Demerits of Indian Education system

India aspires to become a superpower and play an important role in the world. To make that happen various loopholes had to be rectified. The bottlenecks we face must be solved in an effective manner. Education system plays an important role for the development of a nation as it enhances the country’s economic growth and technological expertise thereby reducing various social ills such as illiteracy, poverty etc..

What really are the challenges of this education system?

Suppose you go to a student of 12th standard in Chennai and ask a question from the text book, the answer he gives would be identical to that in a text book leaving neither a full stop nor the vocabulary used in that text book. However doesn’t apply to all students but still most of the students (though highly capable) are forced to do so and it has become a norm in their education system. Suppose if there is a mismatch between the answer he gives in the exam and the solution given in the text book, he would be awarded with negative marks(though his concept is correct).They expect him to mug up and give the same answer.The education system in general must be held responsible for this. The Indian education system in general faces this problem.

Isn’t there anyone who succeeded with this education system?

Of course there are people who could shine with this same education system. But we need to accept the fact that they are not the products of this education system. Instead they had inspired themselves. But an education system should make many shine.

What are the steps needed to be incorporated in the future to change this system?

As a matter of fact a revolution is needed to solve this crisis. Students aren’t willing to mug up but their hands are tied. We need to lay emphasis on practical education system wherein students will be able to learn with all the modern technique and equipments available and they need not be a bookworm always. By adopting this modern education system the quality of the education would be improved drastically. There need not be thousands of examination but the students can be assessed by their “points” during the course of one year. They need not be loaded with writing a lot of assignments, but they can be given various project works, seminar works, research paper presentation works. This would make the education livelier and I am damn sure many would love such activities. This would reduce the number of school drop outs. As the students start to love the subject there would be a lot of scientists, entrepreneurs, politicians, etc..


I don’t really blame this system entirely but it would be the best if such changes are adopted. I have only suggested only a few and there are many things which are to be changed.
- To be continued….