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The history of Indian education has its roots in the ancient ages where they followed the Gurukul system – a system where the students resided in the house of their teacher until the teacher felt that he had imparted all that he could. The subjects taught varied from Sanskrit to Scriptures to Mathematics to Metaphysics and the knowledge attained would be passed on to the future generations. However, this system was changed during the Colonial era when the British set up schools that followed a curriculum confined to subjects such as Mathematics, Science etc. While the ancient system included more interaction with the nature, the modern system was more classrooms oriented.
Reforms should begin with schools
Schools play a vital role in shaping a person’s social and professional growth. The conventional schools in India focus on nurturing the children to face the competitive world outside. Examinations and assignments are encouraged by them as tools to assess the capability of the students. Whether a child was knowledgeable or not depended on the marks he/she scored. Many activists today who oppose the Indian Education system are of the opinion that the schools teach the students in learning things byrote and not to understand things through application.
Approx there are 750 universities and 34,000 colleges in the country.
National Survey conducted few years back reveals that, more than 80% of the school principals in India blame rote-learning as the reason for poor standards of learning in students passing out from schools. Of these, nearly 70% of them felt that the curriculum followed in India today does not give sufficient scope for creative thinking.
Keeping this in mind, Eastern Panorama did a survey on the plight of Education System among Teachers and students from various parts of Northeast India. To know in-depth, reviews were taken from the Principals, Teachers, Parents, Sociologists and Child Specialists.
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