EDUCATION : A WRONG CONCEPT

‘education’ has been given a wrong name called ‘study’ for the long time. it has been considered by parents and teachers that education means only study and nothing else. education has only been considered as learning things by heart and copying the same in examination. the one who does it well is considered as the intelligent, smart and what not and the others who lack behind in memorizing answers is considered as the dullest, useless and almost given a tag of ‘waste’. their teachers have a common sentence to them that “you would become nothing if you don’t study well”. At this point we should remember of all those great persons who were thrown put of their schools or who failed in memorising things like einstein, thomas alva edison and many more. In indian we today just blindly follow the education system started by britishers. Even they have changed the educational pattern but we failed. there should be proper arrangment for those who are not able to memorize things but are extraordinarily talented in their own respective fields.

The Indian education system has had a long war between public and private schools, with private schools providing the same education but with better facilities and an expensive slit in the parent’s pocket while public schools did not have that many facilities. In contrast, the Finnish education system has public schools with free tuition fee for the children because the country pays taxes which are used in providing basic education facilities to the children. All the schools use the same resources and the same teaching methods that benefit children equally. So there isn’t so much thinking to do for the parents because all schools are reliable.

Lastly, due to the rote learning system in India, less weight is put upon the understanding of subject, and more emphasis is laid on getting higher marks. This results in frustration among the youth and Kota is one city with the highest suicide rates among IIT and medical aspirants. The Finnish education system emphasises on promoting individuality in every child and develop an understanding of the subject.

India is a huge country and there are going to be hurdles at every step, but where there is a will there is a way.

As is evident, to make any positive strides, we have to revise the education system completely. First and foremost, teaching should be viewed as a respectable profession because when teachers themselves and other sections of the society start viewing the profession with respect, teachers tend to work more seriously towards educating the child rather than teaching them. Secondly, one board should be applicable in the whole country with different instruction languages depending on the state with revision in the curriculum every 2 years to promote holistic development. Thirdly, schools should be located in the vicinity of every village with proper sanitation and food facilities and the curriculum should be inclusive of gender studies, mannerisms. Further, classrooms should be open to discussions on sensitive topics so that the set stereotypes can be broken.

india is a very vast country but if there is a will there is a way.