enterprises and money making propsitions. The social concerns and educational excellence have bcome tertiary not even secondary. Some regulatory autonomous authority should monitor these institutions failing which higher education in the country will completely destroyed.
just nothing. But your blog is saying truth. we can trust u
As for as the mushrooming of private educational institutions is concerned my opinion is different. No doubt there are many people who opened institutions with the aim to earn more and more money. But if you go for a survey you will find there are many private institutions which are contributing very well in the noble job. They are not charging huge money. They are rendering their services economically weaker people. The need is to conduct surveys and categorize the private institutions are per their services and their fee structures.
“Level of load to be given on Kids Education, they must feel freedom”
Character : ASHU
There are two type of business where the customer is totally handicapped. One is School Education and other is Medical/ Hospital in both cases we are forced to followt the instructions. Once we get hostipalized Just do as Doctor said and pay whatever charges they charge else risk is your. Same in Schools either you like the system or leave. When we go with complaint they said You take your child back or if we shout our kid will suffer.
Ashu is studying in class I (CBSE) school, he has its capacity of learning and the capacity of giving time for education. He has many subject to learn Eng, Eng-I, Hindi, Hindi-I, Maths, Maths-I, GK, Social Studies, Moral Science, Craft, Drawing other activity. In school during his routine class he either get note in the diary about the Homework or gets mark in the workbook itself for homework. As a classwork get somework to write once and read once and learn table else “ put you heads down”. “no noice”……because teacher is busy in writing note in diary ….no-doubt writing a note in diary will take atleast ½ of the day because there are 40-60 students in a class. Now it is a duty of Parents to teach Ashu and help him to complete his Homework.
Now the problem comes when exam starts, because during the entire period before exam Ashu’s knowledge is almost nill. Syllabus and time table is so tuff that it becomes very difficult to manage. 40-50 words in a day in Hindi and English both subject, 4-5 lines answer to learn , two papers in a day. Look at the Ashu’s condition at the end of the day he becomes so tired which can’t express in words. Exams are going on and the syllabus is very tough so he is not allowed to go out no TV and Entertainment. Mother also gets tensed and become aggressive on kids.
Now my question is whether do we need this much syllabus for the kids to learn , what will we get if Ashu gets 100% marks in his I class. Will he get direct admission in college or will he get Job or there will be no entrance exam for the competitive exam or he will be awarded and known as a most studious child.
Why Govt. has allowed private school to run their own books, not NCERT books is it because of handsome earning. Each school has selected there publisher and a selected book seller. The purpose for the school is not to provide max books for max knowledge but maximum books means maximum commission. The difference between LKG’s G.K book and HKG’s G.K book is only the change in the sequence of chapter rest all is same, still parents has to buy new one that to is on MRP only and the only option available with parents.
Govt. should make some rules and bound these private school. Our aim should be to provide an education as a day activity rather than as a burden. We are giving load to these kids who relly don’t know what it is. It is just like “Celebrating ASHU’s 1 or 2nd Birthday. Ask yourself for whom we are celebrating this party. Ashu don’t even know the guest either by name or by face, he don’t understand what is going on, why so many people are there. He never know the meaning of Gifts, decoration, music and not worried about the menu u decided and the size of the cake u get for him. One thing is sure that he will start cry and will get irritate due to rush and now parents will be busy in looking after him. So wait for the day when Ashu know the meaning of his own Birthday celebration. Same way education level should be designed according to the Age level.
I think the education system in India sucks…they insist them to studt their regional language and later they dont respect the other guys who study the ther languages especially in tamil Nadu….i know a student Prashanthi she was a topper in 10th grade in State and in 12th she opted for sanskrit and got a total more than the Regional language.
This is the plight in India.Will there be a solution?
WE STUDENT’S NEED MORE FREDOM
hlo Sir.. ur article is very good.. we all r hoping for this overhaul for a long time .. n the time has now come to act.. v r d future.. lets b d future..
beula kerketta
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• Correspondent photograph
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o Career opportunities
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Obesity control
o Facilities public can use
Gym, indoor badminton, gymnastics, walking course, intellectual training for the disabled
o Sports injuries, sports physiotherapy
o Adding address and telephone numbers of teaching staff and the courses they conduct
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So many of us want to do something to bring about a reform in our education system. It’s very hearty to know that. Anyways it’s time to organize the ideas here:
How:
1. How to remove the job motive behind all educational pursuits? Is it wrong to be motivated by a job?
2. How to prevent education from becoming a business?
Dangers:
1. When profit (economical)enters in ed. then spirit of deeds dies.
Problems:
1. Generating so much money.
How much money would we need? Can someone give the exact (the best possible) figures?
Ideas needed:
1. To publicize the nice careers.
To-do:
1. Read Gandhi and Dr. Kalam’s views on Education. Can someone summarize their views via a comment for the benefit of us all?
I’ve organized only part of the comments.
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any government wether it is BJP or it is CONGRESS , is having a long term and thinkful planning for, to distroy the younger generation . This is because they do not want us to be Alert , Aware of Real life & world .They just want us to be in Enesthetic condition ,so that they could do all that crimes and curruptions they want to do ,freelly and without any oppose . They do not want us to do revolutionery acts which could kill them .