How must the culture of education change in 2010? When we posed this question to educationists and students in Delhi, the answer was unanimous: it needs to be shaped the way it should really be
How must the culture of education change in 2010? When we posed this question to educationists and students in Delhi, the answer was unanimous: it needs to be shaped the way it should really be
Ban the babus, say teachersI would like the education system to be revised and restructured. The touts and babus who are responsible for creating bottlenecks and rampant corruption, which have robbed the term education of its chastity and ethnic values, must be checked. The system must be vigilant enough to scrutinise the recruitment of teachers. There must be an entrance exam for everyone who wants to be a part of the education system. There should be absolutely no room for nepotism and teachers' capability should be assessed regularly.u00a0
Syed Wajid Ali, freelance lecturer in English at Delhi University
Education should be career-oriented; infrastructure needs improvement. I strongly believe that the set-up should be changed in such a way that education is accessible to everyone. It's also the time when the commercialisation of education through coaching institutes must be stopped, so that quality education becomes a practice everywhere, not just where you pay heavy bucks. The so-called educationists must make honesty and integrity a habit.
Shweta, teacher, ASN SchoolThe system is full of flaws when it comes to imparting education in the real sense of the word. The ministry for Human Resources Development must intervene and introduce the changes with regard to poor and pathetic standard of English. A postgraduate's qualification is a waste if his spoken and written English is shoddy. He must be proficient in the Queen's language no matter which subject he teaches. Only then, Bharat will be fluent in English.
V K Sukhija, Linguist (English) director, Learn School of Language Our education system should have a global vision so that the kids of our country can give stiff competition to anyone. We need a different towards education, where children can explore in a better way.
Rittu Mehta, vice principal, Amity International SchoolWe have to encourage children to learn things for knowledge, and not merely for marks. For most of them, lessons are important only to the point of exams, after which they don't even look back at those lessons. We have to create awareness for education among parents as well as for teachers, whereby they create and implement a new approach.
Usha Ram, Principal of Laxman Public School
Make it more opinionated, scream studentsBeing a student of literature, I believe that there should be a scope for students to mention their opinion in the answer sheets. We are unable to state our point of view because of the fear of losing marks. I think studies will become much healthier, if we get marks on the basis of originality of our answers rather than on the basis quotations from critical essays or somewhere else. When I was in school, I sawu00a0 many students scoring badly because they couldn't mug up everything, or lacked fluency in language, but did that mean they didn't know anything?u00a0
Sarthi Jain, English Honours student, Khalsa College I don't favour the grading system in education because it's not fair for those who slog it out till wee hours to score good marks. How can 90 and 95 per cent be same?u00a0 Yes, those who waste their time bunking lectures will obviously find solace in the grading system.
Harsha, B com student, Vivekanand Mahila College I think schools must work to minimise the pressure and illogical hype around the 90 per cent slab. Practical implementation of the lessons would help everyone in long run. Mobiles phones should be banned for students up to class 12, so that they can concentrate more on studies.
Himanshu Srivastava, MBA alumni, IGNOU Education should reach free of cost to all girls and boys who are below the age of 18. There should be nothing called 'caste system' in schools, especially in remote areas. Imparting quality education to allu00a0 should be our prime motive, apart from intellectual, physical and harmonious development of the children in the society.
Vipin Bhatt, law alumni, Delhi University Schools should emphasise more on extra curricular activity rather than heavy texts. Also, the scope of 'learn while you play' should be enhanced.
Shefali Kalhans, student of BAC home science
