Discuss: What Ails Our Education System?

    • Dheeraj.Jangra@timesgroup.com
    • Publish Date: Oct 3 2016 8:51PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 5 2016 6:27PM
Discuss: What Ails Our Education System?

Going by the current pace of spending and poor infrastructure, India will take a whopping 126 years to reach standards of education on par with developed nations, a report said…

India was at par with China around 60 years ago. But now, China is an $11-trillion juggernaut and we trail way behind at $2 trillion. This huge difference is because of the quality of education.  China is fast becoming as the next innovation hub of the world because of a strong political commitment to raise the bar for educational standards. Whereas, we are moving at a snail's pace. 
 
Meagre spending on education
The paper by Assocham calls for “dramatic” changes in the country’s education system and claims that although India has made rapid strides, the yawning gap between the standards of education is not likely to be bridged soon as the developed world has not slowed down spending on education. It said with India spending a mere 3.83% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education, the amount is not sufficient to catch up with developed economies, adding that it will take “six generations or 126 years to catch up with developed countries if we do not change our education system dramatically”.

In contrast, the US spends 5.22% of its GDP on education, Germany spends 4.95% while for UK it is 5.72%. “With the high GDP base of these developed countries, the absolute money earmarked for education is huge. For instance the size of the US GDP would be something like seven times the size of the Indian GDP and then on top of it, its ratio on education on a higher base would be very significant,” said Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat. The paper suggests that in order to reach the levels recommended by the United Nations, India needs to spend at least 6% of its GDP on education.  

What is wrong with our education system? How can we fix it? Let’s know your views in the comments below.  


In India, more than 96 per cent of the children in the 6-14 age group are attending school, but the learning levels leave a lot to be desired.  According to the 10th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2014) only a fourth of all children studying in class 3 can read a class 2 text fluently and under half in class 5 able to do so. This doesn’t portend well for the future of our country. 

At a time when Narendra Modi government is trying make India a global manufacturing hub through its flagship, Make in India’ scheme the drag in education is a major hindrance. The government should understand that ‘Make in India’ can’t succeed without ‘Learn in India’.  ( with inputs from PTI) 

Laggards in education 

1. Just one out of nine children finishing school joins a college. India has one of the lowest higher education enrollment ratio of 11 per cent. In the US it is 83 per cent.

2. According to the tenth Annual Status of Education Report (ASER),  only a fourth of all Class III children able to read Class II text fluently, and under half in Class V able to do so. In fact, 25 per cent of Class VIII children could not read Class II level text. In 2014, only 25.3 per cent of Class III children could do two-digit subtraction, down from 26.3 per cent in 2012.

3. It is estimated that there is a shortage of more than 5 lakh teachers in elementary schools. Shortage of teachers is endemic with even the IITs reporting a 20 to 30 per cent shortfall in faculty.

4. A recent ASSCoM-McKinsey study showed that only one out of ten Indian students with degrees in humanities and one out of four engineering graduates are employable. So much for India’s demographic dividend. 

5. The above mentioned report of Assocham says that 20% of the teachers do not measure up to the standards of the National Council for Teachers’ Education (NCTE). Also, due to absence of focus on effective skill development, India is one of the least skilled countries.

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Comments

Kanak K V SPG Dwarka Sector-8

The Indian political system is the main cause of India''s degrading education system.Our education budget is low and so our quality.We have the quantity not quality literates.The loose education level and lack of teachers are major problems for our education system.We can fix this problem by employing more qualitative teachers ,increasing the education budget and spend it accordingly ,by believing in quality not quantity and making the level of education higher right from the primary classes.

Darshil Shah ST. XAVIERS - LOYOLLA -2 LOYOLLA 2

Education is becoming a pressure for students as well as parents. The Indian schools give a lot of pressure to students on the basis of marks whereas the parents gets pressurized due to the rising fees. Schools in other countries are very liberal and fun loving. They teach students how to be successful in life and does not pay much interest in their marks whereas the schools in India only wants good marks and first rank.

Ritvik Baweja Bal Bharati Public School

I feel that infrastructure and funds is not a problem for the current education system. Lack of opportunities and exposure to higher studies is ailing in our education system. Most budding aspirants fall behind due to lack of information about higher studies or due to improve guidance. Often the schools make the children overburdened which also results in fall down of grades.

Ritvik Baweja Bal Bharati Public School

To solve the above listed problems, the schools should ensure that they are not just giving assignments to the children but also giving activities side by side so that the child also develops practical skills. Making high school children career conscious can also help for their better future. Bringing free literacy to the unpliverged will also help.

Bhavana Jaison Atomic Energy Central School No 2

In India education is not based on quality, it''s based on quantity. If quality education with a well defined syllabus is set , our education will be the best. Quality with regard to syllabus, teachers, infrastructure, library facilities etc are provided, definitely our educational system will be the best.

Sharmeen Khan PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

Lack of exposure towards the importance of education in the rural areas is a major reason that ails the education system in our country. Schools today focus more on ranks than on the mental development of students. Children are pressurized to attain best marks,whilst they should be allowed to find their true selves. The goverment should make strict rules to have student-friendly classrooms with teachers who are truly eligible. Infrastructure facilities of the schools should be bettered.

Khushi Sharma BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

India''s education system is more about the cramming and cracking the examinations. We can fix this by giving more importance to the ideas and concept clarity. An efficient system must include the understanding of the concept and practicality.

Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

Indian education system is lagging behind because of its follies and foibles. Living in a country like India where cramming system prevails and percentage matters a lot than understanding, one here just needs to put all his resourcefulness and efforts in the answer sheet. That''s all. It''s really shocking to see that graduates are not clear with a basic concept. There are innumerable parameters where India requires improvement.

Vandana Subash City International School Wanowrie

Education is very important as it builds the future citizens of the country..I think problems like poverty,discrimination,caste prejudice etc are the problems which indirectly reduce the rate of education in our country.There can be a drastic change in our country''s education uf these problems can be solved.

Linet Christina Thomas Ryan International School Nallasopara

Indian Education system is based on only marks system. And mainly focuses on writing skills. Schools in other contries focus on reading skills, writing skills, listening skills , and speaking skills. And here in India everybody concentrates on high marks. Many of the the students dont know what they learnt in schools, they say just to pass exams they just “by-heart. If too much of writing work reduces it will be good.

Adi Gupta Billabong High International School

Definitely lots of weakness and lacunae is there in our present system of education. If you see the education in comparison worldwide, specifically in developed nations, it gives more thrust on practical learning than mugging. We have to evolve in that directions.

Shruti Asolkar Global Indian International School

I think that the concept of aarakshan is also to blame for the low education level of the students studying in colleges. Since some students know that they will get a place in a university regardless of their marks, they tend to not study, resulting in poor education quality. Also students attending coaching classes from Std 4 or 5 itself tells us the amount of attention paid at them while they are in school. If students understand a topic well at school there is no need to attend tuitions.

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