Education System in India needs a revamp!

[Mayhem]

My take on the Indian education system is that it should be more flexible. We should be allowed to pick which subjects we want to do rather than have the college assign us a specific stream rt from the begining. Even when we do the
labs the ephasis should be more on learning rather than just gettin the experiment done. Furthermore i feel that projects and papers should be given a lot more importance than examinations as they help foster creativity which i feel is very important.

[th3 ied kid]

am too a last bencher and am surely fed-up with the cram job am posted with!Well agreed that attendence requirements foster good atmosphere in classrooms but is that a requisite coz students wont attend otherwise? Well am not surprised to see more chaos in lecturers notes than in subject that they teach ! Not all of those subjects intrest me and neither my likes match with those of my class mates! I know life aint supposed to be a fary tale but atleast some changes would place in a better image of Indian education system.Well mine is a Deemed Univ. and a little bit of pet guy does the grade job but i hate that and i rather believe in work for grade if you are intrested only! Grade should'nt graduate the amount of knowldge earned!

Well the next thing i see is to change the examination system! Plug in 1 on 1 Viva for written exams for most subjects posted in first year!I believe that would be a better mechanism to derive the knowldge in my/anybody's mind! Next put in minimal subjects and give loads of options! Destroy pass-fail equation and rather give grades that too in terms of factors like:

1-Number of personal projects submitted
2- initiatives for innovation right from the student
3-Intrest shown in the subject
4-delete all outdated subject matters when they dont make any sense keeping.
5-Place the student in practical situations directly and go 4 a problem for solution approach(i define it below) than a solution for problem approach.
what i mean by this is ask the student to seek solution first and then place your (teacher's) problem depending on his solution!



also pals as am only in first year and my solutions could look narrow coz of inexperiance! please add more to this and edit this if need be and post it soon!

[mayurpathak]

Mayhem and Kid,

Good posts. Considering that you guys are very new to the forum, this is good value addition.

I agree with the point made by Biggie that we are here to discuss and put our views ahead, not to debate over some one else's posts. however I have absolutely no objection if people enjoy doing that.

I think we need to speak more about how are we going t add value in the education system. Of course we all know there might be flaws in it. But what are we going to do about it here? Mere putting down points will not help. I think this is another flaw in the system. Our school taught us to debate and argue, but not to change and innovate. ironically, even today we are doing the same.

Your take!

[no_atkt]

everything is not hunky dory .... points are put forward and practical feasibility and effect has to be discussed ... thts what this section is about ... now if i give a suggesstion doesnt mean it has to be implemented it has to discussed and debated upon to see if there is a possibility of something better or no ... just cant keep on giving points without discussing them ... for God sake this is the debate section

[crook]

Really good posts!! To be honest, this thread shouldn't have been opened in the debate section .

Debates are endless; for I can counter points made by others. Probably we should think about the basic aim of education. Is to to impart the technical knowledge? Or is it to make us think & innovate (as mayurpathak said). I think its actually the combination of both.

[no_atkt]

Originally Posted by crook

Debates are endless; for I can counter points made by others.

quite true but that doesnt mean that we debate just for the sake of it ... such debates should be approached with an open mind and if a valid statement is put forward it should be accepted not fought upon coz the other person has been proved wrong

if u are countering try coming up with specific statements and not just statements like u should do correspondance

Originally Posted by crook

Probably we should think about the basic aim of education. Is to to impart the technical knowledge? Or is it to make us think & innovate (as mayurpathak said). I think its actually the combination of both.

if we are made to think then we innovate using the technical knowledge ... so its first thinking then innovation and then technical knowledge not just technical knowledge of how a transistor works and then its upto the student after his engg how and where he uses the transistor

[mayurpathak]

Originally Posted by no_atkt

so its first thinking then innovation and then technical knowledge not just technical knowledge of how a transistor works and then its upto the student after his engg how and where he uses the transistor

I agree to you this time around. Look at simple things around you, may it be the chair you are sitting on or the lock that you operate every day with the help of a crooked key. Most of these things, however simple they might seem, were invented when there was no proper schooling or a formal education pattern. I'm begining to wonder whther this process oriented formal way of educating us has hindered our ability to think creatively and innovatively? If we are meant to believe the same thing over and over again, without us having to spend time to actually find it out, the knowledge resource will soon be approaching redundancy.

Your call!

[no_atkt]

Originally Posted by mayurpathak

I'm begining to wonder whther this process oriented formal way of educating us has hindered our ability to think creatively and innovatively? If we are meant to believe the same thing over and over again, without us having to spend time to actually find it out, the knowledge resource will soon be approaching redundancy.

Your call!

finally u have understood what im trying to imply ... however it cannot be simply done away with coz it is actually telling us about others' experience but the way it is told and the way it is expected to accepted is what is wrong