Well, let’s face the reality. Every student, wishes to get educated so that they can get jobs, earn and satisfy all their needs and desires. Some may even want jobs that pay in 6 figures! But personally, I don’t think that the current education system prevailing in our country has the capability to enable us to achieve our goals and desires, and in order to substantiate my opinion, I’d like to mention some fundamental problems that are intrinsic to our current education system.
To start with, our education system promotes a rat race among students. We have to read and mug up all the details in our textbooks, without understanding majority of it. And even if some students try to understand, they can’t do so completely because of the vast syllabus and limited time. Hence, I believe that we all can agree on the fact that Indian education doesn’t test your intelligence, but your memory power. Whereas, in countries like Australia and Canada, more focus is given on analytical skills rather than just one’s memory.
Secondly, our education system doesn’t contribute in building the persona of a child, which is supposed to be the fundamental function of any education system. Our education system makes most of the academic institutions think that academic qualification and certification is far more important than a building a personality.However, most companies, would rather have an employee who is flexible and can work through adversities than have an employee who has good grades but no personality to show for.
Moreover, our education system also prevents students from critically analyzing things. It simply imposes the lines of establishment or the predominant majority. Our education system doesn’t reward original thinking. Deviance is greatly discouraged! In fact, most students are afraid to take risks because of the fear of being mocked! But, I believe that if we want our society to improve, then we must develop and promote a culture of looking at things critically and think out of the box.
Another problem in my view is that the education that is provided is irrelevant to the job requirements or market. This is perhaps the most apparent reason that most of the graduates in our country remain unemployed. It is simply because skills that are required in the job market are simply not present in a fresh graduate. Although, there have been some efforts for skill education through class activities, OTBA, Listening and Speaking Assessments, etc. I feel that it isn’t sufficient . Our education system is like a factory producing graduates in all disciplines.
Also, our education system doesn’t inspire students to create better lives for themselves. Students lack the ambition to be better. They are satisfied to get high paying jobs without the ambition to actually be a good citizen.
In my view, education should be a person’s key to success in the future. With our current educational system, there is no wonder we top the international lists for poverty and unemployment. To quote Sir Benjamin Franklin, “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest,” so let’s hope that our government focuses on providing better quality education in India, by providing more long-term projects that would sustain the quality of education in our country. And once the problem in education is addressed, all other problems stemming from it will also be automatically addressed!