If I had the power to change something I would have
Today India is standing at cross roads.We have achieved great heights in many sectors which has increased the prestige of our country. The country is progressing towards becoming the next super power. In the sphere of Science and technology India has taken big strides. For example, our Metro is one achievement which has increased the prestige of our country. The world powers are now realising the strength of India's will and determination to achieve greater heights. The construction of roads and toll bridges which are comparable to international standards. have been built.In the field of Information Technology we have been very successful and have been acknowledged as a leader. At the level of higher Education we have made great strides.Our IITs and Research Institutes can compete with the comparable Institutions in the world.Our students coming out of these institutions are doing very well in domestic as well as at International level.
In contrast, the situation at the grass root levels, specially at the Primary and the Secondary Education sectors, is far from satisfactory. We are an emerging Economic Power. In the Education Sector the Govt. has released funds but the expanding population neutralises the effort. Even though the number of schools has increased manifold, we have not been able to attain the desired results.The primary and Secondary Education is lagging behind.The Govt. has given several incentives to attract children to schools but alas! it has not been able to attract students to the class rooms. The pupils have been lured to the classroom by giving them incentives like free dress, free tuition fee, and free mid day meals. These sumptuous incentives have made only a marginal difference.
In the year 2009 the Govt. introduced the scheme of Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation Scheme (CCE) for schools. This Scheme was formulated with the aim of reducing stress from the minds of young children. The Scheme was well concieved but poorly impemented. This scheme envisages that the child's progress will be evaluated throughout the year instead of at the end of the academic year. The Scheme was introduced without much groundwork,with the result that it has created discipline problem in Schools. The students are aware that at the end of the year they will be promoted to the next class. I have personally spoken to many Heads of schools who feel that this Scheme has increased the element of indiscipline. The majority of the children passing out of these schools will end up as Carpenters, Plumbers, Electricians. etc. The Teacher is a hapless and helpless spectator of this situation. She cannot even touch the child, what to talk of beating him. Those days ,when we were students, the situation was so different.If I had the power to change some thing I would have changed the entire fabric of School Education
Some of the steps to improve the system as envisaged by me are given below:-
1. The teachers are the backbone of any system. They can make or mar any innovation. Every teacher, I mean one hundred percent of them, should be taken on board. They should be convinced about the utility of any system introduced or proposed to be introduced.
2. The help of the electronic and print media should be sought to propagate the positive aspects of the scheme. and introduce the parents to it and increase their confidence in the measures taken.
3.Evaluation on a regular basis and strict compliance the provisions .thereof are undoubtedly the best insurance for its success.
4. Is it wisdom to promote children indiscrimiately to the next class without a healthy examination system which used to be the norm in earlier days? What should have been done is to reform and reinvigorate the old pattern instead of discarding it altogether.
5. Indiscipline is rampant in schools. Children have lost all fear and respect for their teachers. A healthy respect for the teacher should be restored. Some punitive measures will have to be brought in place to discipline the child. Parents have by and large failed to cultivate values in children presuming that teachers would take care of this aspect. The result is neither the parents nor the teachers are doing enough for the welfare of the child. It looks as if all have abdicated their responsibility towards the child. We should all rise as one person to remedy the situation and rescue the child from further devastation.
.This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda
Today India is standing at cross roads.We have achieved great heights in many sectors which has increased the prestige of our country. The country is progressing towards becoming the next super power. In the sphere of Science and technology India has taken big strides. For example, our Metro is one achievement which has increased the prestige of our country. The world powers are now realising the strength of India's will and determination to achieve greater heights. The construction of roads and toll bridges which are comparable to international standards. have been built.In the field of Information Technology we have been very successful and have been acknowledged as a leader. At the level of higher Education we have made great strides.Our IITs and Research Institutes can compete with the comparable Institutions in the world.Our students coming out of these institutions are doing very well in domestic as well as at International level.
In contrast, the situation at the grass root levels, specially at the Primary and the Secondary Education sectors, is far from satisfactory. We are an emerging Economic Power. In the Education Sector the Govt. has released funds but the expanding population neutralises the effort. Even though the number of schools has increased manifold, we have not been able to attain the desired results.The primary and Secondary Education is lagging behind.The Govt. has given several incentives to attract children to schools but alas! it has not been able to attract students to the class rooms. The pupils have been lured to the classroom by giving them incentives like free dress, free tuition fee, and free mid day meals. These sumptuous incentives have made only a marginal difference.
In the year 2009 the Govt. introduced the scheme of Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation Scheme (CCE) for schools. This Scheme was formulated with the aim of reducing stress from the minds of young children. The Scheme was well concieved but poorly impemented. This scheme envisages that the child's progress will be evaluated throughout the year instead of at the end of the academic year. The Scheme was introduced without much groundwork,with the result that it has created discipline problem in Schools. The students are aware that at the end of the year they will be promoted to the next class. I have personally spoken to many Heads of schools who feel that this Scheme has increased the element of indiscipline. The majority of the children passing out of these schools will end up as Carpenters, Plumbers, Electricians. etc. The Teacher is a hapless and helpless spectator of this situation. She cannot even touch the child, what to talk of beating him. Those days ,when we were students, the situation was so different.If I had the power to change some thing I would have changed the entire fabric of School Education
Some of the steps to improve the system as envisaged by me are given below:-
1. The teachers are the backbone of any system. They can make or mar any innovation. Every teacher, I mean one hundred percent of them, should be taken on board. They should be convinced about the utility of any system introduced or proposed to be introduced.
2. The help of the electronic and print media should be sought to propagate the positive aspects of the scheme. and introduce the parents to it and increase their confidence in the measures taken.
3.Evaluation on a regular basis and strict compliance the provisions .thereof are undoubtedly the best insurance for its success.
4. Is it wisdom to promote children indiscrimiately to the next class without a healthy examination system which used to be the norm in earlier days? What should have been done is to reform and reinvigorate the old pattern instead of discarding it altogether.
5. Indiscipline is rampant in schools. Children have lost all fear and respect for their teachers. A healthy respect for the teacher should be restored. Some punitive measures will have to be brought in place to discipline the child. Parents have by and large failed to cultivate values in children presuming that teachers would take care of this aspect. The result is neither the parents nor the teachers are doing enough for the welfare of the child. It looks as if all have abdicated their responsibility towards the child. We should all rise as one person to remedy the situation and rescue the child from further devastation.
.This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda
I would agree with you.but,at the speed with which are making and accepting corruption in high places of power-----India may not really go too far..
ReplyDeleteIndia needs to buck up on
1...Give up minority appeasement policy.
2...Invest heavily in diplomacy
3...Take extra care on external security