EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN
INDIA
Education is one of the most vital part of our
life. India today is the second largest higher education network in the world.
Universities in India are set up by the Central or the State Governments by the
means of legislation, while colleges are established by either State
Governments or private bodies / trusts. All colleges are affiliated to some
university. The structure of higher education consists of three years of
education after 12 years of school education leading to arts and science and
four-five years in professional fields like engineering and medical. But the
system of education in India is not up to the mark.
25% of the Indian population is illiterate. Only 7% of the population that goes
to school managed to graduate and only 15% of those who enrol manage to make it
to high school and achieve a place in the higher education system. A few
reasons why education in India is given less importance in some areas are as
follows:
• 80% of schools are managed by the government. Private
schools are expensive and out of reach of the poor.
• More hands to earn remains the mentality amongst many
families and therefore little kids are set out to fend for the family over
going to school to garner an adequate education, in the most literal sense of
the word.
• Infrastructure facilities at schools across rural areas and
in slums dispense very poor quality of education.
• The teachers are not well qualified and therefore not well
paid and therefore are not willing to work hard enough. This has been a
classical Catch-22 problem that the government has been trying hard to fight
against.
Also in India, the system of education is mainly theoretical.
Theory of a subject is very important, but unless and until one knows its
practical application and how to apply it, the education is useless. This is so
because the current market is fully practical oriented. And unless you r
practically ready with your subjects, you have a very less chance of getting
selected in any company. Moreover if one is having theoretical knowledge, it is
not necessary that he will be able to do its practical, but the vice-versa is
possible. So the education system in India should be changed in such a way that
every gets education and they become ready to meet the current world
necessities with their practical knowledge.

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