Need to change education system in India?

Of course, education system here is in a bad shape. It needs revamping. But, for this, it's not only the schools , but the parents and the government also to be blamed.

It needs change, it needs to be more practical oriented in order to create small and medium entrepreneurs. :whistle: :whistle:

It needs to increase the risk taking abilities in individuals and should not reward cramming but understanding.

Offering sops and selling the seats and reservations should be stopped. Merit should be the sole criteria for selection of a student.

Money power plays a big role in getting seats even if one has good marks. I read that in TN a medical seat is going for Rs 2 crores in private colleges.

Money power plays a big role in getting seats even if one has good marks. I read that in TN a medical seat is going for Rs 2 crores in private colleges.

It's the same here. Buy any seat with money in any college. Education has become a lucrative business.

Money power plays a big role in getting seats even if one has good marks. I read that in TN a medical seat is going for Rs 2 crores in private colleges.

It's the same here. Buy any seat with money in any college. Education has become a lucrative business.

No doubt increasing number of Indian students are taking admissions abroad where they get their course of choice and it many times is cheaper than costs in India. I know a father who sent his son to study for his 11th and12th equivalent school course abroad as he said he can get admission without hassle in a good college and cost will also be less. He succeeded and both are today doctors abroad.

Definitely, education system and the syllabus needs to be revamped. Schools add this "international" term and equip schools and classrooms with a/c...and other modern amenities and expect parents to pay. They really don't bother to recruit qualified teacher. Schools are mushrooming without any proper affiliation and are solely run on by people who take it up as a new and flourishing business.

Definitely, education system and the syllabus needs to be revamped. Schools add this "international" term and equip schools and classrooms with a/c...and other modern amenities and expect parents to pay. They really don't bother to recruit qualified teacher. Schools are mushrooming without any proper affiliation and are solely run on by people who take it up as a new and flourishing business.

I give lectures in marketing subjects in the University here and some other Institutes. I have many times been approached by Institutes who are charging heavy fees from students but pay a pittance to faculties. Some of these institutes are run by builders whose reason to do so is different and education is incidental. Students pass with very high grades but find it very difficult to get jobs. It is a racket but goes on with impunity. However there is an acute shortage of good teachers and good institutes pay also handsomely.

I know.. teachers were never paid a handsome amount. I believe that is the reason why becoming a teacher is seen as the last resort by many.

Yes, quality of education matters..not some flowery high sounding schools for a child to grow up and land a job.

And the parents seeing the Sops think how fortunate their child is getting educated in an A/C room. And exactly this weak point is the target of the educational institutes. The management of these educational institutions are damn sure that many parents fall in the trap. And the parents in their turn vie with each other to get a seat in the school. This attitude of the parents should immediately change. They should realize it's the merit that takes the child ahead, not A/C rooms.

Absolutely agree with you..merit is what counts not a/c or uniforms or hundreds of co-curricular activities

It's high time parents should come of age. Unless they see the realty in its right perspective , child's future becomes bleak and the faulty education system continues forever.

All parents want the best for their children, but they need to choose and invest wisely for their children's future in terms of quality of education and not just money.

Parents started realizing the truth in the emptiness of the educational institution's performance. Seats in many institutes are lying vacant now. The desperate education institutes are throwing many baits to the parents like never before.

Even teachers should be hired only on the basis of good qualification rather than reference. A good paycheck to teachers can also contribute to imparting quality education.

Pity is even the teachers are the ex students of such pseudo institutes. Trained teachers are scarce now. The best solution is to de recognize such bogus institutes.

All parents want the best for their children, but they need to choose and invest wisely for their children's future in terms of quality of education and not just money.

In the education market demand for good seats is high and supply is low so money power comes into play.

It is actually the other way round since people with money buy seats, hence the deserving students do not get the seats in educational institutes.

The money part I was talking about- is even in play groups and kindergartens..schools charge way high..it is as if they make it mandatory for both parents to be working so that they can afford a good school.

True..sometimes ex-students..go on to become teachers in such institute to carry on the tradition of imparting low quality teaching. But am sure there must be some exceptions to it..some ex-students do prove to be good teachers.