Present scenario of Education!

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.

●       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.

●       Look at the way even the members of the learned professions indulge in scandalous unethical ways of making money obligations & social responsibilities.

●       Merit has been consistently ignored in academic set up.

●       Ugly symptoms are seen everywhere.

●       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?

●       Students are obliged to rely on private tutors.

●       They require depending so much upon their memory that they have no chance to cultivate their imagination & thinking power.

●       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.