This summer, while it had been an anxious period for all the 10th and 12th standard students, the results of them left me with a point to ponder (as I was on my holidays and had no better job to do!). About the education system. And, the showers of marks being bestowed upon the 10th students left me with more questions than answers! Was the syllabus that easy or has the quality of students increased? Does the marking system really evaluate the quality of the students? Does our education system really bring out the students potential?
Clearly an analysis of it drove home the fact that syllabus was easy and all the questions were only from the exercise areas at the back of every chapter! This is why it had been a cake walk for almost all of the students. Neither does this evaluate the Knowledge nor the Intelligence of the students. It evaluates the memorizing capacity and the ability to being able to reproduce whatever that has been memorized. It provides no space for creativity and innovations. The more agonizing fact is that the students are being weighed and judged by their marks! There have been a lot of instances where the students are compared to their peers by their parents which put a lot of pressure on the students! The result is that the students are psychologically affected.
Where is our education system leading us? To the betterment? Evidently, no.
I think the whole concept of education is being misunderstood here. The education should contribute to an overall development of a student, and not just to marks. But sad, vice-versa is what is happening in our society! Once a student enters 9th standard there starts to take place a series of rituals in most of our households.Television cable cut. Internet cut. Games cut. A student is confined to a room where he is expected to study most of the time (which he apparently doesn’t!). In short, he enters a world where he eats, sleeps and studies, studies, studies! Does a meagre of gaining a 475 or above on 500, where no knowledge or intelligence is gained require all these sacrifices?
Education system has to be changed where learning should be made fun. It should be more creative and innovative. It should be challenging to the students that enables them to contribute something innovative and useful to the society. They should give more importance to practical side than to theory! Apart from this a school should contribute to wholesome development of a student. It is where he learns to distinguish the good and the bad. It plays a vital role in their upbringing. So, the main duty of the school is not just imparting knowledge but also the values that one stands for, which is the real measure of education. There are many schools that have moral science classes for the latter. The effort is laudable and the same measures have to be taken so that they are implemented in all the schools.
Clearly, the word ‘education’ needs a better perspective. As marked by Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. Thus, the education system should be changed. This should be done not only at the school level but also at the college level. Once done, we can expect our country to be a role model to all other countries!
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