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Thursday, 20 November 2014

Our education system produces followers and not leaders



India is a land of opportunities. This is more than just a statement. There were many Indians who were behind the success of great innovations. Many multi-national companies want Indian minds to work for them is not only because Indians are hardworking but have the skill precision in them.

Today is the age of innovation and specialization. And with this fast moving techno-age, the Indian educational system seems to go nowhere. India’s education system as a stumbling block towards its objective of achieving inclusive growth.

The kind of education system practiced in India is that a child goes to school to finish his schooling, and to college to get degree.  Every child who ever  been a part of Indian education system is a victim of bookish knowledge. 

He knows what the concepts are. He knows how to apply them. What he doesn't know is, where to apply them? 




The above picture represents the pattern of education followed in India for years. Our education system follow   a “Teach-Test-Mark methodology where the concepts are taught and exams are conducted. Knowledge is largely forgotten after the semester exam gets over. Instead, if you teach him the skill it would be useful for him over the lifetime.

Memorizing for mere marks is not learning until, it applied in the form of creativity, problem solving and better innovation techniques.


But our education is full of outdated theory where there is no word for creativity. Let me inform you some facts, India is going to experience a paradox where 90 million people joining the workforce will lack requisite skills.

India got freedom since 1947,but our education system denies freedom of thought,so the art of innovation vanishes. There is only a miniscule encouragement to pursue creativity.

What the government is not realizing is the importance of education which is a source of human capital. An entirely new approach has to be adopted which focuses upon innovation and practical aspects of education.




This post was written by Harikrishnan, I year PGDM.

11 comments:

  1. Good work Hari. The pictures are really good that clearly depicts the current education system. It would be more interesting if you were able to come up with some ideas of how our education system can be !!

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  6. Good thinking Hari. But we can't totally disqualify academic education completely. We can't build monuments on thin air. And we lack the infrastructure to revamp the entire education system. Maybe we can try integrating skill training along with academics in steps. But believe this article can be the initiation into modern education system. Keep going. My best wishes. Vaazhga Valamudan.

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