The
mention of education is not new to Indian culture. It is prevalent since time
immemorial – often quoted in our literature are references of Rishis Munis and also goddess Saraswati- goddess of
learning. Ever advancing with time the education system in India has grown from
big to huge; from vast to rigid.
In today’s context, government is constantly making an
effort to increase the education standards in our country. Though a lot of
stress is laid on literacy yet the consequences are just an iota. This raises
the question; is the education system in India genuine?
The foremost topic of concern is “higher education”. The
expenditure and efforts of the government have significantly risen; but they
are mainly for primary education. Primary education is made mandatory for every
child, but in felicitously there are no such stench provisions for higher
education. We brag of having 70% population as literate but what is the
standard of that literacy? What percentage of this population is at least 12th
or 10th passed? What percentage of this population has a graduation or
masters? The answers to these questions are abysmal.
The ever increasing population of our country is the root
cause to this mess. Population increase has lead to capacity crunch. Although
educational facilities have increased manifold, they fall short of demand for
this large population. Consider the number of applications for professional
courses there are sometimes more than 1000 applications per seat.
Recent modifications in the norms of CBSE (central board for
secondary education) and also other boards have implemented grading system in
place of marks to reduce the exam fear in students. Though it is appropriate to
certain extent, but eventually when the child moves out of his cocoon he has to
face the lethal blow of competition. An example is the cut-offs in good
colleges in DU (Delhi university) the first cut-off in admission to
undergraduate for some subjects had gone to 100% this year!!But what is the
solution to this problem. For fulfilling the educational requirements of the
second most populous nation of the world, mere classroom education is not
enough. There are many places in India where a primary above school is still a
dream. “E-learning” can be a boon in this context. Distant learning programs
can serve as virtual classrooms. This concept of online teaching is quite
prevalent in the West and the European countries but still has to be
established in the Indian scenario.
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