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Primary and secondary education reform should be India's top priority
jayanta chatterjee Monday, 03 November 2008 18:11 UTC There were only 20 universities and 500 colleges in the Indian subcontinent (including Bangladesh and Pakistan) in 1947, the year of Indian independence. Now there are about 376 universities and 17,700 colleges in India only, many with world class physical infrastructure. Many private research institutes are also coming up on a regular basis. The only Nobel prize for India (Indian citizen at the time of the award) in science for C. V. Raman (1930, University of Calcutta) also came in that era. We also had many world class scientists during that time (e.g Satyen Bose, J. C. Bose, Homi Bhaba etc). Now India is the second fastest growing in the world and third largest economy in Asia with huge budget in so-called education and research. But we do not have any world class scientist (who has a slightest chance to get Nobel Prize in science) in India, as per a survey published in a reputed Bengali magazine, ³Desh´, sometime ago. We see huge uproar when previous government wanted to ³introduce accountability´ in some elite institutes like IIM or IITs but we never see a fraction of that excitement among educated middle class people or our political masters to reform primary and secondary education although our primary and secondary education system, the backbone of our country, is in a pathetic shape. Our middle class people, who can not afford to send their kids abroad (like our sociopolitical ³elites´) but dream to have a better, more powerful and comfortable life for their kids (and to them through their kids) do not allow any meaningful reform of primary and secondary education since independence. Our current education system selectively discards talented students with inquisitiveness, ability to ask questions and dream to do something challenging, something better for the society. Now we only produce private tuition and coaching enabled, mugging-up grade technicians who are great to do routine jobs (as in IT or BT) or imitating others (mainly true for Indian R&D sector in any branch of science and in any industry), but not capable of doing original research, despite of having many world class physical infrastructure, huge budget and some so-called ³elite´ institutes. My recent experience with many graduate students form some high profile Indian institutes/universities indicate that the trend to emphasize on database type knowledge, quiz type information and fascination with techniques (not science as such) are still highly prevalent. No wonder India is among the least innovative nations in the world. Quality of Indian science education and research is going down at an alarming rate since independence, despite of huge increase in funding (1, 2, 3 and Balaram, P. (2002). Science in India: Signs of Stagnation. Current Science 82, 193-194.). We need to invest much more and have an intensive and proper supervision of primary and high school education than wrongly focusing on higher education and research at the top level, at this time. Recently passed Right to education bill is a step towards the right direction. But here again we need to remember that many such great policies hardly achieve anything in reality and only limited within government files and the money ends up in the pockets of few selected people. Whatever money we spend on higher education and research is not going to give us any novel knowledge or technological edge unless we have right candidate behind the costly machines we buy. Now we produce mainly technicians, not scientists or technocrats and feel proud to export such raw materials to manpower-starved developed countries (be it IT or BT, the two main pillars of Indian economy today). This might lead to some degree of prosperity in the short term but we are going to loose in a big way in the long run unless we totally overhaul our basic education system at primary and high school level. It¶s useless to cut the roots and then water on the top. I expressed my personal views but like to know your views, what you think.

Reforms In Indian Education System ± A Milestone

One of the main recommendations of Yashpal Committee is to create National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER), as an autonomous body by making suitable amendment to the Constitution. The proposed apex body of higher education will be accountable to Indian Parliament and will be drawing its budgetary resources from the ministry. All the functions of regulatory bodies such as UGC, AICTE, NCTE, DEC and academic functions of 13 professional councils created under various acts of Parliament will be subsumed under NCHER. NCHER would perform its regulatory function without interfering with academic freedom and institutional autonomy. It would not take recourse to inspection-based approval method rather would adhere to a verification and authentication system. Universities and institutions will adopt self declaration procedure mandatorily in the public domain for scrutiny. Universities are to be seen as self regulatory bodies and the NCHER is to be seen as a catalytic agency which is more interested in creating more and more space for individuality of each university and protecting their autonomy. Organisational structure of NCHER - The proposed commission would have a seven-member board with a full time Chairperson. Of the seven members, one would be an eminent professional from the world of industry and one with the background of a long and consistent social engagement. All other five members would be academic people of eminence, representing broad areas of knowledge. Each of these members would act as overseer of one or two divisions of NCHER namely(l) Future Directions, (ii) Accreditation Management, (iii) Funding and Development, (iv) New Institutions and Incubation, (v) Information and Governance. An eminent academic with Tenure of five years would head each of these divisions. Each division will have an advisory board comprising eminent persons from India and abroad. The Chairman and the five heads of the above mentioned divisions would form the executive body of the commission which would oversee all its functions. Main Recommendations' of Yashpal Committee for educational reforms in India:

1. Creation of an all-encompassing National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER), a Constitutional body to replace the existing regulatory bodies including the UGC, AICTE, NCTE and DEC and to follow up the Constitutional amendment with an appropriate law for the Commission's functioning. 2. Universities to be made responsible regarding the academic content of all courses and programmes of study including professional courses. Professional bodies like the AICTE, NCTE, MCI, BCI, COA, INC, PCI etc. to be divested of their academic functions, which would be restored to the universities. 3. NCHER would create a curricular framework based on the principles of mobility within a full range of curricular areas and integration of skills with academic depth. 4. It should be mandatory for all universities to have a rich undergraduate programme and under graduate students must get opportunities to interact with the best faculty including that of the university. 5. Undergraduate programmes to be restructured to enable students to have opportunities to access all curricular areas with fair degree of mobility. It is highly recommended that, normally, no single discipline or specialized university should be created.

6. The vocational education sector should be brought under the purview of universities and by providing necessary accreditation to the courses available in polytechnics, industrial training institutions, and so on. Additionally the barriers to entry into universities for students going through vocational training should be lowered to enable them to upgrade their knowledge base at any stage of their careers. 7. The NCHER should also galvanize research in the university system through the creation of a National Research Foundation. 8. New governing structures to be evolved to enable the universities to preserve their autonomy in a transparent and accountable manner. 9. Practice of according status of deemed university be stopped forthwith till the NCHER takes a considered view on it. It would be mandatory for all existing deemed universities to submit to the new accreditation norms to be framed on the lines proposed in this report within a period of three years failing which the status of university should be withdrawn. However, unique educational initiatives which have over a period of time enriched higher education by their innovations to be given recognition and supported appropriately. 10. Modern higher education system requires extension facilities, sophisticated equipment and highly specialized knowledge and competent teachers. It would not be possible for every university to possess the best of these infrastructures. Hence, one of the primary tasks of the NCHER to create several inter-university centres (IUCs) in diverse fields to create the best of these possibilities and attract the participation of several institutions of higher learning to avail them. 11. Institutions of excellence like the IITs and IIMs to be encouraged to diversify and expand their scope to work as full-fledged universities, while keeping intact their unique features, which shall act as pace-setting and model governance systems for all universities. 12. One of the first tasks of the NCHER should be to identify the best 1,500 colleges across India to upgrade them as universities, and create clusters of other potentially good colleges to evolve as universities. 13. Universities to establish live relationship with the real world outside and develop capacities to respond to the challenges faced by rural and urban economies and culture. 14. All levels of teacher education to be brought under the purview of higher education. 15. A national testing scheme for admission to the universities on the pattern of the GRE to be evolved which would be open to all the aspirants of University education, to be held more than once a year. Students would be permitted to send their best test score to the universities of their choice. 16. Quantum of Central financial support to State-funded universities be enhanced substantially on an incentive pattern, keeping in view the needs for their growth. 17. Expansion of the higher education system to be evaluated and assessed continuously to excel and to respond to the needs of different regions in India in order to ensure not only equity and access but also quality and opportunity of growth along the academic vertical. The NCHER too should be subject to external review once in five years. 18. Establish a National Education Tribunal with power to adjudicate on disputes among stakeholders within institutions and between institutions so as to reduce litigation in courts involving universities and higher education institutions. 19. Set-up a Task Force to follow up on the implementation of this Agenda for Action within a definite time-frame.

The education system needs serious reforms
Manish Hotwani said: (Wed, Jan 11, 2012 09:38:19 PM)

I think that educational system of the other countries is more better than our country. Therefore system of Indian edeucation must be change. Then our tommorow will be better.
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Shriram said: (Wed, Jan 4, 2012 01:37:16 PM)

The system of education in India should be learning-centric rather than exam-centric. Children must be allowed to choose subjects according to their interests. Instead of gaining knowledge from voluminous books and lectures, children must be made to interact in groups and express their views on various topics. Rather than taking notes from the teacher and textbooks, children must be made to research information on their own from library books and the Internet and share them in the class. This will help them develop good reading habits, self-confidence and openness to criticism. It will also help them in developing critical reading and analytical skills. Children will be able to remember what they learn when they apply it practically. They must be taken on field trips to museums, labs, planetariums, excavation sites, botanical gardens, etc. Where they can. Learn by interacting with knowledgeable and experienced people in varied fields. It will also help them improve their communication skills.
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Dimpy Khatri said: (Sun, Dec 25, 2011 09:47:19 PM)

According to my view our education system needs a complete change. It should employment oriented, research oriented, knowledge oriented. Everyone should have lots of option at any moment of his/her life to shape career in such a way that satisfies needs of everyone. In India change should be made at grass root level means from primary education. Teacher should make study environment in such a way that children start thinking not only mugging up their lessons as a burden on their heads. Government should make professional courses like BEd. , MEd. In such a way it must be on practical ground not only like a theory classes, thus it will help them understand our country children very well. In our schools especially in government schools Teachers do not teach properly, even that they are not interested in their jobs, they are just opting for this job because they are getting a good payment without any good effort.
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Jasmine Pandit said: (Tue, Dec 20, 2011 09:52:13 PM)

The foundation of every country is the education of its youth. Our educational system gives us

degrees but does not guarantee employment. The educational system in India is theoretical and requires a serious revamping exercise. During the ancient time, India had a glorious education system. Its ancient universities like Nalanda, Taxila, Pataliputra and Ujjani were considered as the reservoirs of knowledge and beckoned the foreign students to India. In present system of education not only kids are suffering but also parents have to suffer. Once admitted to the school, children have to suffer hefty gruelling academic schedule, huge irrelevant syllabus, over worked, unpaid and unsympathetic teachers and emphasis of competition as a result they are unable to enjoy their childhood. Parental and peer pressure to secure good percentage for entry into prestigious colleges and courses, hinders the proper development of the child. Admission in a good college is a herculean task due to paucity of seats. There is lack of emphasis on technical education. The aim should be development of personality as a whole. A good initiative have done recently that a graded system of marking at the school has been enacted and it should be take up colleges also. Education should be planned keeping the requirement of industry and business in mind. The required changes should be brought about to make the system more effective and development oriented.
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Poorni said: (Thu, Dec 8, 2011 12:25:15 AM)

According to my point of view, Indian education system should have to change completely. Because it is fully theoretical oriented. Student should know about everything practically. Then only it ll be clear to them. May be everything cannot teach practically. But teach lik that as much as possible. Then education system should be uniform to all. So government should take effective steps to enlighten the student's and our economy's future fruitfully.
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Rasika said: (Tue, Dec 6, 2011 09:32:53 PM)

Education system today needs a drastic change. I think instead of giving a high priority to theoretical education if we give equal importance to theory and practical education it will be more helpful. At present the students memorize and then reproduce it on paper. When these students further enter into a professional life they are unable to practically apply their knowledge. So according to my view practical knowledge is more important.
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Anonymous said: (Tue, Nov 29, 2011 09:40:59 PM)

Hai friends this is anonymous, in my point of view the education system must need to reform.. because the students in the schools are not known that why we are going to school and why we are studying until they get their own knowledge by practically.. This is what the education system supply the knowledge to the students upto 10th standard. After that only they are go for practicals for what they are studying in theoriticaly. So indian government has to reform that and provide a better understanding of the studying purpose.

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Kailash Prakash said: (Tue, Nov 15, 2011 11:56:03 AM)

According to me, first we should know that why are we studying? we used to get knowledge and we have to implement in our life, but the things what we are studying in schools and colleges is entirely different from the profession...may be it will relate in some situations. In this I would share 1 incident ,basically I came from mathematics background. But now I am an IT employee. I am working in TCS and it is too dificult to do this job when compared to people from CS background. I cant equate the standard of that people.......WHAT DO YOU SAY?
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Poulami said: (Sat, Nov 5, 2011 10:00:24 PM)

According to me,reservation system must be wiped immediately. Because we all know about the condition of INDIAN doctors, there are numerous cases of wrong treatments,& many people also loose their lifes because of faulty treatments.In this I would share 1 incident that recently happened, i.e 1 SC student got chance in medical with just only 43% & 1 student of general category got 87% in medical entrance exams & was not selected bec. of his category. Do any of you think that its the justice done to him? General category student finally got frustrated & thought of leaving studies forever.Now I think its clear why doctors do wrong treatmets. This doesn't ends up here SC category students are given lots of benefits like scholarships & free forms for some copetitive exams. All as a whole SC students lead their life heavenly.WHAT DO YOU SAY?
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Harrynotpotter said: (Sun, Oct 30, 2011 11:20:26 PM)

Definitely needs some refinement. Definitely. I being a third year Electronic Engineer have all but given up over my increasing work-load as the days have progressed. I'm mentally drained and find some of the concepts incredibly hard to digest. Our professors don't prepare essential study materials either, leaving me reading the text book that requires 100 odd pages of cramming per topic per subject! is it really that difficult for these professors to prepare what they call 'notes' and restrict us to within 50% of the actual portions? Least all would have the interest to study and give our best for the exam in that case. Just came to know of the education system in New Zealand, and I felt like shooting myself with a gun, having to face such difficulties up here. It's so heavenly up there in New Zealand. I'm just not able to tolerate the injustice we Indians here are bound to! End of the day, I'm merely venting my frustrations for no real use. I mean, whose going to come and save us all in the near future?
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Rahul Puri said: (Sat, Oct 29, 2011 07:41:17 PM)

Hello friends.. I would say , our educational system really needs reformations. There are Several Evils damaging the educational system in our nation. Firstly, creating differences on the basis of the reservation Quotas for backward classes, religion basis; which prevents the many potential candidates to get the seats in good schools and colleges. Secondly, the donation seats, which shows the actual truth of our institutes. They are not actually being run to impart knowledge and development of students, rather their motive is to earn profits and fill their pockets. Also there is no sense of freedom for the students to choose their field of interest as everything goes with what marks and degrees he has. So steps needs to be taken so as make our educational system strong enough. Govt Bodies monitoring Educational institutes should make research and development activity as part of curriculum for all institutes before making them certified. Students should not be compared with each other on basis of marks. There should be freedom for them to choose whatever field they have interest in, without marks being hindrance.
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Gaurav said: (Fri, Oct 21, 2011 06:34:20 PM)

The education system is bad becuse it dosent have any rankings and its boring. No competation. The new cbse syllabus is boring.
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Education System Reformer said: (Wed, Oct 12, 2011 09:42:16 PM)

Hello friends, Today I am at such a position that I think the whole education system around the world should undergo some special reforms. Students must not be compared to each others as this creates a sense of inequality among themselves. For example, does it mean that a person is dumb if he/she couldn't answer about a topic or subject which he/she has never even heard of? you cannot compare Science students to those who have chosen Commerce or Arts. Students must undergo exams but they should not be harassed for their marks. The system must change from appearing for exams to show our own research. Students should never be taught to compare their performance with each other, instead they should be taught to compare themselves to their previous performance scores. Students should never be abused, they must never be ill treated. They should always be encouraged to inculcate good habits. Vote if you like. I am soon going to start this reformation.
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Sureshkc077 said: (Sun, Oct 9, 2011 04:00:59 PM)

I think India primary education structure is very poor basically of Govt School's, So We need more improvement in that part also there is no system of Extra Classes in Govt School or collages, and we need some effective plans to create interest in Govt School Education. Here I am going to give you all a Example that Why should I am talking about primary education structure. We all know about a green bamboo, When it is green We can give it any kind of shape. But after dryness it becomes so hard and we become disable to give it any shape. Through above example I want to clear that basic fundamental should be strong.
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Ajeet said: (Fri, Sep 30, 2011 09:17:13 PM)

In my point of view the education system is good but the common fact is that in our schools and colleges are giving only the therotical knowledge to our students and they less concetrate on the pract. Konwledge. Here is the point where we lag in education. And most important point is that our education is bussiness for the politicians. They have opened the schools and colleges and get donation for the admns. Here the the student who blongs the poor family they can't got admns in schools and colleges. And the most important is that India people they only depends upon the reservation. It's not good for our education. If we improve our education system then we only concentrate one right study in right way. Don't depends on the reservation. THATS ALL. I hope every one will think on this.
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Aremo Femi said: (Mon, Sep 12, 2011 02:19:01 PM)

As a student in Nigeria I think School can be more productive in Nigeria when so many extra activities are put in place( i mean more practical works in any field in universities . I think student should be exposed to so many things that will really make them know what they are suppose to do. As it as been said that Nigeria student only read to pass but don't read to know, out of 100 student that finished a session can't recall everything they did in last session but they passed the exams well. I do examples on on the pracical issues( when a student A is taken to a class to see all that is inside the classroom and a student B was just told all that is inside the same classroom, some weeks if they are both called to write out all that was inside the class. The student A would write more than the student B because he was there to see that was inside the class.
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Rajesh said: (Tue, Sep 6, 2011 02:49:34 PM)

According to my view, Now a days Education is going as a Business process. Every city have more than 25 colleges and Schools which have the motivation only on money. So they just take admissions for huge capitation and then make the students to get good results only in need of the respect that the institution requires, so that they can admit more students in the upcoming years. And for this, they force the students to memorize the lessons only in the aspiration of passing the exam. Hence students does not get good knowledge. But just pass the exam alone which will lack in the intelligence level of the students.
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Meenal said: (Tue, Aug 30, 2011 09:06:17 PM)

According to me Indian education is one of the best in the world. But problem is in the way it is imparted, and its reach. In most of the schools and colleges emphasis is given only on theoretical knowledge and the performance of students is also judged on the basis of that. Attention on practical knowledge is very less. But sets the mindset of students the same way and demoralizing the ones who are good in practical aspects. Other problem is its reach to the poor section of society, students in that section may be more deserving but there inaccessibility to primary education takes them a step back, in fact a few steps back in comparison to there well-off counterparts. Thus rich becoming richer and poor becoming poorer in EDUCATION. This problem need to be fixed at grass root level by Govt and by us. Only then we can see prosperous and Educated India.
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Himanshu said: (Wed, Aug 24, 2011 10:01:30 AM)

Hello friends. Definitely education system needs serious reforms today. Our education system still emphasize on quantity due to which we are not able to produce researchers, noble laureates. Quality needed to be given priority over quantity. So that we can produce best researchers and provide them good research facility so that they work for our country's development. Initially we had 6 iits and then 6 more opened, rather than opening 6 more we could have made reforms in our existing iits. Today iit Bombay ranks 183 in top higher educational institute in world, rather than opening 6 more iits our emphasis should be to reform existing iits and lower down their ranking from 183rd to 1st. And much emphasis needed to be given to practicals then theory, as very rightly said "we cannot

win the battle, until we practice on the ground" similarly you cannot learn something until you have implemented it, and practicals are implementation of theoretical knowledge. And one thing I would like to add that computer education should be made compulsory. At every level in education system.
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Ajay said: (Sun, Aug 14, 2011 10:47:03 AM)

Hi guys my idea is reservation must be given to the students those who are economically backward not by caste. One of the live example I have seen in my state JK where full family from backward class are in the topmost rank in the state job. Their children are studying in reputed organisation and availing full facility of modern world, but when question comes to their job they get reservation. And he got the job and one of friend who is from general category fail to get it. So main idea is to give justice to people of India.
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Srinivas S said: (Tue, Aug 9, 2011 04:56:51 PM)

The majority of all you say is foolish speaking on education system, first of we need the education which is better development of the individual. Only the thing is the lazy professors are not doing any research after they attain the post. There will be a political vision and asked to prepare the notes by using the western author books. What is the use of Indian human resource in the field of education. It is ashame on apart of us to speak about the education system without having practical approach. We need the education which provides bread and butter. It should be useful for the further generation to lead their life. Who told that the physics is important subject for the Para medical students. We the people have creativity and we scared about our lives. How many of our ITI and diploma students know to ride the bike and the car?
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Ruban said: (Tue, Aug 9, 2011 04:25:45 PM)

Education in India is getting worse. School, college and polytechnic education all are not provided good. Polytechnics in tamil nadu (private) employ diploma holders to teach for polytechnic students. Polytechnic students as a result struggle to study. They are forced to study completely on their own the difficult mathematics, design mechanics etc. , Further beating is popular among polytechnic staffs as the students can't complain due the internal marks that have to be provided by the college staff only. Further correspondents who are the main cause of loww eduction (they employ diploma canditates for low salary) neglect education and only see polytechnics as money making business. This should

be changed by strict enforcement of laws for polytechnic and periodical and proper checking of classes and labs and immediate cancellation of licence for any institution providing improper education. May the govt take appropriate action.
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Prabhat Kumar said: (Wed, Aug 3, 2011 11:35:12 PM)

hi friends, i just wanna say that education in india seriously need changes. our education system is completely based on theoritical studies and there is no practical approach towards our subjects.and moreover govt of india gives scholarship to sc/st students and there are no plains of scholarship for bright students. i had a chat with a professor teaching in uk and asked about the difference between a mit student and a indian student then he replied that they r given scholarship for reasearch and this is the main motivation for their sucees
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Shardul said: (Mon, Aug 1, 2011 11:37:49 PM)

Hi friends, Im here to open some peoples eyes. Some of them think that a open category boy getting 90% don't get admission in college but a boy of sc/st getting 60% does, but it is completely wrong the seats in a college for sc/st are fixed and cannot be changed. As in engineering if the intake is 60 for a particular branch then only 7 seats are reserved for sc/st, in which 3 are for girls and 4 for boys, so if this many seats are full then there is no further admissions for sc/st for that branch of the college and if the seats are not full then this seat can be occupied by a open category student. But a seat left by a open category cannot be allotted to a sc/st student. 2]. They say the cut-off of sc/st is low but they don't know the reason of this, the main reason is the reservation was given to the minority group, I don't think there is a need to explain what is "minority". So there are less number of students for admission and so the cut-off is low. The explanation comes up to that if you or your known has not got admission in a colleges then this is not because the seats have been eaten up by sc/st students they should know that sc/st have fix amount of seats and they cannot eat their seats but a open category student can eat a sc/st students seat if "vacant". THANK YOU.
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Giri Ameerpet said: (Fri, Jul 8, 2011 03:41:35 AM)

Hi friends, I want to drive this topic in other way. Our education system goes only with the theoretical knowledge. We are kept aside from practical applications. In our's we don't have that

much freedom to implement our thoughts in continuous class sessions we need more practicals. Our practicals start at time of +2 up to that students don't hnave a chance to show their talents and to sharp their brains where in us. Practicals start at younger stage and so on. Just take the example of IIM and IIT. What is happening there, lots of reservations are there for backward casts students. So those who are compatible to those seats they will not get the seats. It will create the serious problem for INDIA, that is of BRAIN DRAINAGE. If we see today there are so many classes opened in every area. Why students are giving more importance to the classes? :shock: because teachers of such classes gives more attention on the study of each and every student. But it is not happening in schools. If we see, in rural areas, the infrastructure facilities provided in this schools is very poor. These schools does not have proper water facilities, seating arrangements, toilet facilities. And the presently of teachers in these schools is very poor. This is the reason why there is need to change our present education system.
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D.N Sah said: (Mon, Jun 27, 2011 10:41:09 PM)

In my view the education system of India is very good but some particular state the education system should be improve.
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Neha said: (Sun, Jun 26, 2011 04:34:23 AM)

Education system needs to be revolutionised. Since it is just encouraging the bookworms and not creativity and adaptability. Though it brings out a large number of students every year but just with a degree and no practical knowledge who are direction less and distracted from the main path of getting a promising white collar job. Also the long going traditional syllabus to be better called as a frozen and boring one expects a change. Here, government needs to be a facilitator.
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Jyotsna said: (Thu, Jun 16, 2011 07:58:00 AM)

Hiiiiiiii frns, The topic is very much interesting. According to me the educational system of our county is good enough but it also requires to improve more for the better future of our country. In Indian schools the tesching system should be little bit change. The education system needs to raise the syllabus of the lower classes as well as the senior secondary classes. As in the class 1, 2, 3 the repititon always takes place and that repitition is the like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and etc. It should be upto only class 1 or 2.

In senior classes the theoritical knowledage is not enough. Students should be provided the practical knowiedage. They should be givn the knowledage of the outer world and teachers should encourage the students about their aims in their life that they want to be. Therefore the education system in our country requires iprovement.
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Ashish Bedmutha said: (Mon, May 23, 2011 05:32:16 AM)

If we see today's education system in India I will say not enough good. If want to take admission in any reputed college then first thing comes into picture that do you have a category, if not then take admission in management quota, so how can a middle class family or a student getting 90% having open cast unable to take admission. So this should be removed. And second thing in rural areas the situations of schools or colleges is not good, they don't have proper facilities for student, not good teaching staff.
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Sudhanshu said: (Tue, May 17, 2011 06:26:56 AM)

As per recently concluded census 2011, Literacy rate in India has shot significantly from 64. 08 to 74. 04%. About 110 million women literates added in the recent decade compared to 107 million men literates, so gap between men literates and women literates also reduced. All this has happened due to the increased emphasis on education by government. Sarv shiksha Abhiyaan in 2001, mid-day meal scheme all has bear fruits which is evident from the census data. But is this enough?Now wheather the literacy rate is fulfulling the following purposes which we seek to achieve-:. A) Citizens aware of their rights and duties and hence vocal about any economic and social exploitation to which they are subjected. B) Better understand their goals in life and know their alternatives if faced with problems like unemployment. In case of unemployment they know how to create right oppurtinities for them. C) Understand clearly the difference between lawful and unlawful activities and never resort to unlawful activities to achieve ant short term gains. But if we see the current scenario there is a rampant corruption, crime, unlawful activities, exploitation taking a toll on India. Then how can we boast about our literacy rate when this has failed to achieve the basic purpose of empowered society which we wish to achieve. It's the fault in our education system and hence its badly need a reform.
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Mrinmayee said: (Wed, May 11, 2011 07:23:24 AM)

Reforms are definitely required in the education system in our country. That is because the ministry of education is handed over to politicians who themselves are not that literate. An education minister of a particular state would ask to change the syllabus of certain classes. And his successor would again ask to get back the old syllabus. Because of their decisions students are suffering.
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Manusahu said: (Tue, May 10, 2011 08:01:22 AM)

As my point of view,so many colleges are not having better faculty for teaching lessons to students.so lot of students are face this problem to gain knowldege.So the government should focus on this situation for providing good faculty to all colleges,then only students'll comeup with lot of knowledge in future.
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Saran said: (Mon, May 9, 2011 02:16:32 AM)

Common syllabus is not possiple in India. Because of the climatic factors. For example, jammu they have almost 6 months of sleet and assam- they have flood in every year.
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Gita Parihar said: (Tue, May 3, 2011 12:29:39 PM)

Very thought-provoking ideas. Wish the language could have been grammatically correct. There were repetitions which could have been avoided. Overall quite agreeable matter.
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Dr Ajit Kumar Agrwal said: (Sat, Apr 30, 2011 09:06:55 AM)

Improving the Education system in India. (2nd Modified version after more feedback and discussion) The aim of education is to deal with real life situation and make someone able to earn his livelihood.. The system should teach someone to learn to acquire and update his knowledge so one can keep updating his knowledge for rest of his life. I feel the Education system in India could be divided into TWO Components: 1. Up to class 7, every student should be taught those subjects which are essential for every human

being viz: a. Computer b. English language c. Mathematics d. EPH (Elementary Physiology and Hygiene), e. There would be one subject consisting of bit of Economics, Geography, History, Duty of Indian citizen, and a brief idea of other subjects etc. f. Mother tongue language eg Hindi, Bengali or south Indian Language, where one does not have to pass an examination. Learning the local language will help to communicate with local people of different age and background. The school hours should be about 5 hours which would allow ample time to study whatever the students want to study on whatever they are interested in. In class 7 there should be more emphasis and expert evaluation on what they want to do in future depending on their aptitude and interest. It may be difficult to decide at class 7 as what one wants to do in future and some one may take a break for one year or so and try to see where his interest lies. They should know the different jobs and should have some work experience of the job they seem to like under supervision of expert. We would like to decide what they are best in, but it should not prevent them to change their profession at a later date, which I suppose should happen then rarely. 2. After class 7, one should be taught for 6-7 years their specialized Subjects, which will be their profession viz teacher, Scientist, doctor, agriculture, Politician (Good), sportsperson etc. The aim of study should be vocational. The approach should be practical and interactive and probably less of theoretical knowledge. The aim should be to understand the subject rather than cramming it and the evaluation should be planned accordingly. There should me monthly or regular evaluation, which after class 5 should be supplemented by examination. English somehow or other is the international language. It is the language of USA, Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), Australia and Canada. English is the language of most commonwealth countries. Approximately 375 million people speak English as their first language. However, when combining native and non-native speakers it is probably the most commonly spoken language in the world. It is the official language of 53 countries. Books for all advanced studies are available in English. Approximately 125 million people in India speak English. One reason Indians have done well in foreign countries is because they are good in English. Unfortunately Indians do not have a common language and bringing English as a common language will unite India. One can search on Computer a particular topic in any language but articles in English language will be many more times and knowing good English would be much more advantageous in searching. Computer now has become integral part of our daily life and it is impossible to separate our life from computer. Once someone learns to search a particular topic in computer, he an keep learning about a particular topic he is interested in. As technology is improving we can do more and more

things with computer. EPH would help us to know as how we can keep healthy. I think most people in India don⼌t know about water borne disease and how to keep in good health. The student should be taught about human anatomy and physiology, food hygiene, how to keep healthy including exercise and sports. This will improve the health of general people, which is a major problem in India. One advantage of this system would be that our youth would be able to do their profession at the age of 18-19 years or so, which will be a boon for a developing country like India and one can make the livelihood from that age. It will be much more affordable for government and the parents and we would be able to educate every children of India, including all girls. Although Indian government has recently made Education a fundamental right for every individual, we need to get more teachers, infrastructure, computers etc. The statement by Smt. Purandewari, Minister of state for Human Resources Development about ICT (Information and Computer Technology) at world seminar for Ministers for Education in London is very encouraging and development must be happening on that front. All these subjects would be very much applied and we would find that students would be more interested in their subject and there would not be apathy to the studies. A student who has been trained with such system would be good in English, computer and specialized in their own branch and will have the option to work in lot of other countries in the world. Dr Ajit Kumar Agrwal Consultant Physician MD(Medicine), MRCP(UK), CCST(General Medicine and Medicine for Elderly) http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=750825429&sk=notes Please send your feedback and comments.
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Poorvi said: (Tue, Apr 26, 2011 05:24:56 AM)

The education system in India when compared to other nations is better. Many of us believe that the American system of education which emphasises on practicality and innovation is better than the Indian system of education which emphasizes on theoretical knowledge. Which is why people say that this system needs reforms. But, I don't think so. The mugging up of things only helps us to put things in a better perspective. It helps us to analyse the socio economic conditions of various nations. Whereas in a system which supports only practicality and creativity. A student is given only the superficial knowledge. He does not understand the basic building blocks of that particular subject. Yes, I agree that the syllabus of certain state boards are not upto the mark. But it can be improved. It's standards can be raised. Teachers who not only hold the required degree but are able to bring a lively, energetic atmosphere in the class should be appointed.

Students should be given an opportunity to take an active part in the extra curricular activities. Participation in other activities should be made a part of the educational co-curriculum in all institutions, whether big or small.
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Snehasish said: (Sun, Apr 24, 2011 04:10:12 AM)

According to me "Eduacation in india need serious reforms"...A SC/ST student getting 60% of marks gets chance in a bettr educational institiute and a general category student getting 90% have to sacrifice his/her seat to this people..why should this happen???Getting chance to beetr institutions should be judged according to a person's skill nt on his/her caste...Our education system is exam based..students just mug up the concepts and reproduce the same...They are nt taught to face the real life problems and to apply their knowledge in new things..In india there is a emphasis on bookish knowledge and nt on practical knwldge...In schools and colleges students are taught theoritical knowledge rather than practical knowledge...ALthough our central goverment spend 65.6% on educational budget evry yr bt ths money is nt spend uniforly bcz of political pressure..In india need of a central board for education is vry necessary as a frst clss student in cbse have greater knowledge thn a frst clss student studying in state boards...Private schools and colleges rise their fees so much that it's beyond the ability of mddle clss people to educate their children in good institutions..Also there is total poor education in Government schools.Teacher's teaching quality in govt instutions are nt upto the mark...Although there is a board looking for controling the teachers bt it's a sake of nme..So this boards need to control the situation seriously...Nowaday's there is an engineering college at evry bus stop bt this institutions doesn't have proper affiliations and doeasn't provide bttr facility in education..SO govt of india have to treat this problems seriously for the sake of student's future..
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Sowji said: (Sun, Mar 27, 2011 10:38:40 AM)

According to my view our Indian education system was very good.but so many people are not utilising properly.Even our govt is also providing education loans to student but they were concentrating on other issues not for studying. Even our parents also thinking education is business only they have seen getting good marks,jobs etc..but they donot see thier children knowledge.they are compare with thier neighbours marks but not knowledge.Because parents are the first teachers of their childrens.They also suport to childrens to get good knowkedge.
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Tina said: (Wed, Mar 9, 2011 09:36:10 PM)

I feel that we need a drastic change in our educational system. Especially in the reservation of seats based on the caste. An sc or st student with 70% marks get a seat in a reputed institution but an oc student with above 90%marks fails to get it. Then what is the use of studying. The reservation of sheets should be made only on the knowledge and not on the caste or anything else. Also we need

to follow thesame syllabus all over the country. The quality of education provided in govenment schools should be improved. The condition is worse that most of students studying 8th standartd in a govenment schools don't even know to write their own names. The teachers in government schools are not al all dedicated to their profession. There should be a comitee or board which will really take care of the quality of education and control the teachers. Of course we are having such board just for name sake and this situation should be changed.
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Jhanavi Kalra said: (Tue, Mar 8, 2011 10:09:16 AM)

I feel we should not get an illusion of a great education system only by looking on the on-paper statistics. Though Indian government declares huge amounts of budget for education, but is that money actually spent for the betterment of education in India? And who keeps a check on the everincreasing fees in private schools and colleges that makes good education inaccessible for the poor strata of society? On paper, we produce 5 lakh engineers per year, but 70-80 % of them are not sound technically. The literacy rate is India is going up, but is the quality of education being delivered high enough to meet international standards?
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M. Safiullah said: (Sun, Mar 6, 2011 12:10:53 PM)

Eventhough the govt. of India has made easy provision to obtain educational loan to student, Our students are not utilizing it properly by putting their effort in well education. More concentration is needed in primary education esp. in govt. primary schools. And proper monitoring is a must on the facilities of private schools.
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Jyothirmai said: (Wed, Mar 2, 2011 05:57:53 AM)

Our education should be linked with socio economic needs of the society.The purpose of education is not to create human robot or to supply skilled manpower to the global market.Instead,education must become an effective instrument of economic devolopment and social change.we are a country with unique distinction of having enormous resources just aposed with abject poverty. we have not been able to harness our resources to raise the living conditions of our inability to attune our educational system to this end.
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Sushil Chandnani said: (Sat, Feb 26, 2011 09:27:27 AM)

In my opinion the pratical knowledge is more important then all the things. The schools and colleges have forgotten the values and religion and rather they have made this as a business and

tension for families and students. Everyone needs marks jobs. What about knowledge and entreprenuership think about it indians. All the best.
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Aswini said: (Fri, Feb 25, 2011 12:05:25 PM)

In olden days peoples are studied for to get knowldge intelegence etc but now days we are studying only for job purpose and salary in my openion in India reservation (st sc bc. ) it play an important role in education system. Inmy view it was bad because this even wise students are faced lot of problems they don't get seats in best collegs but poor students got it so inthis way also we have to improve.
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Mansi said: (Sun, Feb 13, 2011 02:03:17 PM)

Our education system is more focused on marks, grades, rank, etc. Due to this the students and the parents face unnecessary pressure in the name of competition. It should instead focus on the practical knowledge gained.
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Moiz Mohammed said: (Thu, Jan 6, 2011 08:32:52 AM)

apart from getting good knowledge both in theorotical and practical one should have to implement it.education should provide additional course such as personality development in earlier classes itself so that everyone will stick on to his/her work with desire,direction,dedication and last but not the least discipline.
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Pooja said: (Thu, Nov 25, 2010 12:08:55 PM)

India's education system does need a drastic change. Right from the beginning its like we are just given "information and information" and we are rarely taught how to apply concepts. Its too much exam-oriented. We just know the statements of laws and concepts which are literally printed in our mind. But when it comes to putting it to use in a particular situation its like we are just hint less. Just mugging up and reproducing. We serve a purpose none other than a computer. And this has been going on for like centuries. So the teachers cannot be completely blamed. Because this is what has happened to them. We need some real stuff. Some real thinkers and to be precise, appliers. And as much important is sports and development of soft skills. You cant be a book worm in this world.
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K.Sridhar said: (Wed, Oct 27, 2010 07:56:28 AM)

India is a developing country. In many ways India, like China, has some very good and progressive universities. India's technical colleges are of world standard (or better) and as produced the Indian software industry. However, the size and cultural diversity of India, along with high levels of poverty in many places means that these top universities are contrasted with some very low standards. Education needs to address. Social inequalities. Gender inequalities. Changing needs in India's economy (economic growth means there is a greater need for job ready graduates in new growth industries).
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Sachin Padhye said: (Sun, Oct 17, 2010 01:25:19 PM)

Education system in India needs drastic improvement. School has become an industry rather than a value system. The schools are after making their names rather than providing value education to the children. Look at the fees they charge! It is beyond reach of a common man. Government has failed miserably to control Private schools. The studies we do are only for getting marks and getting jobs. We hardly use any studies we do in our job. I hope Government will do something to improvise the system.
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G.Kiran said: (Wed, Oct 6, 2010 01:41:35 PM)

Indian education system has to be changed a lot as the current existing system is not giving the students the practical knowledge. Suppose, if we consider a foreign student, he possess all the practical skills in the specific field right from his childhood whereas, we don't have an specialization even up to Ph.D., which is why most of the Indian students are remaining only theoretical but not practical.
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Vimal Kumar said: (Thu, Sep 30, 2010 08:50:38 AM)

In my point of view, I think our education system has enogh development but we have to blame us only. Because we are not using our education system properly. If we utilize our education properly, then we are developed country, because education is plays an main role for development of

country.
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Dhanya said: (Tue, Sep 14, 2010 08:52:50 AM)

In my opinion, uniformity is a critical need for our education system. Also, our education system should provide practical knowledge along with theoretical knowledge by conducting study tours, industrial visits etc.
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Sanjeev Bolia said: (Mon, Aug 2, 2010 12:06:50 AM)

Being in the business of organizing biggest education fairs across India and several Asian countries, I constantly interact with all kinds of schools from legendary ones to new age schools. I notice a significant shift that%u2019s subtly taking place in several schools approach. Some of them (although very few) are beginning to focus on preparing students strive for a good career/employment and not just acquire a degree.
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Chethan said: (Wed, Jul 14, 2010 01:39:27 AM)

I think education system in india should be reformed, first of all a uniform syllabus should be formed all across india so that the students can compare themselves with others because definitely a first class student studying in cbse will be having better knowledge compare to a first class student studying in state syllabus so the distinction in syllabus should be eliminated. Students should be taught more about practical than theory, because ppl prefer institutes like NIIT just because if u take the example of teaching a programming language, the faculty will demonstrate the things by executing the programs while teaching the theory concepts so it helps the students to get an overall idea of wats happening.
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Neenu said: (Sun, Jul 4, 2010 08:43:12 AM)

I think Education system in India need a big change even though it has the best education system in the world after china.most of the institutes, schools ,and colleges concentrating on the theoretical knowledge not on the practical knowledge which makes the student to up the things and simply write on the paper sheet and get the marks which does not make perfect in handling the practical environment of life and not able to apply on the practical projects. Not only the government but also society has to make the great effort in improving the education system by making collective effort.
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Disney said: (Wed, Jun 30, 2010 09:11:15 AM)

The quality of the education in India needs serious reforms.I would put forward my idea in a better way that there should be equality of the eduction i.e., the various boards have to be combined to form a single and well-organized union to provide education with same syllabus.This would help the students to know their positions and go ahead in their academics. To me education doesn't fall completely on the side of academics.It really means that developing the Life skills in a person too.It is said that "Experience is the best teacher".Why not to-days teachers provide those experience to the guys guided by them? That would be a best idea to make them able to get things know. There are a number of systems available for bring these types of experience-cum-education. That would make the Indians more competitive in this World. A system that helps the students to work in groups has to be introduced into our educational system so that they are friendly with team-working and have a good leadership experience. This would help them shine and bring India to greater heights.Education in India had to be reformed a lot to make our nation a super-power.
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Shobana said: (Mon, Jun 28, 2010 04:57:52 AM)

The Quality of education need to be changed in our country.The variation between CBSE,Matriculation and State Board should be made uniform.Students should be taught more about practical knowledge than theorectical.
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Hari said: (Sun, Jun 27, 2010 12:14:33 AM)

...The indian education system was good . But so many pepole are going to other countries in higher studies but other countries lecturers (most of the 47%) are indians .
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Sks said: (Sat, Jun 26, 2010 09:47:14 AM)

"The education system needs a serious reforms" is a good topic.While considering the Indian education system,it is not bad at all.Our students are capable for competing with students from other countries.They achieve this capabilities by overcoming various struggles likes poverty.But still they are able to make their own space in this world. Indian education system has several bottlenecks.Major reason for this is the politics. We can't properly use the money issued by the central gov every year because of the political pressure.Another reason is lack of proper syllabus or lack of uniform syllabus allover India.Gov should have to take more action to improve our education system.The actions should start from root level.Then only we can compete with others.Now a days in India,there exist at least one engineering college in every bus stop.Many of them don't have proper facilities or proper

affiliations. students from these colleges may be less efficient and quality of education also decreases.So gov should have to scrutinize their laws and rules for education.
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Jeevan said: (Wed, Jun 23, 2010 03:51:51 PM)

Good evening friends. I want to tale a lead to speak on topic "The education system needs serious reforms". As per Indian education i think, its not bad at all. If you look around the world you can see that the number of students are passing per year at current situation its far better than US, UK etc students. but china in that case is on top.
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Prasanth said: (Tue, Jun 22, 2010 11:22:52 PM)

Even though the Indian government are spending more on educational why our people literacy is very low. I think poverty is playing the important hurdle for our Indian students. Although we have been making free education what is the stuff for the educational syllabus.as per the recent sensex 5th std students were unable to do the problems for 2nd std. The educational part are concentrating more on theoretical but western countries are concentrating more on practical knowledge. So our Indian education system should be developed.
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Anand said: (Mon, Jun 21, 2010 01:49:46 AM)

India has one of the best education in the world. It depends how we utilize the education properly... many say that we have poor education, we are also blaming political leaders for this, some are giving surveys saying that we dont have proper command of English so we have poor education..... To all who feel India lacks in education and needs to improve, I would like to inform that government spends TRILLIONS of rupees on education every year and if you say we have poor education lets grab some points.. * central government of India outlined an expenditure of 65.6% of its total education budget of Rs. 438250 million, * students from foreign countries study in India due to good education in science n technology * 3,000,000 educated ppl of India which includes doctors, software engg, scientists, accountants are in USA. However I do understand that we still need to improve our education to make it better. We say that political interference is affecting education but we dont understand that even a political leader is

elected by YOU..... so it means you are not utilizing education properly and blaming government that political interference is one of reason for poor education?????? Education in regional language does not mean that you are poor in education... if so then why are kalidas, kabir, Shankaracharya, tulsidas,Kamalakanta and more... considered among well educated ppl in world. At last I would recommend YES there are plenty of things which we should improve in our education, However as there is positive and negative effects in a invention if we start utilizing what recourses we have there will be a time when all will say ** EDUCATION IN INDIA IS ONE OF BEST EDUCATION IN THE WORLD**.
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Sm-Karur said: (Sun, Jun 20, 2010 10:24:26 AM)

Today's education system is not useful for gaining knowledge about real life.Rather it fully focus on testing the memory capacity.In exams,students just "mugup" the concepts and reproduce the same. It is necessary for the students to know about...1)how to face their real life problems 2)how to apply their knowledge in new things .
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Swati Sirohi (Bangalore) said: (Fri, Jun 18, 2010 04:43:13 AM)

Indian education is one of the best education in world but Indian education system is the bottle neck for the development of the country. Indian govt. is doing good in providing education as it is free of cost for the poor people but the problem is inside the society only.If any poor family student is there in the class other students starts teasing that children. It's not only the govt fault we all as citizen of India are responsible to improve our education system. Especially the educated people they can spend thier some time for the poor and rural people to educate them either in terms of teaching or in terms of money they can open some trust schools where anyone can study without fees. One survey says that every year India produced 5 lakh engineers but out of that 20-30% are possesed in technical competency and english laguage skills.In India out of 100 only 12 person can speak in english. One more reason is that in India most of the top institutes charges a very high fee which is difficult to hire for the middle class families only then how can its possible for the poor families. This results the students will not get admission because of fees so its really a worst thing if a bright student is elegible they should give the addmission to that student and in this there should not be the criteria like every year only 2 or 3 students only get there scholarship it should be depend on the students if they are good it should be given to 10 or more also who all are qualified.

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Foram said: (Wed, Jun 16, 2010 03:51:27 PM)

The worst part of education is that most of the student have to complete schooling education in regional language and higher education in english medium.uniformity is criticl need of today's education system
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Happy said: (Mon, Jun 14, 2010 05:06:42 AM)

We have worst education system from KG to 12th standard also degree education is not fully satisfy the need of today's development. The politicians are not ready for taking steps for making changes in education sector. Even comparing CBSE, State board or Matriculation, CBSE is somewhat providing better education than the other two. Why is the country subdividing education quality like CBSE, State board or matriculation. First there should be an uniform education pattern for all.

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