| Author: Ramya.K 12 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Gold | Rating:  Points: 2 |
The education system in India is good but needs some changes in order to become the best in the world. I think although we boast a lot about our education system it has its own pitfalls. They are related to many things ranging from the concept of exams in India compared to other countries to the pressure on students to score top marks by cramming.
What good is cramming alone going to do it will only make a student an inch bad and nothing more. According to me the change that needs to come is with respect to the improvement in the syllabus (as many History textbooks where carrying irrelevant information) in par with other countries, a broader outlook and implementing a more stringent effort to develop the students thinking and creative ability.
Nothing more needs to be done because already Indian students have performed best in all areas and that has been possible with such an education system but the need of the hour is some changes to make it the best. This will even bound to attract students to come to India for studies.
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| Author: k.srinivasan 12 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Silver | Rating: Points: 6 |
Yes. The system should be streamlined. Learning should be made a pleasurable exprience and it should not be taxing on the students. The should develop interest in the reading and on a particular subject on their own. It can be done by letting the students learn by doing things and by using the knowledge in application. When one applies what he had learnt, the understanding will be better and knowledge will become concrete.
The examination system should become destressful. The fear of exam itself causes some students to panic and they forget even what they know. The student should make the student relax and think better and present what he knows in a more concise and clear manner.
Some important decisions and implementation is being done by the CBSE in this regard by setting the question paper in such a way that the students can answer the question in 2 and half hours for a 3 hours examination. They also allow 15 minutes to the students for reading and understanding the questions and deciding upon the strategy before they start writing their answers.
These are welcome signs.
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| Author: Ankush Das 12 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Diamond | Rating: Points: 2 |
The education in India is coming up at a very fast pace and is making great inroads till now. But there are a few very important changes to be made. For example, the examination should not test a person's learning and "ratta" capacity but a person's analytical and reasoning mind. That is the right way of taking an exam and most countries in the world are doing exactly the same thing.
Even the teaching should be improved. Rather than just blabbering out all the facts, the teaching must be done using visual aids like demonstrating 3-D structures, interesting animations, etc. Although some schools use the above method of teaching, the majority of the schools don't care about making studies interesting.
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| Author: tamil 12 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Gold | Rating: Points: 2 |
we are still following the Mccaly system for almost a century, education should shape a man, but todays education is only concentrating on the 8, 16 mark questions. So no einstein or Ramanujam has been identified that is because of mistake in framing the indian education system, als oif it is the parctical laboratory also we mugup and vomit it during the exam . Forgtery should be strictly handled, so that education will be strict and useful, also there will be some meaning in studying
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| Author: sobha wilson 12 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Diamond | Rating: Points: 3 |
Indian education system needs to be reformed so that it could incorporate culture-based education and link the younger generation with the older one, former NCERT director J S Rajput said today.
"The present education is based on Macaulay (a British academician) system. It delinks us from our culture....we have to link the younger generation to our generation and culture," Rajput said at a symposium on 'Culture of Acceptance'.
There is a need to bring reform in the present education system, he said.
Justice Rama Jois, who was also present on the occasion, said, "in the present scenario when many parts of the world are facing religious conflicts, the only ray of hope is culture born in our country that respects every religion and ideas."
India has been a major seat of learning for thousands of years, dating back to ancient seats of learning like Nalanda. In modern times, Indian educational institutions such as the (IITs, IISc, IIMs, NITs,AIIMS, ISI, BITS and ISB) are well known worldwide. India, being a developing nation, struggles with challenges in its primary education and strives to reach 100% literacy. Universal Compulsory Primary Education, with its challenges of keeping poor children in school and maintaining quality of education in rural areas, has been difficult to achieve (Kerala is an Indian state to reach this goal so far). All levels of education in India, from primary to higher education, are overseen by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education (India) and Department of School Education and Literacy), and heavily subsidized by the Indian government, though there is a move to make higher education partially self-financing. The Indian Government is considering to allow 100% foreign direct investment in Higher Education.
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| Author: k.srinivasan 14 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Silver | Rating: Points: 6 |
Yes, the success of any education system lies both in quality and quantity. That is, not only the education should provide quality education, it should also see that all its population are literate. Achieving 100% literacy should be the goal of the government. Even though the government spends lots of money in providing education to the urban and rural population, most of the money drains out unusefully just like in any other scheme formulated by government.
In order to achieve the goal of 100% literacy, not only the government, but also the NGOs, youth and educated should pledge themselves to create an 100% literate India. One such effort was which i saw in the newspapers, a teach india movement started by the times of india newspaper, wherein the educated should pledge 2 hours a week to educated the uneducated masses. The details of it can be had from the web site www.teach.timesofindia.com.
Let us hope that the good new initiative meets success in spreading the literacy net wider.
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| Author: vinayak 15 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Gold | Rating: Points: 2 |
With its plurality and paradoxes, India never ceases to fascinate. And education in India is only one among various other elements that have captured the attention of the world. While the United Nations is worried about the presence of a large number of illiterates, various other countries are amazed by the quality of some of the human resources that the Indian education system has produced. The growth of the Indian economy in the recent past and the compulsion to sustain it is also forcing the Indian government to accelerate the process of developing all the branches of the Indian education system. Therefore, it would be very interesting to understand and analyze the various structures of education in India, its present condition and future developments.
The present education system in India mainly comprises of primary education, secondary education, senior secondary education and higher education. Elementary education consists of eight years of education. Each of secondary and senior secondary education consists of two years of education. Higher education in India starts after passing the higher secondary education or the 12th standard. Depending on the stream, doing graduation in India can take three to five years. Post graduate courses are generally of two to three years of duration. After completing post graduation, scope for doing research in various educational institutes also remains open.
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