“Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in a man”
-- Swami Vivekanand
Shall I expect my parents to allow me to drop everything and roam around in this world, just because I like to explore and write. Will our parents allow any of us to drop engineering and learn music, dance or even start a business, Just because we like it. The answer is an obvious NO.
Sorry, “Swami Vivekananda”, due to traditional theoretical attitude, “We love to read about you and your thoughts but can’t follow you.”
Ironically, you won’t find any of the Indian Universities in World’s top 100 Universities, BUT Ironically, you will find an Indian at every top and respected position in this world. Let it be UNO, WTO, Worl Bank, Harvard, Cambridge, USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany or anywhere else, you will find an Indian name into the top chairs.
“Education System of India”, has been the hottest topic of the past 10 years for discussion. We discuss, Indeed, we discuss a lot. But certainly, we are not able to implement anything. We go to US and UK for higher education as they have a better system to educate, but we don’t try to pick up those good points from them and process them in India.
I won’t talk much about the Present Scenario, or the statistics, Because all of us are well aware of that. Rather, As a citizen of Democratic India, I would like to suggest some of the reforms to the Indian Education System, to make it better, stronger and Sustainable.
- Starting with the various boards in India: We have different state boards, a centralized C.B.S.E board, a so called “much difficult” I.C.S.E board and many others. Just like the “Diverse India”, our basics of Education are also very much Diverse.
We should have a single Board of Education, for the whole nation. So that it will be easier for us make laws, policies for them. Because now if we start to make any change, we face problems like, marking system, “strictness” and course plan of different Boards are different. A single board can have all the state level subjects, languages etc, as options. This way all will be equalized, in terms of quality of basic education.
- In the view of “easing the pressure” of the student community, we have fallen into a wrong cycle of easing the course plan till 10th and then suddenly give them an IQ booster in 11th and 12th.
We are actually missing the real reason of “Pressure”. Well, it’s not the studies, it’s not the course. It’s the “society.” If someone can do what he likes to do, the term called “pressure” can be erased.
I suggest to include topics like Differentiation, Integration, Vectors etc. From 9th or 10th class onwards so that it suddenly does not strike like an “alien” in 11th & 12th. This way we will ease some pressure from 11th class. Also the students opting for commerce or arts, may skip mathematics as a subject altogether, and study whatever they like.
- Primary School Teachers: Education starts from the basics, so teachers teaching us the basics should be efficient enough. Primary school teachers are appointed by BTC or B.Ed.
The procedure for selection of these courses is simply a written test, although they are going to educate “The Next Generation” for the coming years. Most of these BTC & B.Ed teachers are not interested in any kind of “Generation Building”, rather they are just bothered about 20,000 rupees per month.
Hence, I propose to conduct a GD (Group Discussion) or PI (Personnel Interview) for the aspirants of these courses, to judge their seriousness as well as willpower for such a great job. Just like we have it for applying in the private companies or other reputed government jobs.
- To further Enhance the quality of teachers, we should have a separate University to make teachers. Just like we have for engineers, doctors etc. Where they will be taught and groomed just to become a teacher.
- The reservation has been an epicenter of the issues in the Indian Education System. The simple reason offered for granting reservation to some communities is that, “They are not in connect with proper primary education, hence they are offered reservation at graduation.”
First of all, that could have been the case 40 years from now. But, now even the guys from backward communities are liable of good education, still they are offered reservation. Hence, reservation should be given on the basis of “Income”, if it’s has to be given, and not on the basis of caste or religion.
Secondly, we should ensure compulsory and quality primary education for all, by following the reform mentioned above, so that we can remove reservation entirely, maybe 10 years from now. - Assignments & Project Based Practical Education: The Idea is simple, instead of sessional or midterm examinations, we should give weekly or monthly assignments or projects to students. And they will be evaluated on the simple credit basis.
Students have to achieve some set credits to pass the respective semester. For that they have to do a set of assignments or projects. Instead of a written examination, they should give presentations and vivas on the topic of the project. This will ensure practical as well as theoretical knowledge. - Mushrooming of Engineering, Diploma, and other such institutes and universities is a “proxy development” for our education system. Such institutes, do not provide proper infrastructure or opportunities for such a, technical course.
So instead of granting licenses and permission to every second college in the country. The Indian government, should increase the number of seats in the colleges, with good quality education and infrastructure. Because the low profile institutes, use infrastructure, power and other resources, but what they produce in return, is hardly of any use to the nation or mankind.
Hence, No. of seats in IITs, NITs and other prominent private and government colleges and universities, must be increased, so that more and more people can pursue a quality education.
Education was not ever meant to be what it has become today. Even a farmer can be educated irrespective of that fact that he can't even write his name. The whole idea of Education is to become aware about yourself and your surroundings, but we are failing that pathetically.
The list of educational reforms can be never ending. But through this article, I have just tried, to provide some basic and obvious reforms to the Indian Education System.
“Learning is like a cow of desire, it yields in all seasons.”
-- Chanakya
Jai Hind, Jai Bharat.
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