7 things India needs to change for better tomorrow….!!!!

Maybe we are good at marks, but in the practical world, we fail. We mug up and vomit, but do not internalize or understand what we have learnt from study. We are not able to apply basic concepts to day-to-day tasks, whether at school or at home. The biggest tragedy of all – We do not develop our practical ability. Even our exam pattern is that we have to focus on theory marks. Our boards are giving importance to theory marks compared to practical marks.

Everything keeps changing in the world within a very short period of time, but why is the course review period almost ten years?
When we complete studies and enter into practical life, things have already become outdated. This is one reason, most of us are not getting jobs. Employers complain about skill shortages, poor quality of workers, and low productivity due to poor schooling. And probably that is the main reason that they have started Training.

As shown in 3 idiots, most of us always think about marks, not about practical implementation. During our academics, we don’t get appreciated for the innovations done by us. So we start focusing on exam results and stop doing innovative things. Our parents want to see us as a Doctor, or Engineer, or a lawyer. When we want to go in a different direction or in a different stream, we have to fight with our family and society. So most of us quit the thought of innovation and decide on other demands.

Neither our parents nor we are aware that scopes are available in different streams after 10th, 12th even after Graduation. So, we select the stream as per others’ wishes.
Some parents don’t have time, some are not that much educated, some are educated but not updated, maybe due to these reasons, they are afraid of getting involved. Middle-class parents can manage this by teaching their kids themselves at home, rich & wealthy families are managed by coaching or private tuition, but what about the parents of poor, semi-literate backgrounds?

For me, teachers are the heart of education. But now, teaching jobs are until today widely regarded as safe, well-paying, risk-free, and low-pressure jobs. Even our parents insist that we have this job. Teachers matter the most. A teacher’s quality is not about qualifications, but the ability to connect with students.

But, states are reducing the percentage score to pass the RTE-mandated Teacher Eligibility Test to enable more teachers to pass. In Bihar, in 1990, Laloo Yadav, as Chief Minister, reduced the criteria to 10th class Fail person can teach form 12th class pass…! So, those who had not finished class 10 were recruited to teach! It’s much harder to digest.

On the other side government assigns polling duties, population count, and many other govt. Duties to teachers. So, Teachers are trying to finish the syllabus as early as possible, and they force students to rote learning.

We have seen management give importance to students whose parents are either in a good position in any department or donate some funds to institutions. So we don’t get fair competition. One who is a hard worker, good at every aspect, and more deserving won’t get what they deserve.

Reservation is also the most important factor behind not getting equal opportunities.

We have never been encouraged to be good at activities other than studies. One who is good at study is rarely good at other co-curricular activities, and vice versa. We are always forced to focus on our studies. Why can’t all of us be best at every aspect of life????

India should learn from Poland, which had many of the problems that we have now. But from 1999-2006, they initiated reforms and turned the system around.

They made sure teachers had much more autonomy and freedom in the school. The syllabus was decided by the government in terms of what would be the minimum learning requirements. Students were tested at the end of class 8.

Teachers, instead of following orders from above, actually had to innovate and figure out how best to teach their children. Each school was actually a practicing laboratory. Poland had a dynamic education minister and a dynamic prime minister at that time. They felt that the single most important wealth that the country had was the people, and they had to reform the education system. Only with political will, things get done.