One of the most commonly heard changes if required in India is often cited as change in the education system where more stress should be laid on the practical and applied knowledge rather than images of scanned books pasted in the brains which may get washed away at any instant. From the basic elementary education where children are made to learn or the better word would be cram the tables in mathematics since class 1 without actually knowing their meaning and importance.
If a child is born with a gifted intelligence which is diagnosed nearly at the age of 3-4 years then either he is termed to be a psycho or his intelligence is corroded away by over burdened but least fruitful bookish studies. On other side various countries like USA, UK, Korea, China, Japan have just produced an excellent class of engineers, doctors, scientists and other professionals because they never force a child to stick to the books and syllabus.Children in these countries are allowed to explore their thoughts with proper facilities being provided to them.
Apart from practical knowledge a new burden of getting admission into so called prestigious institutes have been also loaded on the heads of children. A mindset has been created that today instead of exploring a child is forcefully made to say that he wants to be an engineer from IIT, doctor from AIIMS or a graduate from SRCC, Presidency college or many other prestigious colleges of Delhi University or University of Calcutta. Even after getting into these colleges the burden is not over. The student has to maintain at least 85 percent attendance and 100 percent flattery of teachers to ensure good marks.
As discussed with one of my teachers what he suggests is that there should be no compulsory attendance. The theory part of the syllabus should carry just 30 percent marks while the remaining 30 percent marks should be based on the research done by student on that particular subject and the project report prepared on it. Professionals should be tested on the basis of their practical knowledge rather than the bookish knowledge. This is the only way by which an excellent quality of professionals can be produced rather than what Indian education system is currently producing which are just equal to living machines.
If a child is born with a gifted intelligence which is diagnosed nearly at the age of 3-4 years then either he is termed to be a psycho or his intelligence is corroded away by over burdened but least fruitful bookish studies. On other side various countries like USA, UK, Korea, China, Japan have just produced an excellent class of engineers, doctors, scientists and other professionals because they never force a child to stick to the books and syllabus.Children in these countries are allowed to explore their thoughts with proper facilities being provided to them.
Apart from practical knowledge a new burden of getting admission into so called prestigious institutes have been also loaded on the heads of children. A mindset has been created that today instead of exploring a child is forcefully made to say that he wants to be an engineer from IIT, doctor from AIIMS or a graduate from SRCC, Presidency college or many other prestigious colleges of Delhi University or University of Calcutta. Even after getting into these colleges the burden is not over. The student has to maintain at least 85 percent attendance and 100 percent flattery of teachers to ensure good marks.
As discussed with one of my teachers what he suggests is that there should be no compulsory attendance. The theory part of the syllabus should carry just 30 percent marks while the remaining 30 percent marks should be based on the research done by student on that particular subject and the project report prepared on it. Professionals should be tested on the basis of their practical knowledge rather than the bookish knowledge. This is the only way by which an excellent quality of professionals can be produced rather than what Indian education system is currently producing which are just equal to living machines.
