In India the education system has changed with time, in ancient India was having a Gurukula system where Guru teaches the students whatever he could teach. All learning was closely linked to nature and life, and not confined to memorizing some information. Also there was a close relation between Guru and student.
But in modern education system, teaching is only confined to classrooms and link with nature is broken, also the link between teacher and student is not so strong as in the past.
Rote learning still plagues our education system. Students direct all their endeavors to score marks. It should be the aim of education system to earn knowledge and skills. Narendra Modi launched Skill India.
The aim is to converge and monitor Skill development.
Our government is trying to develop skill in India, but today most of the schools focus on academic subjects with little scope for creativity and few or no extra- curricular activities. There is strong focus on examination from an early age. Today's education system tends to emphasize rote learning and memorizing, rather than encouraging independent or creative thinking.
Manoj Kumar Lamba wrote:Our government is trying to develop skill in India, but today most of the schools focus on academic subjects with little scope for creativity and few or no extra- curricular activities. There is strong focus on examination from an early age. Today's education system tends to emphasize rote learning and memorizing, rather than encouraging independent or creative thinking.
Our educational institutions are focusing on cramming information. Our education system miserably failed in showing the difference between gathering information and gathering knowledge.
We should focus on skill base education. Our education system is geared towards teaching and testing knowledge at every level as opposed to teaching skills. “Give a man a fish and you feed him one day, teach him how to catch fishes and you feed him for a lifetime.” I believe that if you teach a man a skill, you enable him for a lifetime. Knowledge is largely forgotten after the semester exam is over. Still, year after year Indian students focus on cramming information. The best crammers are rewarded by the system. This is one of the fundamental flaws of our education system.
Both these type of educational methods have some plus points and minus points. In gurukulam, the education was free for all children.. Students were not required to pay any fees for education. Children got education on the basis of their talent and not on the basis of wealth. There was a strong and healthy relationship between teachers and students. In gurukulam, the classes were held under the shelter of the tree. The attitude of today's children are totally different from ancient day's children. They are in the midst of technology. Technology is always with them to solve their problems. Sharp and intelligent teachers are always ready to clear their doubts.
Why should we blame the educational institutions? The onus is on the HRD dept as well as on the educational system prepared by various school boards and UGC. Basically, there is a frequent change in education pattern which is harming the students and on the other hand educational institutions are bound to follow the process as defined by the CBSE and others. Every now and then the authority is experimenting with the educational system and in this due process the students are confused, the efficiency of the teachers is also harmed and it's testing the patience of the parents and guardians too.
Who is responsible and who is not responsible is not the question,the question here. The question whether the education system is preparing the students in tune with the needs of the job market. If as you said HRD is responsible, then, it can follow the National Skill development Mission, initiated by the BJP Government at least from now.
HRD comes under Central government and the govt. is run by BJP so it is their internal matter how to streamline the education system so that the students get benefited. It is important to understand whom to blame because no school has the authority to go against the Boards' wish. In Delhi most of the private and govt. schools give a whole lot of stress on extra curricular activities. There are various inter school competitions and even zonals which are in the field of sports, extempore, debate and many more. Students are getting exposure. Even there are intra school competitions so it means the schools are trying their best to encourage their children in all the possible ways but academically they are bound to follow the prescribed procedure by the boards under which they are registered.
No matter what we may say about our education system and criticise it, it still works because the students who have studied here are able to work, earn and do well anywhere in the world. The National health scheme of UK has more than 40% Indian doctors and if they decide to leave the system will collapse because they dont have that many doctors to replace them and of course India is leading in IT which is also education imparted here in India. What we need is constant upgradation , which is needed anywhere in the world !
Indeed at present to improve the standard of education some action must be required at ground level. Teachers in government schools are nice one and getting good salaries but they are not sincere in teaching. In private schools most of schools are running like a business house. They are charging heavy fees from students and paying minimum to to teachers.
Rote learning still plagues our system, students study only to score marks in exams, and sometimes to crack exams like IIT JEE, AIIMS or CLAT. The colonial masters introduced education systems in India to create clerks and civil servants, and we have not deviated much from that pattern till today.
We need to make education job oriented and also sim to develop personality and character. On the whole education system is okay. we just need to make better management of universities and schools by providing quality education, facilities and trained teachers. There is no point in comparing to ancient Gurukul system that may not suit current conditions.
Nowadays, students regularly get project work on various topics in different subjects which is not rote learning. Secondly, in Mathematics and Science subjects students are asked questions based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) which again cannot be answered through mugging up. Our younger generation is definitely succeeding internationally so is it appropriate to say that our present generation is not learning properly. We need to change a few things here and there and Indian education system will be absolutely fine.
I would suggest that CBSE must make secondary examination compulsory because it helps the students to prepare for the future in a much better way. As well as in the final examinations of every class the syllabus should not be only of the second term but must include chapters from the previous term too. Revision helps the students to strengthen the knowledge or else they forget everything they learnt during the first term. Presently, schools stress on group projects too which makes the students work as a team which is quite helpful. So, in one go we should not demean the present system and the institutions as well as underestimate the present generation.
Shampa Sadhya wrote:Nowadays, students regularly get project work on various topics in different subjects which is not rote learning. Secondly, in Mathematics and Science subjects students are asked questions based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) which again cannot be answered through mugging up. Our younger generation is definitely succeeding internationally so is it appropriate to say that our present generation is not learning properly. We need to change a few things here and there and Indian education system will be absolutely fine.
I would suggest that CBSE must make secondary examination compulsory because it helps the students to prepare for the future in a much better way. As well as in the final examinations of every class the syllabus should not be only of the second term but must include chapters from the previous term too. Revision helps the students to strengthen the knowledge or else they forget everything they learnt during the first term. Presently, schools stress on group projects too which makes the students work as a team which is quite helpful. So, in one go we should not demean the present system and the institutions as well as underestimate the present generation.
What you write here about projects and CBSE, these are only for urban area, large number of India's population living in rural area, All thing is all most impossible there. If we want to improve education that we must be focus on education in rural area.
anil wrote:Shampa Sadhya wrote:Nowadays, students regularly get project work on various topics in different subjects which is not rote learning. Secondly, in Mathematics and Science subjects students are asked questions based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) which again cannot be answered through mugging up. Our younger generation is definitely succeeding internationally so is it appropriate to say that our present generation is not learning properly. We need to change a few things here and there and Indian education system will be absolutely fine.
I would suggest that CBSE must make secondary examination compulsory because it helps the students to prepare for the future in a much better way. As well as in the final examinations of every class the syllabus should not be only of the second term but must include chapters from the previous term too. Revision helps the students to strengthen the knowledge or else they forget everything they learnt during the first term. Presently, schools stress on group projects too which makes the students work as a team which is quite helpful. So, in one go we should not demean the present system and the institutions as well as underestimate the present generation.
What you write here about projects and CBSE, these are only for urban area, large number of India's population living in rural area, All thing is all most impossible there. If we want to improve education that we must be focus on education in rural area.
I agree with you. It is of highest importance to see that education facilities are within the reach of all, especially to the remote rural regions.
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