Indian educational practices: Initiate changes for a better tomorrow

In 2016, New Education Policy was formed to bring revolutionary changes in our education system

According to statistics, our country’s literacy rate is 74.04%, where in Kerala is considered amongst the most literate state precisely 93.91% and least being Bihar, which stands at 63.82%. Attaining qualitative education in our country has never been a smooth path and requires time to time efforts to replenish its mediums so as to impart knowledge to our fellow citizens. 

In the year 2016, the New Education Policy was formed to bring revolutionary changes in our Indian Educational System. During the colonial times, different institutions were established. US spends approximately 5.4% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on the education sector and China is depicted in investing maximum capital for the development of universities and other educational facilities. These are few problems further simplifying the thought of the fundamental problems India is facing in its education sector.

• Promoting Rote Learning and encouraging memorising of facts just to score good marks in exams, rather than understanding the root of the concept, which ultimately has to be recreated on paper during examinations.

• Learning from textbooks makes this process not a very interesting one as there are hardly any reference books to inculcate knowledge and boost creativity as well as originality in the learning process.

• There is hardly any room for researching and the marks a student attains in his or her exam decides the individual’s credibility as well as intelligence.

• Our educational methods lack to provide an insight to the students regarding the topic and its relevance in practical life.

• There is excessive pressure initiated on students to score well in their examinations further hampering the health and well-being of the student.

• Lack of career guidance provided to students to further mould their future and pave their path towards success.

• There are cases where teachers are poorly paid due to which they lose interest to teach students and finally results in the inefficiency of students in acquiring knowledge.

• As the standard of living has increased so has the educational expenses, which is yet forming a barrier to pursue education.

• In Rural areas, not everyone is aware of the seriousness of literacy and access to schooling is not widely prevalent.

The true value of education can only be understood when one gets to see himself settled and financially secured in the present as well as their coming future. Promoting competency and becoming efficient to achieve individual goals and targets is only possible after a slow, steady and uniform educational journey that begins from one’s formative years and continues all the way till adulthood.