Monday, June 14, 2010

Once Mark Twain asserted ,the well reknowned author that he had never let his schooling interfere with his education. Similarly, rabindranath tagore once commented that the great task of education is not merely to collect facts but to know man and make oneself known to man.
What do all these remarks of scholars reflect about the education,the aim and the target is our education system as a whole. Today ,taking exclusively about our society, education is so much insisted on a child that it emerges as a burden on some young shoulders. They are not encouraged to have their ingenuity in other areas different from academics. Outcome is the talent as our sportsperson who lags behind in an international arena and most of the talent is subdued. The syllabus and methodology till 12th standard is facilitated only to mould our clerkish fortes only, which was the prime aim of britishers in India. Even the higher education system less technical universities, normal syllabus again is purely theoretical and a waste of infrastructure only.
If we recapitulate the prevailing education precess we can find the irking lack of some basic constituents of education . First area is the lack of pragmatic approach in basic schooling.
It has been said that education is what survives when what has been learnt is forgotten. This education in our young mind vanishes as soon as they pass from one class to other in the absence of the knowledge of its practical use.

This utilitarian way of reaching from an essential part of us or european education systems where projects fetch marks for students rather than written exams. This inculcates the will for self learning and incites their thinking process.
Next spot is relativity and significance of syllabus in one's life i.e one's interest and carrer.

Last but most important aspect is character building of our youth. Education ultimately teaches an individual to understand , firstly himself,then his society, and the fact that it is most important for him to adore andfollow the humanity and the moral values laid in his education because that is the only way to create a better and prosperous world.
These values should be imbibed deep in the heart of the citizens of a nation rather than their minds. To be able to gather the wealth for oneself is just a part of great education process the whole education process has become a part of process of becoming opulent. Ultimately, education has failed to teach the aim of life but it has been quelled as one of the requisite to achieve the opulence in one's life and thats why despite such a big industry of education every society is flogged with the increasing rate of crimes.
Industrilization of education system and its emergence as a profitable buisness has again facilitated its degeneration.
Reforms in education process entail a much more practical approach where a follow up of western education system will be beneficial. The whole education system including the higher education should be moulded according to these lines. There is an urgent need to take out education from the jaws of industrilization. Private investment in education system is required but government should ensure the delicate balance between sanctity of education process and its buisness. Priority should be the aim of education and it can be ensured by detailed regulation of syllabus and teaching methods.
We need to prepare a delicate mixture of modern technology and ancient social values if we wish to prosper like western world keeping along with our social integrity. As it has been said that eduacation is simply the soul of society as it passes from one generation to other but never dies.