Recently I and my friend got into a debate about our education system. It all started when our university results came out. "Our Education system is so corrupted", she said with anger. I didn't understand the reason behind her anger. She had scored 73%, that means a FCD! I felt she had no reason to behave this way. But what she said set my mind to thinking..
"I have every reason to behave this way! Don't you see it? These days marks are the only things that matter. How you scored it, whether by cheating or by hard work doesn't even matter! There is no value for talent! And these corrections, I don't understand what gives them the right to take it so lightly. I should have got more than this!" she huffed.
I could see what she was pointing at, but I didn't agree completely with her. There was always revaluations if your results are wrong. And marks surely aren't everything. These days interviews are conducted such that only people with real talent get a job. Not every Tom, Dick and Harry who has mugged up the whole syllabus for exams and poured it on the day of exams or who copied from his neighbor can get a job.
But my friend wasn't ready to agree. She went on saying "Do you like to apologize for something you didn't do? It's like that when it comes to revaluation. You pay for some one else's mistake! And what about the people who can't afford it? Have you ever thought how difficult it will be for them if they fail because of someone's negligence? And talking about real talent, there is nothing as such. Marks is the measure of potential. No one asks about what you know, they ask about how much you scored!"
I was beginning to slightly understand what my friend was saying. And I partly agreed with her. Though marks aren't everything, they sure has become a way to gauge you in most of the places. The first thing any relative would ask you would be "Beta, how much did you score this time?" Even parents compare their child's performance with their neighbor's child. It is like a matter of prestige for them to have their child perform better than the neighbor.
But there are many good things about our education system. There are a lot of IITs, medical colleges, CA coaching centers and much more to encourage students in different fields. Scholarships are given to students who are in need to aid them, free schools are set up. There are many good things. But after the debate with my friend, I had to agree, there were some loop holes. Sometimes students are getting overly stressed. There is a slight lack of practical education.
We never reached to an agreement. Both were defending our sides. I guess like the old saying goes, good and bad are the two sides of a coin. They always come together. It's up to us to select the good things while staying aware of the bad things.
PS: This post is written as a part of Project 365 program and today's prompt was 'Bone of Contention'
Until the next post,
Keep Smiling :)
Love,
Swathi :)
I must say your friend's point was so true than what you made a point.. :) My views totally.. :P To be factual, The scholarships and certifications are the loopholes among the odds.. :D
ReplyDeleteI will cite my own example.. I did pay for reevaluation for my 10th.. for my maths.. and saw they corrected the answer and forgot to give marks.. 12 marks.. :D and I don't think most would do, unless you are pretty sure of it but yet bear others mistake.. !!
P.s i got centum in maths #boasting
First of all let me tell you.. both are my views :-P i actually wanted to write nly the downsides.. finding good was so difficult! But had to do dat since the prompt required writing abt both sides :-P n i do have many bad experiences wid revals! Recent being 2 days back :-\
DeleteN hey! Congrats for dat centum ;-)
Hahahaha :D always been so.. :) i got facepalm thinking that's different one :P and congrats is so due late.. :D Enjoy your college life :P Everyone has this.. :)
DeleteI completly agree with your frndz point of view ..... our sys is actually corrupted . :\ ..... i liked the point ..y to pay for someones mistake !!!! even i wonder !!!! ..... n swatii gud one :) liked the conclusion :)
ReplyDeleteAgreeing wid my frn is d same as agreeing wid me :-P thnx neha ;-) dis is a topic dat i wonder abt all d tym too! Thanks for reading :-)
DeleteU r ryt swa.. it always happens wid me too.. our education system is corrupted
ReplyDeleteYa poo! Dats a sad reality :-\
DeleteHehehehe I started wonderng wen did such a debate take place,,,,,,,:-P bt rightly said swatz,,,,, it is corrupt,,,,,,,badly,,,,, especially our university,,,,, ,,, ranked in order of richness I. Am damn sure vtu will bag first place
ReplyDeleteDebate did take place na saddy ;-) hw cud u forget it :-P u wer for it n i was against :-P dats wer i got d whole idea of this post. Bt c since d role is reversed, evry1 is agreeing wid u :-P
DeleteN i do agree wid u abt vtu ranked 1st in richness!
This was quite a nice balanced post, and you managed to do good justice to the prompt Swathi. I tend to agree with more than a few points on both sides, but my personal opinion is more geared towards an opinion that the current educational system pays too much premium to rote learning and does not make us 'employable' at all. Very few courses in India today prepare students to take up adequate employment with the required skills to handle the workplace and the corporate lifestyle, and that is something that needs to be addressed, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with u. While writing I thought of it but jst covered it up in one sentence saying there is lack of practical knowledge! But now that you have mentioned it, I feel like I should have elobarated more on dat topic!
DeleteThanks for the feedback :-)
well you both have a point each and no one is at fault to stand strong over it :)
ReplyDeleteI agree :-)
DeleteThanks for reading ruchira :-)
Swathi, first of all, thank you for taking part. And I am particularly pleased that you chose to go with the "education" theme. And I hear you. And agree with you. As someone who has studied in multiple countries, I agree with you. Whilst.l, I may not necessarily call the system corrupt as such, we give too much of importance to marks rather than whether we know how to practically use what we've learnt
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
I am really happy i got tp participate in this prompt :-) and as you pointed out, though the system is not entirely corrupt, it isnt fool proof either. The pressure to score more, importance to mere marks are spoiling atudents and sumwhere killing creativity in the process! And dat is sumthng unacceptable..
DeleteThank you for stopping by.. keep coming along :-)
This topic gives you a lot to think about, doesn't it? I like how you've handled both sides of the coin without bias; presenting us readers with a balanced view and lot of food for thought. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you priya :-) yeah dis topic does make one think abt our system! I chose this topic because each one of us can relate to this :-)
Deleteyep our education system is kinda weird. Nowadays teachers just wanna complete syllabus n forget to teach values of life..
ReplyDeleteJust pray none of our lecturers read this comment even by mistake ;)
Deletehaha :D yea lets hope so :p :D
DeleteWhen I did my engineering, I thought my evaluators were quite magnanimous. I always got more marks that I expected. That's because I would expect to get a 40 and fail, but they would give me 5 more marks and make me pass. What a generosity :)
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