Indians are doing pretty well all around the world.We have successful entrepreneurs,technocrats , politicians,philanthropists and the list goes on.There can be no doubt that Indians are among the brightest individuals throughout the world.But why is it that most of these individuals are based in other nations.Why did these individuals not base all these works from India itself?
The answer to this question is the fact that our education system is flawed.Why is it that students feel so stressed during their 11th,12th and undergraduate courses so much that they become victims of hypertension,anxiety disorders,depression and some individuals even go as far as to commit suicide?Surely we must be going wrong somewhere.
The primary problem is that in India emphasis is only laid on securing the highest percentage of marks possible.It doesn't matter how these marks are obtained but as long as the expected grades are maintained everything is fine.Everyone is so busy running in this mindless rat race that somewhere down the line we actually forget how to live.And woe unto you if cannot secure good marks.You are almost treated as if you are a misfit or as a good for nothing.
Also the primary emphasis is always on studies.It doesn't matter if you are good at football,singing or dancing ;you have to be good at studying and only that .This is deplorable.
What should be remembered is that each child is uniquely talented. And hence if this talent is encouraged , then perhaps the suicide rate and cases of depression in India will go down by half. The quote"Everybody is a genius.But if you judge a fish by its capability to climb trees ,it will spend its whole life thinking that it is dumb" aptly explains this.
Thus the time for change has come.It is time that we try to find the inherent talent of each child and nurture it instead of a mindless pursuit of marks.Let us hope that this change occurs soon....
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