This is an essay that expresses my views on the current education system in India...... |
This is my personal opinion and the reader is free to let me know his/her opinion on the same..... EUREKA!!WORLD DISCOVERS NEW MENTAL DISORDER-ACADEMICAL PRESSURE(NOT EVEN HALF AS RELEVANT AS NEWTON'S THEORIES) Having evolved from apes, today the wheel of man's development is rotating faster than ever with technology being the axle.Academics and education are the foundation of technological progress.They set us a class apart from apes ,making us aware of & eligible for the civilised world.Making one aware of the world does not merely mean that one should know that 2+2 is 4.Needless to say that as a child grows his syllabus in school also increases considering his mental ability & the goal of widening the child's horizons.Simultaneously, the hardwork required also rises.The question of academical pressure only arises from indifferent parents,peers,teachers ,the society,one's internal pressure culminating from the obstinacy to succeed & not desire to learn & yes the media or simply say " the pressure cooker brigade!" Not surprisingly, they have disguised themselves under the label "academical pressure",SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST! In the year 2010,India saw a startling spate of suicides for which the 'most commonly accused' victim by the police and the media was -academical pressure.The result of this is lame reforms by the government like best-of-five,mandatory promotion in std.8,90:10 quota.....instead of addressing the crux of the problem they beat around the bush ...Just by killing a terrorist you cannot kill terrorism. Parents , who were once a source of motivation for their children have now become the diggers of their graves.Some parents just refuse to accept their child as anything less than a doctor or an engineer ,throttling their child's dreams , failing to understand that a small-time artist is better than an inefficient doctor.A study proves that 70% parents force their wards to take up unsuitable professions. In an alarming case, when a first year IIT student comitted suicide,a fourth year IIT student said that this was due to some faculty members who claim to be super-intellectuals & harass the intelligent students & ultimately declare them as academically unfit.A clear-cut case of discouraging teachers! Also not to be ignored are peers who constantly compare marks & extent of revision done. Lastly the students themselves are to blame if they embrace failure instead of fighting back.Life is certainly not a bed of roses.A little stress and a small dose of failure at this stage only makes you stronger for the future.Future smiles on the brave.Also students must understand that it is the quality of education that matters & not the quantity of marks. Ofcourse,unless the pressure cooker brigade stops serving absurd dishes to students topped with a little more pressure each time,more & more students will succumb to indigestion.Then very defensively the media will say the cook was -ACADEMICS. To conclude I would like to say, education & academics are but the road to enlightenment & not the final destitation called success.So heres wishing you a safe journey & don't be put down with speed bumps called "academical pressure" because they're nothing but silly myths that we need to ignore! 1IIT stands for the Indian Institute of Technology Footnotes |