The education system needs serious reforms

After reading many of the answers given here, I felt an urge to express my views on educational reforms. Literally speaking I don't think that what all is taught to the creative minds at school really defines knowledge. In reality, it's just a piece of writing until a student is able to understand it. Until class 10th none of the students try to understand some material but now they start understanding it because of boards. But the students who were understanding every bit of the knowledge given to them since the starting become frustrated because the repeated thought they get to hear that 10th is the base and you have to score well.

That student who understood everything comes to 11th selecting his subjects which he loves to study and that, for instance, is PCM that is non-med. He didn't know beyond that stuff (about competitions) that he loved studying these subjects. HE took these not to become an engineer rather he just wanted to study these for the sake of gaining knowledge. Also that he was interested in machines and he had started repairing them since he was 9! But the disappointment comes when he gets to know that what is left is just solving numerical. Another thing that comes to his mind is the frustration caused due to studies and getting good rank in coaching centers. He didn't get time now for repairing machines because his parents want him to become an engineer only. THEY have their own expectations of him.

The story doesn't end here. THE difference in class 10 and 11 studies makes him think of suicide and in the end he is murdered because of these CBSE authorities who don't actually know how to frame an education system where the difference between class 10 and 11 is huge where children don't know what they have to become ; where students just know how to get marks and not think about their study material.

That is the story of the majority of the students.

Yes, I really feel that education system needs serious reforms.

Today the central idea of education-gaining knowledge and ability to apply in real life has itself faded in the race of getting "HIGHEST MARKS", those marks that can never reveal the inner knowledge of a person. But still today these marks are considered as the sole criterion for distinguishing students.

Secondly, our attention is focused on some limited subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Maths, English blah blah blah, yet they have no importance in our life since most of us do not know how to apply them in real life!We all just gobble up the equations, formulae, laws, and vomit it out in the examination sheet, and then it becomes a history all forgotten!We have never strived to decipher the physical significance of all that we have studied till now!In other words, we are wasting the honourable efforts of those people who had spent their entire lives to find out a reason behind an observation.

We all have lost the curiosity to swim deep into the subject or field of our choice. All we do is to pass the "so-called" exams and capture the respective post!We may be literate, but still not educated. And even today's educated man does not guarantee that he is virtuous.

Cases are well-known where highly qualified officials are found guilty of certain ghastly crimes and frauds. Is this that our education system guarantees!

Lastly, we all have lost the ability to communicate. Thanks to the education system and the social networking sites, that we are always lost in our academic books, and have no idea about what is happening outside. We have lost the etiquettes to talk to elders, peers. Even these things are taught in school just to pass the exam, in the form of Q/Ans, and then all is forgotten forever.

Therefore, I believe that our education system needs serious reforms if we want to make our lives mentionable ones!

Yes, Our Education system does need reforms.

We basically should focus on providing practical knowledge to students from the very basic level of schooling to make kids aware of the need of the things being taught.

But, in our schools, we are only concerned about the grades and marks a child scores completely ignoring their imaginative minds. Pressuring a child to score more for better college, for better job results only in cramming things up.

Limited to only textbooks for the information and not to question what is being taught is another hurdle.

We also need teachers who inspire and encourage their students to think out of the box for every problem they face be it a book problem or in real life. And not just stick to old traditional methods referred in books from decades.

A huge amount of fee charged by private institutions is a reason why many deserving students are deprived of better facilities due to economic factors.

Our Government should consider making books, uniforms and other stationery free to children from economically backwards classes thus disregarding the concept of Caste and Reservation. This is how I think we would really get the concept of Equity established in India.

We do need the introduction of technology in our education system.

But, we should not forget that Indian Doctors, engineers, teachers and all are very much praised in all over the world. The serious efforts put by aspirants of UPSC, CAT, CA, and for other PSUs jobs calls for applaud considering the level toughness being faced by aspirants. India accounts for around 40% of avid readers from all over the world. Our system does focus on getting the concepts and basics clear resulting in better understanding of the topic as well.

So, yes we do need reforms at some places but we can not just disregard our education system wholly.

Hi everyone.

Very good morning to all of you.

This is Rishab. I have read many comments on this site regarding the Indian education system. And I agree to most of them.

But if we unearthing aspects of Indian education let me add one more point.

Why we are forced to attain bookish knowledge. The system has made us like. Occupied or restricted to an amount of knowledge. For instance, if you want a job you should cram a particular amount of knowledge in your brain. Ncert is your limit. Which you have to skim anyhow. Instead of focusing on practical knowledge curricular activities. Etc government Is focusing on marks only. Also on the reservation but that also on the basis of your marks without analysing your real skill. Instead of motivating them to think to innovate. They are trying to make them bookworms.

Literally, like what is needed of learning names of people of past their son grandson to grand son.

Students should focus less on such knowledge (not in-depth) and more on practical knowledge.

For instance, if we talk about famous scientists/inventors like Apj Abdul Kalam do you think he ever learned the names of some random people.

At that when education was at its least. Still, we got maximum discoveries from that time period why.

Because people were not limited to the knowledge they want to acquire. They learned acc. To their interests in their surrounding, they focused on innovation rather than just seeking a job.

We have to understand the underlying meaning of the past for a better future.

Not depending on only the government.

First, we students we people should have to take certain measures to improve the outlook and future of our society.

Thanks.

Hi friends I'm Madhu,

I also fully agree to the fact that Indian education system needs serious reforms.

So, many of my friends said about practice knowledge. Yeah right, that is one of the problems and our exam system needs a reform too!

Marks still continue to play the most important card in deciding the future of children and this often comes down upon students as a burdening factor. The pressure of marks often makes students underperform.

Instead of focusing the evaluation on a three-hour exam, the focus of evaluation should be classroom participation by a student, projects, communication and leadership skills and extra-curricular activities.

Only then will the students give their best and be evaluated at their best.

Also in our country students are forced to take admission into a course on the date specified by the university. Here university decides our activities like when to appear for exams when the course ends and so on. A student does not have the freedom in such things. According to me, students should be able to join a course according to their suitable time because, in the present world where all materials are available online, one can easily study by themself and appear for their qualifying exam date once they feel that they have completely understood the necessary things for the course. This can bring a huge change in the educational system and the rate of suicides due to the pressures of the education system on students can be eliminated. They can choose their path completely according to their wish.

With these, I'm concluding my words by thanking everyone who shared their valuable points.

Thank You!

As a child I never got to know why do I study. They made me learn and somehow I mugged up a bit. But as I am growing I started correlating the need to study with cope up in life. I am always interested in electronic toys, how they work and all those art and crafts, but they never allowed or gave me time to get involved in those thing and get some knowledge. I somehow decided to deal with them till 10 and thought to get a lot of science practicals and projects to do in the lab, so I choose Science.

But there also they made me drown in lots of formula and laws and numeric, and about most of them, I had no idea of their importance in my life or in my interests. So I never had that zeal to study my course materials. I passed my days by small experimentation, observations, learning what I wanted from You Tube (because I can see things practically there) and getting from online sites and videos.

I gathered some practical knowledge and applied them to create several drones, planes and many projects but passed my exams with not so very good marks. So now, no good engineering college would select me and if somehow I get selected they will live me alone in middle of vast ocean of formulas and I will lose interest in life.

Student join engineering to get job, to get job they chase for marks, for marks they just mug up and stay upto the limits of their text books and this results in no innovation or invention by our technical students of our deemed institutions. Its just what I regret in my life that I am not able to study what I want to things have changed lets change the way to understand them.

Education system in India be viewed in two scenarios first is ancient education system and modern education system.

In ancient we had a system which sounds quite practical in the form of quality education without having interest in financial expenditure and education to all was also relevant.

In modern day education system the education has become a commercial sector where people spend lots of money to get quality education and the darkest point in that is those who are majority in India are unable to afford that commercialized education that's why being 75% literate till majority do not have quality and skills.

The lower class in India can't even afford to primary education to their children and most of the young generation lives in darker. That's why in a country which is second rapid developing country and strong economy still having children those who do rag picking selling goods on roadways, railways and work on tea stall.

We have to work on these things to make our young generation strong and take part in nation buildings. We have to provide education to all and make them strong in skills and knowledge.

We have to make a transparent system which can provide fair chance to all the majority in India.

By making root strong we can build emerging brain in our country which can take a step you to the developing.

Swami Vivekananda's quote was if you want to build a great nation you have to build a great society and to build a great society we have to give skills and knowledge in their hands.

Education word comes from the Latin word "Educare". Which means to Draw Out. Now how many classes in our school are aiming at this meaning. Most of the classes we learn are putting a lot of stuff "IN" instead of drawing "OUT". As a change in system, we should have something like the traditional Gurukul system of India, where the education was holistic. Children lived at the ashram with the guru and learnt everything from breakfast to bed. Now it might not be practical in today's world to make children live in ashrams but its certainly feasible to understand the principles of the gurukul system and apply them today in some form.

Listing few activities of the gurukul system below.

1. Cooking, playing, martial arts, Cleaning the floors, (Physical well being).
2. Study of philosophy, language, history, science, maths etc. (Intellectual well being).
3. Respect to guru, elders and parents, friendship with equals and compassion/help to juniors (Emotional well being).
4. Arts, drama, music, cultural activities (Mental/social well being).
5. Meditation, Prayers, service to god and society (Spiritual well being).

If we look at these 5 points we might find only 1 or 2 is present in the current education system, so clearly it doesn't foster the holistic development of a student. And the student comes out half baked, confused and sometimes deprived of basic skills and values.

Ashutosh Tiwari Student of MBA.

Education has to be changed because.

There are three basic types of schools in India.

1. Private.
2. Government.
3. Semi Government.

Private System: I would like to start from school owner (Management level), Every year free does automatically increase by 10% to 40%. I don't know what does formula use by accountant to augment fees.

In India, there is lacking of passion in Youth Generation. No one wants to be a good teacher, we feel insulted to be a teacher.

Then Who are teachers?

Only 10% Passionate teachers are working well rest of 90% came from unsuccessful in the previous course of competition so they have not option except this golden chance, so for earning Join school and arrange Tuition program. Teacher has degree to prove but not passion for teaching result lacking of research, innovative, scientist etc.

I want to ask for system why poor student doesn't prefer medical rather rest of all courses. Reason is very clear poorly and corruption nothing else.

In the other hand.

Government school:

Teacher has ability but we medium class has problem with Government school. We realize It as School of poor.

Some Government teachers are doing well that's why system is going on. We people have to change mindset against the Government school. Only this online discussion is not enough for this.

Thank you very much.

Hello every one,

Yes, Indian education system needs some serious reforms because 80%of student focusing in getting maximum marks because they felt that high percentage will get them success somewhere they are right because our education system depends only percentage if you have got maximum percentage than you get admission in reputed government college but they doesn't get success because lack of practical knowledge, lack of communication etc and the result is they confused what did they do? So we decide what do we want to get success because the person who going to handle the education system is one of us so we decide what changes can be necessary for success in life. Yes, its right that The government can play an important role in reform in Indian education system if they providing the extra facilities in a government college and private colleges like computer classes, personality development classes, practical labs etc.

And this reform can be complete by the BSO of every district and also the education minister of state to given the hard interaction of every college.

But I think this will happen with the help of us (all students) if we decide that we want that (extraordinary classes like practical labs personality development classes computer classes etc). Then the education system will also reformed.

Thank you.