Today’s education system has lost it’s luster & relevance because of the western influence. It has succeeded in developing within us a hatred towards our own tradition and culture & in making us look at the western way of life with respect & admiration.
● Our country today is in the throes of a moral and cultural crisis & we can say that our education has failed to create a decent society.
● There is a crisis of character, moral decay & breakdown of traditional discipline.
● Quick acquisition of position & wealth by whatever means, fair or foul; good / bad has been the soul motive of the products of such a defective system of education.
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We can see the way
organized crime, financial frauds & terrorists violence (are being headed)
by some of the best minds endowed with the best of educational & technical
attainments.
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Look at the way even the members of the learned professions
indulge in scandalous unethical ways of making money obligations & social
responsibilities.
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Merit has been consistently ignored in academic set up.
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Ugly symptoms are seen everywhere.
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Today’s education gives importance to the total marks, merit
positions, awards & such thing. The education system has changed into the
examination system & now it is becoming an information system; pushing back
the value system that the earlier system used to emphasize.
This is the outer scenario, but what about the student?
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Students are obliged to rely on private tutors.
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They require depending so much upon their memory that they
have no chance to cultivate their imagination & thinking power.
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They resort to socially destructive and personally
devastating ways of coping this stress as evident by increased rate of crime,
alcoholism, drug addiction, suicides, accidents, self-harm, running away from
home, depression, low self-esteem etc..
Ultimately what this mean is that there is a general decline
in the quality of life and total absence of moral creativity, which could raise
a great voice and summon us to the finest ideals of our ancient tradition.
A UNESCO report of Education for the 21st century entitled ‘Learning
: The Treasure Within’ also pleads for
an education which is rooted to culture and committed to progress.
Indian heritage, culture & values need to be thoroughly
studied, analyzed & incorporated comprehensively in the education system.
