The Indian EDUCATION SYSTEM..!!!
Our nation (India) has a population of 1.3 billion people. India’s population is now growing at a pace of 1.9 percent per year, or approximately 1.25 crore people every year.
According to the All India Survey on Higher Education report (from 2017), India has just 799 universities, 39,701 colleges, and 11,923 independent institutes. This is for a population of 11,86,306 (approximately 11.8 lakh) new applicants who took their class 12 exams in 2018 (including the previously enrolled students), with just a few schools to choose from. The number of students enrolled in higher education in India has increased by 8 lakh, according to the HRD ministry, while the number of institutions has increased from 903 in 2017–18 to 993 in 2018–19.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that one doctor be assigned to every 1,000 persons in the community. That implies India would require 4,97,189 (almost 5 lakh) additional physicians to fulfil WHO requirements. “India has around 2 lakh competent physicians who are jobless, but if given adequate compensation, they may be forced to work in rural regions to strengthen the healthcare structure.”said Dr. KK Agarwal, the national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).
And the trend that we keep seeing is that there is fierce rivalry for college seats, but it is tough to get work even with a bachelor’s degree. But what variables may have contributed to this?
Read this article here, that says: “The high incidence of unemployment among educated people is attributable to a combination of a lack of jobs and inadequate schooling, as well as the substandard level of education available at most universities. As a result, a substantial proportion of graduates are unfit for jobs that are commensurate with their degrees. Nearly half of all undergraduate students (80 percent of the total number of students) are pursuing degrees in the least employable fields.”
The shortage of faculties in schools is another issue that contributes to the poor education system. According to data from the government’s HRD Ministry, there are more than 90,000 schools with only one teacher teaching at the elementary and secondary levels combined. Teachers are forced to teach subjects to youngsters in which they have no prior knowledge.Students who have obtained an inadequate education must then fight for places at colleges in order to obtain a somewhat competent education, which is still not the case given how inadequate college level courses and training are.
Students despising education is seen as a worldwide “issue.” The issue is that students despise school. I’m not trying to figure out why, and I’m not attempting to alter it. The issues of students are the problem. This demonstrates the severely skewed perspective of people who are meant to assist us improve. How will we comprehend the problem if we continue to refuse to even recognise it? How are we going to alter it?
This is due to a lack of sufficient curriculum, inadequate skill training, a lack of healthy competition, and a lack of empathic support.
I’m sick of hearing how older generations have lost faith in our generation. It is not your place to lose faith in us, and it is not our place to lose faith in the generation who will succeed us. It is all of our responsibility to keep the hope alive. And it is our responsibility to make the world a better, kinder, and safer place for kids.It is our responsibility to improve all systems so that the next generation does not lose faith in us. That has always been my responsibility, not the other way around. Not only do you completely fail at your responsibilities, but you also have the right to be “disappointed” in us? That doesn’t sit well with me.
Let me add one more critical element. In 2018, there were 1.3 lakh student suicides in India. According to studies, one out of every four students has a diagnosable mental condition. Many academic challenges can be caused by mental disorders, including low attendance, academic difficulties, poor social integration, difficulty adapting to school, problems with behaviour management, and focus and concentration concerns.These indicators of a student’s poor mental health are sometimes misinterpreted as “laziness.” The main explanation for this, despite widespread and readily available mental health information, is people’s contemptuous attitude toward students. They are virtually treated as though they cannot or should not make decisions for themselves due of their lack of life experience.
In order to “teach” us about life’s challenges, the individuals who ostensibly strive to train us become life’s troubles for us.
The unjustified worry and anxiety instilled in kids by parents, teachers, society, and the students themselves has less to do with obtaining a secure future and more to do with surviving the current environment of intense competition. A student’s mental health has a significant impact on their education, as well as their current and future lives. If we want them to succeed in life, we must first understand, support, and take steps to better their condition. It appears to be self-evident, yet we don’t see it happening. It is critical to do well in college.However, this does not imply that the student’s entire existence — literally and symbolically — should be dependent on it. This poisonous mindset must shift so that students may concentrate on their abilities, which are far more essential for landing a job than their grades.
In order to solve the education system’s problem, a lot of economic concepts and intellectual execution are required. Better curriculums, exam methodologies, faculty availability, practical training enhancements, and so on all need preparation and implementation, for which we can only offer ideas.The amount of toxicity of the educational system on students, on the other hand, is something we can control. No student should be burdened for the sake of obtaining an education, as is frequently the case and has been for a long time. This vicious cycle of poor mental health and educated unemployment is expected to worsen unless significant measures are taken to improve the situation.
I can’t really conclude this. But I hope you understand.
