A sattire on the education system of India……
In India I must say
Many children might look gay*
With our system of education
(Though they still have to go to tution)
But the truth I think
Is a bit differnt
For education here is a link
To marks, marks and marks
And if you get them a little less
Everything seems to go dark
Marks, here everybody preaches
Nobody you will hear telling the children
To go and play on beaches
Education here makes the child’s curiosity shrink
And forces us to think
That is it just marks
That decide the value of child
Or shall we go deeper and glide
Into the reality,
Which is far from marks……….
(*gay- happy)
This poem is meant to be a sattire on the education system of India. Here the value of child is recognised by marks and not by the skills possessed by the child. Fortunately now there has been a change in some persons’ thinking. However, to prove his/her worth in our country, a child still has to score marks and so the child’s world keeps on revolving around marks. Moreover I think that its not just India but several other countries also have the same scenario. My motive is not to criticise the system rather to express my views on this sytem of education. I strongly feel that education is ought to develop children’s mind and skills and henceforth concepts should be made clear. A system so closely related with marks tends to encourage rote learning in many children which should not be the motive of education. So let’s move ahead towards a better system of education………