It is imperative that the existing system of education must be reviewed and recast immediately if it is to have any application in everyday life. It is a tragedy that we teach Shakespeare and the classics to our student in schools and colleges but they can hardly write even an application for leave correctly.
The subjects for different competitive exams require students to be well versed in tests of reasoning, quantitative aptitude, English Language, clerical aptitude, etc, if they aspire to make it to coveted job or position.
Nothing more irrelevant could be found in this country than the existing system of education that has nothing to do with the ground realities. That is why our degree and Diplomas have lost their inherent and innate worth.
Degree and diplomas holders find no place in the job market where experience, initiative and drive count more than any academic qualifications. Hence there is unrest among the educated youth today on account of the burgeoning millions of unemployed among them. This can be remedied only if the existing system of education is critically reviewed and made more meaningful in its application to our day-to-day life.
A sound education set-up facilitates proper human resource utilization, development of technologies and social capability, improvement in the quality of life and social integration.
The facilities for proper educational environment include institutional building, sound study materials, qualified teachers, a sound incentive system for students and teachers,vocational training and employment orientation of the teaching programs. The Indian educational system is lagging in all these respects. This situation has proved the greatest barrier in the way of our progress.
Universal elementary education has remained basically a paper tiger and has not been realized properly. School building are non-existent in tribal and hilly areas. Study materials are not up-to-date. Poor parents and students are not properly motivated to avail of these educational facilities.
Adult education programs are in a shambles. It has become only a matter of statistical jugglery. Our university scenario is quite grim. It is marked by building shortages, lack of proper library facilities, shortage of qualified teachers and above all, lack of autonomy.
Our research institutions are in bad shape. They are suffering from resource constraint and bureaucratic and political interference. They do not produce quality scholars.
On another plane, proper educational facilities have deep implications for the marginalized sections of our society. They become integrated to the societal mainstream though their proper use in the Indian context prevents their educational set-up in favor of marginalized and submerged groups for facilitating their social mobility.
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