Current Education System
Education system in India has gone through a number of changes
since past few years. In the ancient times education was based more on
religious and cultural issues and was imparted orally by the sages through the
Gurukul system. The present system of education was introduced and founded by
the British in the 20th century.
As per the present education system, the biggest challenge is to
give the children education that helps in an overall development of the child
to enable him to survive in this competitive world. A number of problems are
still prevailing in the education system of which we all are a part. The normal
school hours are six hours, but, the actual learning takes place for around two
hours. Teachers spend too much time assigning work that requires no real
thought and teaches no real lesson. In spite of the implementation of CCE
(continuous and comprehensive evaluation system) in most of the schools, the
schools still follow rote learning methods rather than imparting practical
knowledge to students. Emphasis on memorizing certain paragraphs from books and
evaluation on the basis of "bookish knowledge" still persist. The
examination system induces the students to prepare them for certain subjects
but real talent of students cannot be assessed. The learners who are research
minded are not able to perform well in the examinations even if they are more
intellectual than the rest who are good in cramming. Another imperative problem
prevailing in our education system is regarding homework which is totally based
on just copying answers and definitions from the textbook.
Teaching in schools should be such, where the learner is not
given knowledge; instead, knowledge should be taken out from him/her. The word
Education itself comes from the word "Educere" which means to bring
out what is already in and not just blindly stuff in. Education should be based
on application and intelligence instead of trying to test memory of knowledge.
Imagination is more important than knowledge and a child should be given
freedom to imagine and think of creative ways of learning. Each child should be
guided correctly to choose an occupation in life where he/she is going to spend
majority of waking hours in future. Real education is the education that
enables an individual to take out what is unique in him/her. Education must
impart vocational knowledge and inculcate values to respect all vocations.
Homework given should be something which is more research based rather than
just copying and writing.
To summarise, present education system has gone through lot of
improvements but, still a more practical approach is required for the overall
development of the child. It is the responsibility of each individual who is a
part of the education system to actively contribute towards this common goal
because as each seed grows into a tree, each child grows into an individual
helping the society in their own unique way.
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