Are you a victim of the Indian education system? Have you been running in the rat race of scoring the highest marks?
A lot has been spoken and written about Indian education in newspapers, social media, magazines and more. But nothing has changed its reality. Students feel pressurized to get ‘good’ marks which leads them to a ‘good’ percentage and allow themselves to be enrolled in prestigious institutions.
This system works for students who can easily adapt to a theory-based old school system, but trust me, if we ask even the toppers if they would like a transformation in the way of education, they would agree.
But then again, not every student is a topper. There are students who are not comfortable with this education system and feel hopeless at times. It sometimes leads to depression and some even resort to suicide.
If you’re reading this, I have a small request. Imagine for a second that the same education system was flexible and smooth in which the students were taught with case studies, practical knowledge, and group discussions. The bitter truth is that at present, we can only imagine it.
In today’s time when everything is changing at the speed of a tracer bullet, the Indian education system is stuck at the same place. The same reading of 200-page books and then sitting in the exam hall with a rotten mindset, turning on the mind like a photocopying machine. With this kind of a atmosphere in most institutions in India, there is no space for creativity, new ideas, or skills. Its high time now that parents and the society understand that a career is not only made with a help of a degree but it can also be made with no degree in hand.
Every parent wants their child to be successful and live a happy life but they also need to understand that there is a world outside of degrees, diplomas, MBAs. Forcing children to complete a degree just for the sake of doing it would not bring the best out of them but instead will degrade their mental and physical health.
According to a study, 80% of billionaires do not have a college degree. They became who they are because they listened to their inner voice and did something out of the box. Hence proving to the world that degrees are not important for a dream to come true.
Now if I talk about the role of the government in reforming the education system, there can be huge steps taken by them but a lack of interest is what we see. As it is election time in India, seeing politicians visit us everyday is normal. But a question for all here: the politicians may have promised to help you with job security, food, water, and electricity but was there any political figure who promised you to change the education system of India which is too old to fit in the minds of kids today?
Talking of development in education in the Indian ecosystem, development is not only turning from notebooks to laptops rather it has a deeper meaning. Education is like money which is invested in the youth. The following steps are the need of the hour:
1) A strict change in the learning pattern used by teachers in class. For example, the use of practical knowledge rather then theory reading.
2) A change in the manner exams are taken.
3) Their should be many other new avenues opened for the students to choose from their learning should not only get restricted to the subjects of geography, chemistry, history but more options should be available.