India's real problem,
he said, was economic-
not
communal.
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* Students spoke on Education system in INDIA:
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JANANI GANESA, 3rd year, Economics, city-based college
The whole system has to be revised and reformed, from every possible angle. Rarely do we find teachers who teach for the love of teaching. It is not that passionate teachers have ceased to exist but the system has ceased to attract them.
Allow teachers creative freedom when taking classes.
The process of imparting education for the sake of passing an exam is so monotonous that both teachers and the students have come to abhor it. Corporal punishments have become frequent because teachers are reduced to venting their frustration on students; energy which, in a more positive situation,could have been better utilised to teach.
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ABHISHEK PAKRASHI, 1st year, Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
Memorising reams of notes eventually hamper the development of the intellect. Question papers should be set in such a way that they test the true intelligence of students, rather than merely enabling them to pass exams. Students must have the freedom to deviate from the textbook, whether at primary or secondary levels, as this will encourage independent thinking. The unfortunate result of the system as it is today is that the marks one obtains is directly proportionate to the volume of notes one memorises.
I would want to see, within the next decade, learning to be research-based. A work-and-learn environment should be promoted amongst all students.
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ARUN TEJASVI CHAGANTY, 3rd year, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras)
Ten years from now, I see the education system in India widening in its scope and offering quality education in more fields, as is currently happening with some humanities streams. Higher education will see many more institutes competing to be amongst the best. The honour of being the country's best institutes will no longer be the prerogative of the IITs. I would also like to see the government put more effort into improving education at the school level, as well as encouraging adult education. I would like to see many of the reservations that are in place today be replaced with a systems that offers incentives based on the amount of actual education one completes. I want to see a system where colleges are encouraged to select students from economically backward regions, rather than forced to. Unfortunately, I do not see this happening, largely because of political pressures. I think reservations will only become more pervasive.
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ADITYA SHANKAR, 4th year, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
I would really want The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act to be implemented seriously. Otherwise a large percentage of the disadvantaged section will still be left languishing in Government schools, despite the 25 percent reservation in private schools.
A decade from now, I'd really like to see Government schools being as good as their private counterparts. On the subject of higher education, the truth is that very few Indian colleges and universities can compete on the world stage. Moreover, only a minuscule proportion of our students are enrolled at these institutions. It would be misleading, therefore, to think that this problem can be solved just by increasing the number of IITs and IIMs. What is really required is to raise the level of other institutes so that students have a whole lot of viable alternatives to choose from.
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RAMYA KORLAKAI VINAYAK, 3rd year, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
The foundation of any nation is its education system. If it crumbles, so does the nation. I dream of an education system whose aim is character building; a system which allows every child to grow into physically and mentally strong citizens, capable of making their own choices, decisions and opinions with its emphasis not only on knowledge but also understanding, skills and creativity; a system which does not bind a child who yearns to learn more but instead facilitates child to discover and develop its inclinations. We need good teachers, especially at the primary level, to accomplish this task. There should be good remuneration and facilities for teachers, especially in rural areas. Students should be given options to choose the subjects, and the difficulty levels, as they move to higher classes.
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S SIVARAMAKRISHNAN, 3rd year, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
India desperately needs to set in place a solid schooling system. A large part of India's young population is in dire need of good basic education, at least for better awareness and basic literacy, if not for immediate payoffs in the professional sphere. This also applies to our higher education system. Regardless of how much support the government offers higher education systems, to do so without addressing the primary education system is pointless. I hope that the government realises its errors and its priorities. I would like to see India continue to establish itself as a strong base for undergraduates in engineering streams. The need of the hour is to push this further and massively increase the number of PhDs we produce. Apart from this, we also need to diversify into other fields like medicine and healthcare, law, humanities and social sciences and set up institutes to provide world-class education in the same. As a country hoping to rapidly improve the standards of its populace, and to influence global policy, we need to get our act together very quickly.
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