- Whether Elementary Schooling in India is good?
- Do the teacher's in Elementary school come to teach just because they feel it is their passion?
- Do majority parents aspire their child becomes school teacher?
- Do most of the teacher becomes teacher just because their ambition is to become teacher?
- I f you get the answer of the above do you think we expect to get proper teaching in elementary school?
My point is if nobody aspires to become teacher and teaching is not considered as the profession of desire, do you expect good teaching in elementary schools, look around the number of cases of capital punishments, child abuse and death in schools don't you think we should thing a bit seriously? Now I ask, in this days of technology and availability of information in fingertip is it not feasible that a child learn themselves? Does education means only getting good marks in School examination? What do you get at the end? A mere degree in either, Medical, Law, Engineering, Commerce.......? And after graduating what is the opportunity open for you? How many jobs are generated in such field vs how many students passes out every year.
I have an Idea!!!!!
Lets imagine a situation I do not send my child to School.
You may ask, so how are you going to face the world and what about my child's carrier?
I buy him a computer and get him a high speed broadband connection. I find majority child now-a-days are gadget friendly and they learn how to operate them without even teaching them, I trust he will find his way to the vast information available on the net. I provide him with a schedule of learning and topics which he need to find out himself from the net and gather knowledge. let him spent a mere 1 to 2 hr per day doing this. You may ask by sitting at home he will become unsocial which is also a part of learning in school and such group activity. I know, I have pondered on it and my answer is, now he has lot of time to spare let him learn some sports, let him do some adventure, let him learn some Foreign language, Let him learn music, Let him learn other skill set which otherwise is not taught in average school. You may say if in the society a degree is only recognized by taking such steps you are making your child stay out of the race. My answer is if degree is mandatory it is not necessary that he has to go to schools or college to get one, he can get that by appearing for correspondence course and he has no limits, he can appear for the best competitive examination anywhere in the world sitting in his base. What about discipline??? My question is do the school teaches discipline??? then why so much of lack of civic sense in the society? why so much of disobedience of law and order by general public? Discipline can be taught at all the training centers where he opts of learning some skill in sports, music, art and I think those are the place you learn discipline the most.
Now let us see what are the advantages of what I suggest:
Lets foresee the result at 20 years of age of the child;
Education: He may get degree equivalent to his counterpart from Correspondence course.
Additional skill set: Sports, Fine arts, Music, Dance extra curricular activities........No limits
Opportunities: many
Compare with average Child and foresee his position at the age of 20 year
Education: A very good degree from a reputed college
Additional skill set: None ( may be a little knowledge)
Opportunity: Some job related to his degree only.
Result: Frustration, suicide......Crime......
Now last and final question to ponder upon:
Do you really interested in the degree/school/college of the following persons.
- Lata Mangeskar
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Lalu Prasad Yadav
- Sania Mirza
- A.P.J Abdul Kalam
- Ratan Tata
- Dhirubhai Ambani
- Anil Ambani
- Azim Premji
- Amitabh Bachhan
- Katrina Kaif
- Albert Einstein
- Pandit Ravishankar
- Mother Teresa
The list is never ending.
Now tell me about the name of students and their whereabouts who topped IIT, Delhi university,AIIMS since last 5 years. If you try to get the answer of my above two question you will understand What I am trying to communicate.
We need a revolution..............................
We need knowledge not degree.
We need sports person...It is a shame on us the fact that we do not have world cup level footbal team, do not command respect in Olympic though we have a population of 1.2 billion, we are quantity not quality....................
Hope the message is taken in positive and constructive sense.
Rana Chanda