challenges with the present education system

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2012-02-01 19:43:06

The present system of higher education does not serve the purpose for which it has been started. In general education itself has become so profitable a business that quality is lost in the increase of quantity of professional institutions with quota system and politicization adding fuel to the fire of spoil system, thereby increasing unemployment of graduates without quick relief to mitigate their sufferings in the job market of the country. So, the drawbacks of the higher education system underscore the need for reforms to make it worthwhile and beneficial to all concerned. Purpose of Education:
All round development of personality is

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The present system of higher education does not serve the purpose for which it has been started. In general education itself has become so profitable a business that quality is lost in the increase of quantity of professional institutions with quota system and politicization adding fuel to the fire of spoil system, thereby increasing unemployment of graduates without quick relief to mitigate their sufferings in the job market of the country. So, the drawbacks of the higher education system underscore the need for reforms to make it worthwhile and beneficial to all concerned. Purpose of Education:
All round development of personality is the purpose of education. But the present day education is neither imparting true knowledge of life, world and helping one stand on one's own leg nor improving the talent of a student by which one can achieve laurels in the field one is interested. So, combination of arts subjects and computer science and science and humanities or literature should be introduced so that such courses could be useful for the students to do jobs after recruitment in some companies which would reduce unnecessary rush to higher education. Standard:
In any nation education is the basic necessity for the socio-economic development of the individuals and the society. In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt. authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country like India as government alone is helpless to do so.
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That is the way people's quality of life can be improved and also, the nation can economically compete with the developed nations of the world. So, private educational institutions can give higher education to all irrespective of economic status of the students. As far as quality of education is concerned it should be under the control of a central institute such as All India Council fo

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The present system of higher education does not serve the purpose for which it has been started. In general education itself has become so profitable a business that quality is lost in the increase of quantity of professional institutions with quota system and politicization adding fuel to the fire of spoil system, thereby increasing unemployment of graduates without quick relief to mitigate their sufferings in the job market of the country. So, the drawbacks of the higher education system underscore the need for reforms to make it worthwhile and beneficial to all concerned. Purpose of Education: All round development of personality is the purpose of education. But the present day education is neither imparting true knowledge of life, world and helping one stand on one’s own leg nor improving the talent of a student by which one can achieve laurels in the field one is interested. So, combination of arts subjects and computer science and science and humanities or literature should be introduced so that such courses could be useful for the students to do jobs after recruitment in some companies which would reduce unnecessary rush to higher education. Standard: In any nation education is the basic necessity for the socio-economic development of the individuals and the society. In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt. authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country like India as government alone is helpless to do so. Quality: That is the way people’s quality of life can be improved and also, the nation can economically compete with the developed nations of the world. So, private educational institutions can give higher education to all irrespective of economic status of the students. As far as quality of education is concerned it should be under the control of a central institute such as All India Council fo

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Mr. Khushwant Jain | Contributor-Level 10

2011-12-17 18:39:35

Our present education system is not that bad. New and new educational institutes are opening but the main purpose of it is to earn more and more money from students. Even though students fees are taken but quality of teaching which is provided is not good. Now a days students wants to understand subject in a practical way with little basic theory needed to understand the subject. Instead of that students are mugging up the subjects and are in the race of getting good marks. This whole scenario need to be changed along with time to time updation of syllabus.

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Narendra Roy An engineer who loves to share his experience | Contributor-Level 10

2011-12-17 14:30:48

Education quality in India is not very bad. what we lack is the real world exposure to teh students. they do not get teh feel of industries, projects, manufacturing if they are getting engineering/ technical education. The MBA students of many colleges do not get teh exposure to actual day to day management practices, challanges. It is to some extent due to apathy of industries and organizations who will get teh final benefit of the trained and well educated stuffs.

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Gomati Dittakavi | Contributor-Level 10

2011-11-03 14:38:07

Well said Nikhileshji. Its better to take one step at-a-time than fast forwarding. Yes, there should be well defined objectives and clearly mapped out comes and i would say we may have to begin from the end to see what need to be changed.

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Nikhlesh Mathur | Guide-Level 14

2011-11-03 13:45:07

My views about the existing education system in India is like "Everyone wanting to make adequate changes.very-very soon. but with a procedure which is yet not validated. It seems to be a mad rush for making improvements. Sometimes I feel the education system has become a chariot which is being pulled in all directions with a motive to move it up th order but because it is being pulled simultaneously in all directions, the chariot basically remains standstill.
Sometime we become too eager to improve things and go hammer & tongs at it with all procedures commissioned at the same time. The result is often status-quo.
We all have the right

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My views about the existing education system in India is like "Everyone wanting to make adequate changes.very-very soon. but with a procedure which is yet not validated. It seems to be a mad rush for making improvements. Sometimes I feel the education system has become a chariot which is being pulled in all directions with a motive to move it up th order but because it is being pulled simultaneously in all directions, the chariot basically remains standstill.
Sometime we become too eager to improve things and go hammer & tongs at it with all procedures commissioned at the same time. The result is often status-quo.
We all have the right intent for improving education systems in India and surely we have the motivation for it too. But what we lack is the proper direction and our inabilities to atonce display our criticism even if one out of ten things go haywire. We need to understand that for making anything one needs to compromise on certain things. If you need sand for condtruction you need to dig a pit somewhere. If you are broadening the countryside highways then one needs to acquite the adjoining farm land. You can't do without it. One must not jump in between such improvement practices. But this is what we often do and thus pull back the chariot ot its original position. Such things should not be propelled as wrong doings. The same thing holds for improving education system. The proper path needs to be carved out after fixing the objectives which should not be plenty at the single point of time. Once the objective is clear and the path is routed out then there should be no roll back. If thigs proceed in this manner we can achieve standards higher than the global standards in the coming decade.
I would summarize my remarks by commenting that in India the talented Educationists do not have the fire power to over come the decision makers who unfortunately are not talented enough to realize the talent of the educationists. And those who have been given the power to make changes are myopic when it leads to viewing India 20 years form now.
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My views about the existing education system in India is like "Everyone wanting to make adequate changes.very-very soon. but with a procedure which is yet not validated. It seems to be a mad rush for making improvements. Sometimes I feel the education system has become a chariot which is being pulled in all directions with a motive to move it up th order but because it is being pulled simultaneously in all directions, the chariot basically remains standstill. Sometime we become too eager to improve things and go hammer & tongs at it with all procedures commissioned at the same time. The result is often status-quo. We all have the right intent for improving education systems in India and surely we have the motivation for it too. But what we lack is the proper direction and our inabilities to atonce display our criticism even if one out of ten things go haywire. We need to understand that for making anything one needs to compromise on certain things. If you need sand for condtruction you need to dig a pit somewhere. If you are broadening the countryside highways then one needs to acquite the adjoining farm land. You can't do without it. One must not jump in between such improvement practices. But this is what we often do and thus pull back the chariot ot its original position. Such things should not be propelled as wrong doings. The same thing holds for improving education system. The proper path needs to be carved out after fixing the objectives which should not be plenty at the single point of time. Once the objective is clear and the path is routed out then there should be no roll back. If thigs proceed in this manner we can achieve standards higher than the global standards in the coming decade. I would summarize my remarks by commenting that in India the talented Educationists do not have the fire power to over come the decision makers who unfortunately are not talented enough to realize the talent of the educationists. And those who have been given the power to make changes are myopic when it leads to viewing India 20 years form now. Pr

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Priya Saxena | Guide-Level 11

2011-11-03 00:43:52

There is a lot that can be mentioned about our country's education system but the most common thing these days is the rapid changes that are taking place.whether it is about the CAT going online or UGC NET changing its exam pattern to even single common entrances taking place. And with just this hope tht these changes will result only in better, lets wait and watch.

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Pooja Kohli | Guide-Level 11

2011-11-02 21:48:59

hey where are all the other experts please participate in this discussion it is quite interesting Nikhlesh Mathur , SmritiMatra , Priya , arvind joshi , Gautam Joshi , Gomtis Corner and all the others.

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Pooja Kohli | Guide-Level 11

2011-10-11 11:52:03

As very rightly stated by Nirmal ji Education trends are changing drastically in India and from the main stream courses like Doctor Engineer etc. are giving way to professional courses like fashion designing, interior designing, Tourism etc.

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Nirmal Bhagat | Contributor-Level 7

2011-10-09 13:12:57

There are atleast three emerging trends in our education system: Emergence of Private Universities and Institutions for professional Education, Emphasis on Vocational and Non traditional stream of Knowledge and Emphasis of Government on Universal enrollment in Primary and Middle Education.Till about early 80s Government was the main service provider in Higher and Technical education.However in recent past a number of private institutes and Industry groups have opened Universities and Private technical Institutions. This has spread the reach of technical and professional education to large section of population. India probably today has

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