Is the Indian education system what we truly need?
India, a land of customs and traditions has borrowed quite a lot from the Colonial system of imparting education. It did, in all honesty teach us values of grave importance, made us civilized and rational, made us keep an open mind and brandished a medal of honor, despite the capricious rule of the Firangis.
And after 73 years of a rite of passage that was brought along due to the Partition/Independence, our education system to put it bluntly has gone to the dogs. Back in the days of the tumbleweeds and the dinosaurs, the means of disseminating any piece of information was through pigeon carriers, messengers and word of mouth. Even in the Medieval era, this was the case but the Indian system of handling it had a certain specificity to it and thus the Gurukula system was born. The Gurukula system posits that you learn subjects that you would normally learn inside four stuffy walls of a classroom, but the only difference is you do it out in the open. What better way to acquire knowledge than to sit underneath towering trees, amidst the bucolic settings that nature has to offer and just take in the sights.
The Gurukula system was highly efficient when it came to facilitating the written and the spoken word but we had to resort to better means.
Proliferation of an in place system could only be ensured if we adopted a board that hired out teachers and leased out buildings, colloquially known as educational institutions. Be it the board paper corrections to the way internal affairs within schools are held, our education system requires a thorough and quick revamp of sorts. The current system needs to be scrapped down and a stable and a better functioning one be put into effect which makes sure that we are in the right hands.
This red herring in India needs to be resolved so that a peaceful intermingling of thoughts and idea are given more importance. Schools should not solely act as a money- grubbing business but should strive to work for the welfare of the community as well as the students. Formal education should be made mandatory and fee concessions should be granted to the poorest of the poor. It is time to wake up and smell the coffee before it is too late.
If India aims to one day become a well equipped powerhouse or a superpower, it should take necessary steps to change how we teach, what we teach at a systemic and grassroots level. This is a wake up call, something drastic needs to be done should our education system allay the fears of not just prospective students and grief-stricken parents, but should work towards reinforcing the belief that one day the seamless Gurukula system would be put back in place.
Many parts of India still employ the Gurukul method of learning, which is a glaring testament to ancient forms of learning which thereby yielded higher results and success ratios than current methods.
And after 73 years of a rite of passage that was brought along due to the Partition/Independence, our education system to put it bluntly has gone to the dogs. Back in the days of the tumbleweeds and the dinosaurs, the means of disseminating any piece of information was through pigeon carriers, messengers and word of mouth. Even in the Medieval era, this was the case but the Indian system of handling it had a certain specificity to it and thus the Gurukula system was born. The Gurukula system posits that you learn subjects that you would normally learn inside four stuffy walls of a classroom, but the only difference is you do it out in the open. What better way to acquire knowledge than to sit underneath towering trees, amidst the bucolic settings that nature has to offer and just take in the sights.
The Gurukula system was highly efficient when it came to facilitating the written and the spoken word but we had to resort to better means.
Proliferation of an in place system could only be ensured if we adopted a board that hired out teachers and leased out buildings, colloquially known as educational institutions. Be it the board paper corrections to the way internal affairs within schools are held, our education system requires a thorough and quick revamp of sorts. The current system needs to be scrapped down and a stable and a better functioning one be put into effect which makes sure that we are in the right hands.
This red herring in India needs to be resolved so that a peaceful intermingling of thoughts and idea are given more importance. Schools should not solely act as a money- grubbing business but should strive to work for the welfare of the community as well as the students. Formal education should be made mandatory and fee concessions should be granted to the poorest of the poor. It is time to wake up and smell the coffee before it is too late.
If India aims to one day become a well equipped powerhouse or a superpower, it should take necessary steps to change how we teach, what we teach at a systemic and grassroots level. This is a wake up call, something drastic needs to be done should our education system allay the fears of not just prospective students and grief-stricken parents, but should work towards reinforcing the belief that one day the seamless Gurukula system would be put back in place.
Many parts of India still employ the Gurukul method of learning, which is a glaring testament to ancient forms of learning which thereby yielded higher results and success ratios than current methods.
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