In conversation with Anand Gandhi...
On Indian education system
Our education system is not built on a solid and understanding
foundation. The system has not comprehended the original meaning of education.
By that statement, I mean that almost all professional courses in India have
failed immensely. The graduates who pass out of their colleges at the end of
their undergraduate courses know shockingly little about their profession and
the same is the case with some postgraduate courses as well.
However, the statement is not a sweeping remark on everything, seeing
that there are postgraduate courses that run quite well, but most of the
postgraduate institutes do not provide the kind of students that they are
expected to. The colleges in our country neither encourage students to assess
and enquire new ideas nor do they allow them to examine new ideas and data.
These are the skills that an educational institution should provide to its
students, which, unfortunately, none of the institutes encourage.
Tackling the issue
It is a monster of a problem which can be resolved through two ways. A
short-term objective could be for students to do something in this regard.
Thankfully, students are now benefitted with means to an end. They can choose
many courses that are available online. If you want to educate yourself without
paying a single penny, even that facility is available through online courses
which you can download and start studying.
If you find that your colleges do not stimulate you or encourage
creativity, you could always turn to online courses. But you would have to be
quite disciplined about it. The second and the long-term objective is one in
which all of us come together for the betterment of the system. It can happen
over a period of time. We have to come together as a community and identify the
problems, articulate the issue, break it deconstruct it and then troubleshoot
the problem
On well-informed people
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I have come across only three types of well-informed people. The first
category is from villages, including the hands-on Indians, who try new ways to
repair their tractors and invent new ways to repair and reinstall something.
They may not have the perfect book education, but their practical knowledge on
the world is quite awe-inspiring. The second category includes those who have
done an undergraduate course in India and then gone abroad for their higher
studies. The third category is those who have done their education here.
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Article first appeared in education Insider magazine
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