INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
As it is always said that a good education system
is what a country must possess for the proliferated growth in its economy.
India, before the British Raj, was one of the
largest and most flourished economies of the world. It contributed around 25%
of the world’s GDP during 3000 BC to 1700 AD. What happened then? A country
which was known as the Golden Bird is now nowhere in the world’s economic
panorama!
The rot allegedly started in 1835 with Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay ,
member of the governing council of the East India Company .When he travelled
India for the first time, he wrote a letter to the East India Company saying that:
"I have travelled across the length and
breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a
thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people
of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless
we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural
heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient
education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is
foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their
self-esteem, their native self-culture and they will become what we want them,
a truly dominated nation."
This is
what happened with our country centuries ago. From that point of time India’s
education system is thriving to be efficient enough so that the country can
have a stabilized growth rate. India has made progress in terms of
increasing primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the
population. India's improved education system is often cited as one of the main
contributors to the economic rise of India.
Despite growing investment in education, 25%
of its population is still illiterate; only 15% of Indian students reach high
school, and just 7%, of the 15% who make it to high school, graduate. As
of 2008, India's post-secondary institutions offer only enough seats for 7% of
India's college-age population, 25% of teaching positions nationwide are
vacant, and 57% of college professors lack either a master's or PhD degree.
The
course curriculum has not been revised from around 20 years. What I am studying
in my Engineering is the same as what my parents used to study in their
engineering.
Time
has changed, technologies have changed, but the course is still the same. How
would a person who is studying things which are no longer in practical use will
be able to suffice in the world market.
As of
2011, there are 1522 degree-granting engineering colleges in India with an annual
student intake of 582,000 plus
1,244 polytechnics with an annual intake of 265,000. However, these
institutions face shortage of faculty and concerns have been raised over the
quality of education.
Why
would an educated person, who has invested lacs of rupees into his education,
teach students just for some thousands; which is not at all enough in today’s
scenario. The education imparters should not be under estimated by the government
because they are the people who can help to provide quality education to the
future citizens of India. Not only this but an educated citizen would vote
rationally, an educated citizen would govern rationally and, most important of
all, he will earn what he deserves.
Being
the Changers, it is our duty to aware as many people as possible so that the
government at least thinks upon the Education System if not change it.
THE END
Archit Karnawat Jayati Sharma
Vice – President Member [CIM]
Communications and Information Management
AIESEC Indore website: http://www.aiesecindore.com/
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its an amazing read.
ReplyDeleteA good initiative..!!
ReplyDeleteIndian education system needs a lot of changes....