The Indian education system -Whats at stake?

A topic needs no introduction in itself when mere mentioning of it

raises eyebrows all across the country. People frequently crib about
the poor state of our education structure but nothing can be done
about it is their solution in the end. Till the time theoretical
knowledge would keep on winning the majority of the chunk of
subject curriculum, plight of education would keep getting
degraded. More than 80% students in todays scenario know about
the formulae for fi nding the demand elasticity or even price
elasticity but few of them only can tell the impact of this on the
market or even on their own daily needs. Without using more
technical terms in this article/blog I would want to turn all your
attention towards the pity state of education in India.
Gone are the days when education was measured in terms of the
understanding of the subject and the relation between the Guru
and his pupil encompassed by the Gurukul mode of schooling. As we
know change is the only constant thing and thus education system
has evolved over time keeping most of the things traditional and
constant. The only important thing that they havent been able to
keep the same is the motive and purpose behind the same.
Education has now become more of a business and students are its
so called customers. Customers are attracted via various
marketing and promotional techniques and are treated as cash
generation machines.
The main problem with the present education system is that it is
more focused towards the score and less towards the knowledge.
Mugging up of the subjects has been one such consequence of poor
planning in terms of education. Why students mug up rather than
understanding? One reason other than the popular culture of the
11th hour study is the pattern on which questions are set. Students
know that they can easily write what they have studied the earlier
night as questions are generally straight forward. Mugging up is not
an option when you have either application based or conceptual
questions but wholl take the pain of formulating those questions
when youll get the same salary for doing either of the two.
Google the words hilarious Indian answers in exams and youll come
across papers that have been checked and given full marks. The

papers are funny both in terms of language and content. Creative

thinking is rarely encouraged and everything is measured in terms
of marks obtained and not practical knowledge. There is a need for
transformation to the existing structure which would help in
establishing a solid base for the future. Other than good results
which increases the brand value of a school which later helps them
fetch more customers every year, they are least worried about what
career students choose after 12th.How many schools provide
facilitates like carrier counseling and mental conditioning
workshops? How many schools and colleges are worried about what
value has student gained after passing out from that particular so
called knowledge house. Many times the brighter students are
given more attention and preference over the weaker ones which is
the major cause of under confi dence among children. Many schools
are not concentrating on extracurricular activities. This may lead to
the false assumption in children that only education is important in
life. Some teachers are giving marks based on the no. of papers
rather than the content. Thereby students will try to fi ll papers
instead of focusing on to write the actual answer. There are some
cases in which students are giving up their lives as they are unable
to cope up with too much pressure laid on them by private schools
and colleges and even parents. Non performers are treated as dolts
and ostracized by parents and society. According to THE TIMES
HIGHER EDUCATION only two institutions in India are among the top
200 universities. They are IIT-Delhi at 154 th rank and IIT-Bombay at
174th rank. No other universities from India, whereas in United
States, there are 58 universities in that list and Harvard University
at the top most. In UK, there are 29 universities, in china there are 8
and in Japan there are 9 universities.
Govt. must concentrate on modifying the education system to give
provide a better afterlife for students. There is a role of educational
institutions too to improve the method of teaching. A good
education system leads to a good society. The answer to the above
topic is the future itself which is at stake and when the youth itself
is made to wander in the dark endless tunnel then everything would
look grim and evil at last.