INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM – A Review

by - Ankur Anal & Vishakha Gopinath

The moment a child is born and somebody takes him in his lap, he says “Hey champ, you would become an Engineer, Manager etc.” It’s so strange that the child who has not even opened his eyes properly has got his career decided!

“Indian Middle Class” constitutes a major chunk of our population. This middle class has further Sub-divisions (on material terms) but no subdivision on mentality terms, i.e. all have the same attitude.

The middle class in India, is the most feared lot; they are like feared bunches of people, who know no other way but to work hard and follow others blindly.

This class, as I told is the most feared and excellent follower, prefers not to take up any risks in terms of choosing a career. They do what others are doing and finally end up giving very substandard performance.

I can’t blame the Indian Middle class mentality completely, as their situation is justified, thanks to the Poor Education system in India.

Unlike countries like America, where a child undergoes a psychology test in the beginning to check his bent of mind and is asked to follow the field which he likes the most, there is no such test in India.

We run towards any field which we feel will give us a job. Today, there is an IT boom in India, it’s offering a number of jobs, and so everybody is seen doing computer science engineering or a small certificate course (say .NET or JAVA). Can the govt. of India justify this situation?

Today, when one is asked “Why an MBA?” (in personal interviews for admissions), he comes up with different answers given by coaching institutes just to hide the main reason. Trust me, more than 90%of students don’t have any other reason but MONEY, immaterial of their interests they jump into this course and end up becoming “just a manager” who ends up saying “my life sucks!”

Why only MBA, it is true with any and every other course.

If Sachin Tendulkar would have been asked to become an Engineer or if Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam would have been asked to become a dancer, can you think of their performance??

They might have performed terribly bad and would have never become “The Sachin Tendulkar or The Kalam” (“The” symbolises their popularity).

The point that I am trying to make out here is that every child should be given the liberty to choose a career of his/her choice. Perhaps then his efficiency would increase by more than 100% and we would have many Tendulkars in their respective fields.

The companies would no longer complain of lack of enthusiasm in their employees (which now a days is a very serious problem particularly in software industries), as everyone would be passionate about his/her job.

Moreover, if the axis of grading and marking is shifted to classroom participation, project work, communication and leadership skills and extracurricular performance, only then will a genuine student shine out. This would not only create an interest in the students to pay attention to the lessons in class, but it will also help in activating the creative nerve in the student’s mind. This might sound like a wild-eyed preposition but the Indian education system desperately needs to bring about this change.

Respect for all the streams. It always does not have to be

M.A ENGLISH= TEACHER

B.COM= ACCOUNTANT

HOTEL MANAGEMENT= COOK &

A DEGREE IN MUSIC= SITTING AT HOME!

Is this how it is supposed to be??? Students at the school level need to be educated regarding the kind of streams that exist and what importance each of them plays to make an economy diverse. I would say even the adults who make such comments should be counseled about the importance of each and every degree and its scope all over the globe. Students should be encouraged to take up the streams according to their interests and come out with flying colours in that line; and the crowd around should not let them down but treat them equally.

Trust me, every career has numerous opportunities, you can excel if you are good at it! MAKE IT LARGE (as the bagpiper add says).

We at skyKpaar truly understand this situation and here is a chance for you to take any career of just YOUR choice. We would guide you and would try to understand your psychology in order to suggest you something which suites you the BEST.

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