Will kids be well cultured if taught in expensive and international schools?

I dont agree with this statement then every student will become the cultured one when they are educated in international schools but not we can see many of them became rogues.

The question you framed is if it's at all necessary to opt for branded education for imbibing the right culture and my answer is a very big 'no'! Surveying the general scenario in the field of education in India with all big noises about benefits from branded education ,the standard has sharply declined over the years. Originality in thoughts which produced luminaries in all fields even 50 years back is completely absent. We have not produced scientists of the Calibre of J.C.Bose,C.V.Raman and S.N.Bose on whose surname "Boson"-god's particle is named and making big headlines these days.The other day our Prime Minister was ruing lack of interest in mathematics amongst our students. A very sad state of affairs for a country which produced Ramanujam. Now my question what is the statistical profile of all these luminaries studying even in public school. A UNESCO study does not include even one Indian university in top 100 hundred! What do all these point to? Our weakness for form rather than substance!

Thank you Chinmayjee for your wonderful answer.

I want to add one more thing.....

If a student is talented, he will make use of each and every benefit he is getting irrespective of the school he is studying. If he given better education, sure....he will learn more. But if a kid is only average in IQ, if given high standard education, it will do more harm than good as it will cause only a burden to him. He will never enjoy it.
So, schools should be fixed seeing a kid's potential also...Parents should think, if our kid can do it or not.....instead of thinking.....he should study it, otherwise, in the competitive world he can't survive.
The day which parents think so......it will be well reflected in kid's study too. Isn't it?
Also, the primary lessons of politeness, well behaved and culture are not studied from school alone. It depends on various other factors also.

I have heard about many high standard boarding schools in hill stations like Ootty where kids are kept in hostel far away from parents....for aiming heights. Is it necessary? The time when kids want love and care from parents, keeping them away in such high standard schools in between a huge burden of books......is it necessary???
Will such kids be benefited?

The question you framed is if it's at all necessary to opt for branded education for imbibing the right culture and my answer is a very big 'no'! Surveying the general scenario in the field of education in India with all big noises about benefits from branded education ,the standard has sharply declined over the years. Originality in thoughts which produced luminaries in all fields even 50 years back is completely absent. We have not produced scientists of the Calibre of J.C.Bose,C.V.Raman and S.N.Bose on whose surname "Boson"-god's particle is named and making big headlines these days.The other day our Prime Minister was ruing lack of interest in mathematics amongst our students. A very sad state of affairs for a country which produced Ramanujam. Now my question what is the statistical profile of all these luminaries studying even in public school. A UNESCO study does not include even one Indian university in top 100 hundred! What do all these point to? Our weakness for form rather than substance!

Thank you Chinmayjee for your wonderful answer.

I want to add one more thing.....

If a student is talented, he will make use of each and every benefit he is getting irrespective of the school he is studying. If he given better education, sure....he will learn more. But if a kid is only average in IQ, if given high standard education, it will do more harm than good as it will cause only a burden to him. He will never enjoy it.
So, schools should be fixed seeing a kid's potential also...Parents should think, if our kid can do it or not.....instead of thinking.....he should study it, otherwise, in the competitive world he can't survive.
The day which parents think so......it will be well reflected in kid's study too. Isn't it?
Also, the primary lessons of politeness, well behaved and culture are not studied from school alone. It depends on various other factors also.

I have heard about many high standard boarding schools in hill stations like Ootty where kids are kept in hostel far away from parents....for aiming heights. Is it necessary? The time when kids want love and care from parents, keeping them away in such high standard schools in between a huge burden of books......is it necessary???
Will such kids be benefited?

Good! Excellent! Very thought-provoking!
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The high standard or normal school do not mean much in terms of education or culture. These reflect more peoples' desire to maintain class. A senior bureaucrat, politician, engineer will not like that his child study or mix up with children of low paid peons, petty clerks or shop keepers. The gradation of school represents more class consciousness than educational needs.

Yet most parents believe so...Isn't it Sir? :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

This is result of marketing technique of educational business. Unless you make people believe that you are decisively better, people will not come to you. But I firmly believe that it is more a matter of maintaining class than quality of education.

I remember that in film 'Mera Naam Joker' the school child was removed because his class mate's mom had seen him polishing shoes. She could not tolerate her son studying in a school where a shoe polish boy also studied.

The high standard or normal school do not mean much in terms of education or culture. These reflect more peoples' desire to maintain class. A senior bureaucrat, politician, engineer will not like that his child study or mix up with children of low paid peons, petty clerks or shop keepers. The gradation of school represents more class consciousness than educational needs.

Yet most parents believe so...Isn't it Sir? :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

This is result of marketing technique of educational business. Unless you make people believe that you are decisively better, people will not come to you. But I firmly believe that it is more a matter of maintaining class than quality of education.

I remember that in film 'Mera Naam Joker' the school child was removed because his class mate's mom had seen him polishing shoes. She could not tolerate her son studying in a school where a shoe polish boy also studied.

Great insight shared,Gulshanji! It's all about class arrogance,nothing else!
I know a mother of a child who studies at one such institution and less she understands him,the more elated she feels that her child has learned distinctly something superior!!

Actually, nowadays there is a mind set.....schools with high burdens for kids are high standard. Those which teach less lessons or having less homeworks are of low standards...
Actually more important is, if our kid is able to study well the given assignments. After all, all our fingers never look similar.

Many parents admit their words in high fai school to show the prestige also.

Many parents admit their words in high fai school to show the prestige also.

Yes, giving more preference to prestige than kid's ambitions and talent is the root cause of all such evils :evil: :evil: :S

Many parents admit their words in high fai school to show the prestige also.

Yes, giving more preference to prestige than kid's ambitions and talent is the root cause of all such evils :evil: :evil: :S

Not only that now reading in English medium is very tough. Parents should be well trained also.

Many parents admit their words in high fai school to show the prestige also.

Yes, giving more preference to prestige than kid's ambitions and talent is the root cause of all such evils :evil: :evil: :S

Not only that now reading in English medium is very tough. Parents should be well trained also.

Actually parents have to learn first before they teach children :evil:

Many parents admit their words in high fai school to show the prestige also.

Yes, giving more preference to prestige than kid's ambitions and talent is the root cause of all such evils :evil: :evil: :S

Not only that now reading in English medium is very tough. Parents should be well trained also.

Actually parents have to learn first before they teach children :evil:

yes we are also studing with them.

Schools are only secondary, this is upbringing that makes all the difference.

Many parents admit their words in high fai school to show the prestige also.

Yes, giving more preference to prestige than kid's ambitions and talent is the root cause of all such evils :evil: :evil: :S

Not only that now reading in English medium is very tough. Parents should be well trained also.

Actually parents have to learn first before they teach children :evil:

yes we are also studing with them.

We learnt 10 times greater than what our parents learnt. same way, our kids are also learning 10 times more topics

Last week i talked with a friend of mine who is taking tuition to high school and college kids. She is saying, students who are studying in International schools have low standard comparing to state and CBSE students. Her opinion was about 10th and 12th standard students.
She says, "International schools are best for those kids who may live in any foreign country in future, where parents are staying abroad. Also, primary standards are best. No doubt, as it emphasize on spoken English a lot. But after that, they will be asked to learn their own and a little portions only are taught at school. i.e. They have to take their own decisions for learning, which may not be proved worth for all kids since each kid has distinct characters".

Monthly fee of Trivandrum international school for primary classes itself is above 1-1.5 lakh.

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=854992&ca=Education
and
http://www.isnare.com/?aid=799497&ca=Education

I think good environment is necessary to children for good education.That is not important that school is expensive or international.

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=854992&ca=Education
and
http://www.isnare.com/?aid=799497&ca=Education

Thanks for the links, Usha! The articles are really interesting and definitely changes the view that we normally look at international schools!

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=854992&ca=Education
and
http://www.isnare.com/?aid=799497&ca=Education

Thanks for the links, Usha! The articles are really interesting and definitely changes the view that we normally look at international schools!

Kalyani, the problem with most people is that they fail to see the all round implications .There is no point in arguing with them when they fail to see that there are advantages as well...

I have studied in english medium school. It was among top 10 english medium schools in Kolkata. I understand people around me. I feel backwardness and illiteracy is more in India. That should be irradicated. I really don't feel to mingle with others because they are untidy and don't have descipline and smartness. I love to be reserved.
I have made my parents my friends. They are my life. I respect them. I do everything for them. Maybe other students who have studied in english medium schools or studied abroad thinks as such.

http://www.isnare.com/?aid=854992&ca=Education
and
http://www.isnare.com/?aid=799497&ca=Education

Thanks for the links, Usha! The articles are really interesting and definitely changes the view that we normally look at international schools!

Kalyani, the problem with most people is that they fail to see the all round implications .There is no point in arguing with them when they fail to see that there are advantages as well...

Yes you do have a point here! I think the tendency to condemn certain things is a fashion with many, so the moment we hear the words like sophisticated, international, etc. most people start thinking they are related to words like snobs, high-fi etc. which is what most of the criticism is about!!