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    The document discusses issues with India's education system, including a focus on academic and career success over moral development. It notes several examples of immoral or concerning behaviors from both teachers and students. The author argues that education has become more about getting good jobs than building character. In the past, schools like Gurukuls emphasized values, but now the system teaches how to make a living rather than how to make a life. The author calls for bringing moral education and practical, analytical learning back into the curriculum. With cooperation from students, parents, and teachers, the education system could put more focus on reform and developing well-rounded, principled individuals.

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    The document discusses issues with India's education system, including a focus on academic and career success over moral development. It notes several examples of immoral or concerning behaviors from both teachers and students. The author argues that education has become more about getting good jobs than building character. In the past, schools like Gurukuls emphasized values, but now the system teaches how to make a living rather than how to make a life. The author calls for bringing moral education and practical, analytical learning back into the curriculum. With cooperation from students, parents, and teachers, the education system could put more focus on reform and developing well-rounded, principled individuals.

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    The document discusses issues with India's education system, including a focus on academic and career success over moral development. It notes several examples of immoral or concerning behaviors from both teachers and students. The author argues that education has become more about getting good jobs than building character. In the past, schools like Gurukuls emphasized values, but now the system teaches how to make a living rather than how to make a life. The author calls for bringing moral education and practical, analytical learning back into the curriculum. With cooperation from students, parents, and teachers, the education system could put more focus on reform and developing well-rounded, principled individuals.

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    Education System In

    India: Make A Living


    or Make A Life?
    Yet again a teacher sent to jail for having slapped a child and yet again a student
    at IIT attempted a suicide! On one hand is a teacher who threw acid on a girls
    face because she rejected his marriage proposal while on the other hand a
    student fails in all his exams but still gets promoted and gets a first class degree
    because of donation and bribery. These have become an everyday news
    headline now. So who is to be blamed for all this- the Education system, the
    teachers, the parents or the children?
    First lets start with the basic meaning of education and its purpose.In simple
    words it involves two main processes i.e. teaching and learning. The
    main purpose of education is to develop knowledge, skill and the character of a
    person. It is process of passing information from one person (teacher) to the
    other (student). Today education is just a social symbol to prove that a person is
    literate. It is both the passport and visa for getting a job with a high salary
    package. But can a person with many degrees, holding a high position in a
    reputed company and having no moral values be called educated?

    Today, education has become a mere business. In an attempt to increase the


    number of educational institutes, the quality of education is being lost. As the
    number of institutes increase, the need for teachers also increases. There are
    many teachers who teach for the sake of good salary and easily shift to another
    school if he/she is offered a better pay. I do not deny the fact that we also do
    have many teachers who teach whole-heartedly. Modern schools may teach
    discipline, but when it comes to ethics and moral values, all of us know very well
    what the result is. The present system teaches how to make a living not how to
    make a life!!

    What is life without morals? Where has the values-based education gone? There
    was the time of Gurukul education where the moral values were given more
    importance than the materialistic book knowledge. Teachers were treated like
    Gods. In the Gurukuls everything was taught right from the Vedas to archery,
    Forestry to meditation.I am not saying that we should get back to the Gurukuls
    and learn the moral values and Vedas but In our education system moral values
    and material knowledge should be balanced. The syllabus in schools should be
    made flexible to accommodate for both the essentials. The outside world is
    changing everyday and so should the syllabus being taught in schools and
    colleges. If the students are supposed to just rattle off the same things that their
    parents and grandparents learnt years before, then what is the use of such
    education? The syllabus should include courses that enhance ones thinking
    abilities, that builds up ones character and of course give an introduction to the
    subject chosen by the student.

    Also, parents play a very important role in determining their childs future. A
    child should be given freedom to choose his/her own career. Right from
    7th standard the parents pressurize their kids to study well so that they can get
    admitted in top colleges like the IITs and NITs. They send their children to
    coaching centres who are manufacturers of IIT and NIT products. But they
    dont realize that its ultimately their kids who are going to suffer.
    I am not here to talk about the drawbacks of the educational system. If I lay
    further emphasis on the flaws in the system, youll surely say I am being too
    pessimistic. Every coin has two sides- the good and the bad. I have spoken quite
    a lot about the bad side. The modern educational system is scientific and more
    realistic. It helps in building up a competitive spirit which is most required in
    todays fast paced world. It has been bringing a socio-economic transformation
    in the society. The Indian education system is considered one of the best
    systems of education. It makes the students mentally strong to face the cruel
    challenges of life.
    The system could be made better with the cooperation of the students, parents
    and teachers. The students first need to be clear about what they really want to

    do in life. The next step has to be taken by the parents. As parents their role
    should be to encourage their kids to take up what they wish to do. After a
    particular class, say 8th standard, the educational institutes should make it
    optional for the students to choose subjects of their interests. In colleges,
    instead of laying much stress on the book knowledge, what could be done is give
    an introduction about the subject to the students and then make it compulsory
    for each student to do a research/project on that respective subject and finally
    give a presentation on the research topic given by them.

    A bit more moral-based education and a more analytical and practical approach
    rather than a theoretical approach could make the educational system in India
    stronger and education more worthwhile. As an individual we surely cant bring
    about a change in the system but if each and every one of us who is a part of the
    educational system right from the authorities at high levels to the students does
    our bit individually in trying to reform the system we surely can succeed up to a
    certain limit. It is up to us to decide whether we wish to opt for a living or a life!!

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