The education system needs serious reforms

Hello everyone,

In my opinion, the education system in India needs some serious reform in its structure because we are living in a professional world and if we want to get success in this professional world then we have to acquire skills. And that is the area where education system of India needs to be improved because current education system of India is not focusing on skills they are only focusing on getting good marks that's the drawback of our education system now students are only learning they're not exploring they learn each and everything that is written in the book they are not curious enough to get the concept and explore the idea behind it they learn everything like a parrot and write it in exams and after the exams everything that they have learned is flushed away from their minds. That's the problem of our education system that students are only learning they are not exploring.

Yes they can get good Marks but they can never get such skills that they need to established themselves in this professional and competitive world. And this is also the most important reason behind unemployment in India because if they don't have such real world skills then how they can get a good job how they can survive. Good marks are not the only thing that you need to have to get a job you need skills and our education system is not providing these skills that's why we should learn from other countries countries like Holland. Holland is a country who is known for it's quality Education in this country children don't have to carry such heavy bags they have smart classes in every school they teach them professionally teach them the concept they teach them the idea that they need to know that they need to explore and in this country teachers never put so much burden on the student that you have to do homework everyday there is no homework in this country that's what we need to learn and bring in our education system too. And also the methodology that is currently in our education system is so outdated we need to adopt some new and fresh methodology to teach. We need to minimize the dependency on the books we need to focus more and more on smart classes because smart classes is the medium which can engage the child to learn. I don't know how anyone can teach such a tricky subject like science without engaging the student and if you only focus on bookish language then the student will get bored so we need to bring smart classes in school and teach students by using smart classes that can make a huge impact on the entire education system. And also it again minimises the dependency on books and also by that students get rid of such heavy bags. One another point is that are education system is becoming corrupt day by day and the ratio of corruption is increasing very fast now you can take an admission in any college without getting selected in the cutoff list by giving them a donation because nowadays education Institute becomes business there running their business. For them it doesn't matter if a boy who is super talented and gets a good marks don't get admission in college and the boy who is not that talented and without getting selected in cutoff list he's getting admission by just giving a donation that's a very very serious concern for us we need to raise our voice against it. Nowadays you can easily get a degree of any subject without giving an exam by just giving some money to the Institute and that is the biggest concern that we have to address.

There are lots of rules that is made by government to give free education to the student who cannot afford the fees of big schools there is right to education that stats that every school must reserve 25 percent seats for the student who can't afford there fees and government is paying for them but still there are lots of schools who are not implementing this they are not reserving seats for the for students. That's why the government has to implement this rule strictly and also the government should give a scholarship to those who can't afford the fees.

To conclude this I would like to say that we are a developing nation and if you want to become a developed nation then we need to invest more and more on our biggest future assets which is our children we need to make our education system the best education system of this world to produce the best talent. The talent that can beat the world and can make India great again.

I just wanted to add something more to the thought of educational reform and that is the need to change it. Being an Indian student I definitely know how much depressed a student becomes because of all this. I have friends who think like me.

Most of the times, students don't know what actually they have to become. Until 10th we all are in the fight mode where you all are told by your parents to compete with the students to get good marks. In the end what a child learns is to get good marks only. We need education for getting knowledge but this tendency to make education your life just eats me up because what people want from us is to get good marks only. For that, you definitely have to cram because teachers like studying the bookish material. Students I feel are becoming dumber with this education system because they are only following and India needs leaders, not followers. This CBSE authority is just nonsense according to me because they are stupid and most idiotic persons on this earth. Without knowing anything about education (because I feel they have not even passed nursery) they make most of the creative Indians crammers. In this country what you have to do is to become an engineer or a doctor and that too from an IIT or AIIMS according to respective fields. This system is just too old. A child needs to have given a mixture of fields that means history with chemistry and maths for instance.

Secondly, even after a person wants to become a doctor or an engineer the situation in India is as such that you can't make your dream into a reality because seats are limited and this growing population makes it even tougher. Our great prime minister is thinking of how to take control of black money but he should use his mind in creating infrastructure and more colleges because land is becoming used and needed for industries and housing purposes. No country can develop until students know what they are doing. I mean not even a single student has interest in studies. Most of them want to become engineer or doctor just because they don't want to become teachers I mean ending up studying M.Sc or B.Tech, etc.

And if this is what you call education then I can just laugh at this system because half of your working force is getting wasted because of less opportunities and less of creative fields. For becoming a doctor why the hell does a student require to study physics. I mean physics is related to math's and if you are telling someone to study maths even if you know that he or she is not interested in it then that is telling him or her to cram the material. That is a fact and this is how the serious brilliant minds are just getting wasted because of less concerned parties who don't give a damn about anything particularly the importance of education and the need to reform it but I can't even blame them because it is we who a have allowed them to do such things without even protesting once. I just want to say this one thing that we all are the future and it is high time that we have to tell those CBSE authorities to change this so-called education system. We have to do something. Please try and understand it I am not kidding. You might be thinking that I am being stupid but I need your support for going into this system and protesting against the authorities if you are with me then please reply because I don't want to be dumb. Keeping silence is just not worth it.

As of my opinion, We need to start at the very beginning and reform the entire educational system, worldwide. Every continent, every country, every state/province/Borough. I genuinely believe that if we want to push progression as a race we need to provide more and a much better system than now to help get our younger and up and coming generations to the kind of position where they have useful skills and have been taught on a more individual level rather than grouped by ages which is what we do now, people should be grouped based on intelligence and ability to pick up/learn new skills/topics.

A petition to the person in charge of the UK educational system would be good, might not get us where we want right now but would hopefully make the government and governing bodies look at our existing system differently.

It is completely out-dated and needs to be changed as soon as we can.

We are currently the most destructive things/species residing on earth and if we want to stay here we need to provide our generations to come with the skills to fix and progress further in a beneficial way, things that will solve or give us more time to fix our issues that previous generations have created. Eg. Radiation in multiple countries still, due to nuclear weapons being used nearly a hundred years ago, if not over. Our fossil fuel crisis and shortage we currently have. We need an education system that will progress certain student if interested into understanding nuclear fission and other non-detrimental ways of creating renewable energy. As a start, things like wind turbines. Dams using water to turn turbines to create electricity which is then used in multiple ways. We need to keep progressing with the idea of renewable energy. Sources may change but the idea and discoveries to push us further aren't going to come from generations who already exist and for the most part believe fossil fuels are our only/best option for energy, be it electricity, gases that can be used on a global scale without impacting the earth and its atmosphere, including the 'ozone' layer further than what we are doing now.

Pretty much a rant but something needs to be done and something needs to kick-start and spread this ideology. Without it we are due to become extinct within a few hundred years if that, which on the big picture of things is very little time. We as a race will cause self-extinction centuries before our sun died out and we are forced to change planets/change our planet (earth) in a way for us to survive which again in the big picture of things is a huge problem and we should be trying to avoid it at all costs before things are too late for our race and many others.

The earth is self-regenerating, even after we are gone, even of every special of animals, mammals, reptiles etc alike become extinct the earth will regenerate and a new or existing species will come into play and become in some regards (top of the food-chain/most advanced species and they will populate earth). We have limited time and something needs to change in a very big way in ord right for us to survive anymore they a few hundred years from now.

In my opinion the standard of teaching is the main problem in the education system. Even if there are limited resources in the school if the teachers are actually teaching instead of reading from the textbook, the more learning will take place.

In educational institutions in richer countries and in private schools we expect the standard of education to be higher. We also expect the students to have access to better resources. If the money is available then it can be spent on better resources so students can learn through doing experimentation, etc. Also money can be spent on training teachers at the educational institution and providing better salary for teaching staff.

The sad thing is in some schools (private and government) even if the resources are there they are simply collecting dust. It is much easier to teach a lesson without having to prepare for using the resources. This is laziness, but also due to lack of time to complete all the portions.

But the reality in India is that the required money is not readily available for most educational institutions. So students and teachers are managing with limited resources. That does not mean the students cannot be well educated. Using lots of resources are not the only way to teach students well. Lessons can be practical without having to spend money on buying expensive resources if the teachers and leaders of the schools plan and prepare good lessons for the students.

Question books and textbooks they are a resource. There are lots of ideas for activities in them also. But I think that's a good idea is for teachers to share and discuss ideas in meetings and record them in the scheme of work for each subject. Then teachers can prepare for lessons more easily and provide more practical lessons. Even ideas like taking the students outside to demonstrate something or taking students to the library to research a topic can make lessons more practical.

I also feel that if the lessons were longer (closer to 1 hour instead of 30 minutes) it would be easier to teach the subjects more thoroughly. Three part lesson, including different types of activities that can be used to remind students what they have learned or assess their understanding of the topic.

Finally, if education is conducted in a language both the student and teacher are most familiar with the communication of ideas will flow more easily and more learning will take place. This is why the regional language medium of instruction (in private or government school) is beneficial to the students. The standard of teaching and the learning environment in a school will be good if there is good management and teachers do their duty for the students. Education is not just about blindly following rules or a system. The aim should be to always to try to improve the system and impart knowledge and good values to the students.

Hai friends when I think about the education system in India I feel sad because the youth have so much potential which is being wasted. The current education system has many problems which are complicated but can be fixed. To solve these problems it is important to identify the root causes of the problems.

The current education system we are following is basically the old British system which replaced the Gurukula system. In some ways this change was an improvement, for example education for everyone with more emphasis on reading and writing. In some ways it was a step backward for example, less importance given to understanding concepts, thinking skills and creativity, relationship between teacher and student and practical education. Many mathematical and scientific ideas were developed as a result of the Gurukula education system. These are recorded in the Vedas. In this way India has made a valuable contribution to the world.

I do believe there were many people who were genuinely trying to educate the Indian people for the benefit of the people. However I don't believe this was the general intention of our former colonial guests. According to a document written in 1835 by the British, one of the purposes of establishing the education system in India was to create "a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect. Did they fulfil their purpose? Does this class still exist in India today? Are they more educated or superior because they are like that? In my opinion it is time to move on from that kind of thinking and also from the style of education system which encourages it. Even the education system in UK has changed and improved but in India we are still following this old British system.

India needs to develop its own education system which includes the best ideas from the Gurukula system, British system as well as other education systems from around the world. The mentality that marks only are important needs to change. Sometimes we learn more from our failures than our successes. We need to educate our youth to become good skilled citizens, some of whom will become strong incorrupt leaders who serve the people instead of their own interests. Instead of empty words we need action from our politicians and educational leaders. I like the idea of government officials having to send their children to government schools. I think that would inspire them to improve the education system more quickly and be stricter with the assessment of the standard of teaching at schools and colleges. India has been used and abused for centuries. Now it is time to stop punishing ourselves and give the youth the good quality education they deserve.

How to make the education system more practical? Teach the students how to use what they are studying in the real world.

Make the link between theoretical and practical means students should relate what they are studying to the surrounding environment. Also give students opportunities to use and develop skills means not only reading by-hearting and writing. Teachers can use more visual and physical activities and make lessons more exciting. Teachers can conduct discussion with students and test students understanding.

Educate in mother tongue so students can understand and communicate easily. This is natural and efficient method to learn. More private schools should teach students in mother tongue. They should not use English as a way to attract the customers to their business. How many parents are taking loans from the bank and sending children to private schools? Then after standard 10 students don't know English or mother tongue. But facilities are better in private schools.

Government needs to use money in the right way for the benefit of the students. They are providing food for students. Very good. Then good facilities should be in all schools also. If teachers are not attending classes they should get warning and if they still don't improve they should lose the job. Attract dedicated teachers. Dump the rest. Then only teaching standard will improve. Standard of textbooks are good but are only useful if the students get the textbooks at the start of the year. Why the students are getting textbook after the exam is done? Why? Fix these problems so students can study well.

Only countries that were colonialised are still trying to educate the youth in a foreign language. Developed countries around the world are educating youth in their own mother tongue. Ya we need to learn English also. Then improve the method of teaching languages. For example don't simply teach grammar or poetry. Focus on communication. Communicative English is more practical than English literature.

Also in developed countries people are getting good quality education for free. Even their plus 1 plus 2 is free. Why? Because most of their government schools are good standard. Why? One reason is they have more money per person. The other reason is they have fixed most of the problems. They also had problems in their government education system but they improved the system by dumping the people who don't do their job and attracting the right people.

But degree is costly there. India has many problems but I believe education can be the main solution. We should learn the right ideas from other countries not blindly ape them. Then only India can develop for everyone.

Sure our education system needs serious reforms. You see, practicals in schools are just treated as useless; they are done because it has to be done. No one is serious about practical approach, everyone is just busy cramming up theory.

Students like me, who are very bad at memorizing, used to fail tests for which we studied like hell. Because exams now test only memory and not our understanding. And the education system is so terrible that it decides our future on the basis of a stupid report card, which features only academics. So in a desperate bid to pass the exams, we do cheat in exams.

Now, if we cheat, the teachers catch us. Of course, they are being "true to their job" isn't it? After all, they were idols of honesty and truthfulness in their childhood, huh? Incarnation of Raja Satyavadi Harishchandra himself, right? And then these teachers ensure that the student feels totally embarrassed and is punished badly.

Come on, these are teachers. They should know that the present education system is PATHETIC. If they are true to their jobs, they would actually allow students to cheat in exams.

If the education system is so crooked, that it plays on the life of a student because of a report card, then it has no damn right to expect students to be fair and square, honest.

I encourage students. Go and cheat all you like. When students start cheating in large numbers, then these uneducated stupid CBSE chairman will do something. That egoistic CBSE chairman doesn't even respond to mails that students send to him.

Here we students are desperate and no one is bothered. I have found that talking to parents is also of no use at all; they just want marks.

Instead, our education system must focus equally on theory and practicals. Also, instead of cramming up facts into the heads of the students, just teach them very basic facts and let them discover the laws, theorems etc by themselves. Keep them away from books for that time. I think that will make learning more fun, this thing especially will work for Maths. And the syllabus in 11th and 12th needs to be considerably shortened. It is too much. Moreover, some really excellent teachers need to teach us, not the usual ones in whose classes we doze off to sleep. There is not a single college in India where all teachers are excellent. Minimum one will be a total moron and I don't mind telling you that I have had many.

Hello everyone.

This is an issue which obviously calls for a positive answer (yes). Back in February this year, Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak stated: "Indians lack creativity". This statement drew controversies in newspapers and electronic media. But why were Indians agitated to this statement? I honestly feel we didn't ponder deeply on this statement before opposing it. Creativity is something which can be acquired not just from one's personal interest but also from the educational platforms provided. But is our education system creative? Definitely not.

We propose an education system where bookish knowledge is given the topmost priority in determining the sharpness level of a student's brain. Teachers or professors in eminent schools and colleges emphasise on mugging up concepts from books and write those concepts using exactly the same pattern and words in exams, as given in books. If a student fails to do so, or in other words writes the answers in a different style i.e. in his/her own words, the teacher deducts their marks in that particular question, thus making the student score low. Another discouraging issue out here is, evaluation of answer scripts in examination is done according to the personal opinion/feelings of the examiner. In order to score good, the students are expected to predict the possible opinions of the examiner and not his/her own opinion, before writing the answers. The issue of partiality also springs out in schools and colleges. Eg: A bright/intelligent student having an excellent academic record is given more importance by teachers with respect to presentations in class. Forcing students to carry heavy books in schoolbags every day is another burning issue.

All these instances show how illogical and irrational our educational system is. These are the serious reasons why our education system needs reforms. Creativity or the practice of "thinking out of the box" must be imparted in order to make Indians prove themselves to be extraordinary with an ability to diversify and explore innovative opportunities in the future. Only then will we able to be comparable with foreign elites.

Hey, guys! I almost read 20 to 25 comments above and everyone has expressed their perception towards Indian education system. I understand how it feels. And also I found common points that most of us are trying to say that our Indian education is outdated and about unqualified faculties and also parents compulsion to choose a particular and many more. But let us think for a minute how many of us are really looking for a happiness in life instead of only money making mind. Most of us choose either Engineering or medicine or try for some govt jobs, only to earn money and settle in life. But we don't follow our passion or our area of interest. In our country, we have plenty of options to choose but we are failed to know about that courses, we don't know them. Of course I'm with you guys that our education system needs a change on how to teach students effectively and how to make students to identify their interest and passion. One of our friend above has commented that she is still trying to identify her passion and she is going to start up some career guidance institute, that's good. She can make our younger generation to follow their passion.

How many of us know that we have a stream for dance, performing arts, vocal and many more streams which we always use to think as hobby, instead it's a career for us if we are best at it.

In my point of view education system should try to teach students from classes 1 to 6 about all basics and options for the students to choose their area of interest and teachers should be able to identify the interest and strengths of the student. Parents need to accept their child's interest and allow them to excellence in that field, instead of stopping them. Most of all students need to understand and love what they study. Not for mark's sake. But for enriching them with happenings around and their knowledge.

Even I'm still trying to find what am I good at? I hope before I die I will find it and Once I find I'm sure I'll be the happiest person in the world. Follow your dreams and passion guys, not money. Thanks.

Please I want everyone to note and think over the facts of education system which I am presenting below:

1) The CBSE board is playing with future of students of India by creating cheap standard ncert books which do not have proper information and students have to go for another help books and they lose money.

2) The main focus is to fit theoretical concepts in mind and no practicals are performed.

3) The cbse board maths paper 2013 and 2015 were beyond the level of a school students and out of syllabus and only those performed well who could afford expensive coaching classes proving that poor people stand nowhere.

4) The Childhood is becoming hell nowadays due to excessive pressure of many subjects which are not used in our real life. There should be one major subject of students interest according to will of each individual student and average level knowledge of other subjects should also be given.

5) No homework should be there. No out of syllabus exams as we also have to think of weak students.

6) Board exams should be abolished as there are competitive exams enough for judging the ability of students in India. School boards are unnecessary burden on children.

7) There should be low education fee structure so that poor can also afford good education.

8) We all have to remember that marks and knowledge are independent of each other. One scoring 90% may have less knowledge than one scoring 70%.

9) The exam level of schools should be of basic level which can make students learn concepts without stress and there should not be rat race in education as the marks scored below +2 and graduation level hardly matters.

10) At last, we are not donkeys to work in big companies. We should abolish preference to theoretical knowledge as it only creates donkeys. Theory originates from practical. If there is practical knowledge than theoretical knowledge automatically fits in mind.

Thats all about it. Hope some intelligent people understand what I am trying to say and foolish people please ignore this article.