The assessment brought into light, the enigmatic condition of Indian education. Facts such as, an Indian eighth grader is at the level of a Korean third grader in terms of expertise in mathematics, the top 5% in India are far behind any average student from Singapore or Korea and so on were exposed.
The assessment also suggested that an average child from India was at a level of the worst American student. The serious lapse in the country’s education scenario is apparent from such evaluations. The nation is facing a crisis especially with a disproportionate percentage of population waiting to go through K12 learning.
In blindly adopting the west, we have let go off the rigor in traditional Indian education system, but forgot to acquire the style of learning that focus on understanding and decision-making. In India, students are offered the least flexibility in choices of subject combinations despite having a huge scope. If we use the scale to our advantage, it would be possible to have many permutations of these subjects. Such constraint leads many students to drop out a subject of their choice, as the other subject in the combination appears as something that they dread.
Most of economically advanced countries have a Gifted and Talented Track for students who have a desire to excel academically and put their learning on a fast track. This cannot be perceived as a discrimination against other student.
In such systems, parents and students are kept out of the burden and therefore, there are provisions tailored for them. However, this does not mean that students left out of the track are penalized. Such systems help improving the outcomes of learning by offering able students special amenities to improve their talent.
Teachers in India lacks competency in various fronts. Most of them are not tech savvy and are unaware of recent development in education. One of the major drawbacks among teachers is their inability to use the power of internet.
The traditional system of education in India needs a structural reform to do away with the mindset against new approach. Traditional educationists in the country even oppose the idea of technology and use of internet in teaching.
The need of the hour is to move away from fact-based teaching to a method that relies on discerning information and decision-making. With the sea of information available on World Wide Web, what we need to educate the children is how to mine useful information from the domain rather than emphasizing on negativities of internet and digital education.
Leveraging technology will assist education and learning effectively. The newly introduced 4G network should be used for setting up ICT enabled classroom in remote areas. The generation should be encouraged to utilize internet for education and learning rather than entertainment.
In India, the system of education is not efficient enough to propel quality learning among students.
The first “standardized test” that a student undergoes is only in Grade 12, for CBSE Students and Grade 10, for other boards. Lack of standardized test affects learning outcomes, which varies drastically across schools, states, cities etc.
Additionally, assessment in Grade 12 is late for anyone to measure the actual talent of a student. Standard periodic assessment of students should be carried out in order to propagate uniformity in education. Objective and computer based standardized testing can assist significantly in timely and periodic assessment of students.
Teaching can be upgraded by intervention of the methodology. Assessment of teachers should go hand and hand along with student assessment. Courses such as B.Ed and teacher evaluation exam such as SAT CTAT should be developed to match with current traits of education.
Monitoring of teachers on their adherence to syllabus should be done strictly. Proper facilities and infrastructure should be offered to students on education premises. Classroom, Libraries and labs should be well maintained and standardized. Sports grounds can be shared for better coaching and monitoring.
This will reduce infrastructure cost substantially, which can be used for paying teacher remunerations.
A low fervor in teaching profession is prevalent in India. Teachers are paid less than most professions. There is no definite scope of career growth in the system and often they have to undergo abysmal working condition. Teaching is glamour-less occupation in the country, which is unable to attract talents to the sector.
Only addressing these issues will bring a change in the education landscape of the nation. Leveraging K-12 educational methodologies will bring better prospective in the nation, as it will have parallel impact on various verticals within the industry addressing its core issues.
India has a vast potential, as it is one of the youngest nations with more than half of its population below 30 years. It is imperative for the nation to leverage every possible resource to hone the upcoming pool of talents.
(The writer Tanushree Nagori is the Founder at Class21A. The article is the author's personal view and does not reflect the stand of CNN-IBN/IBNLive.)first published:June 24, 2015, 16:29 ISTlast updated:June 24, 2015, 16:33 IST
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In 2009, two states from India agreed to participate in the assessment called PISA (Program for International Student Assessment). The two states lagged behind all 74 regions except one – Kyrgyzstan.
The assessment brought into light, the enigmatic condition of Indian education. Facts such as, an Indian eighth grader is at the level of a Korean third grader in terms of expertise in mathematics, the top 5% in India are far behind any average student from Singapore or Korea and so on were exposed.
The assessment also suggested that an average child from India was at a level of the worst American student. The serious lapse in the country’s education scenario is apparent from such evaluations. The nation is facing a crisis especially with a disproportionate percentage of population waiting to go through K12 learning.
In blindly adopting the west, we have let go off the rigor in traditional Indian education system, but forgot to acquire the style of learning that focus on understanding and decision-making. In India, students are offered the least flexibility in choices of subject combinations despite having a huge scope. If we use the scale to our advantage, it would be possible to have many permutations of these subjects. Such constraint leads many students to drop out a subject of their choice, as the other subject in the combination appears as something that they dread.
Most of economically advanced countries have a Gifted and Talented Track for students who have a desire to excel academically and put their learning on a fast track. This cannot be perceived as a discrimination against other student.
In such systems, parents and students are kept out of the burden and therefore, there are provisions tailored for them. However, this does not mean that students left out of the track are penalized. Such systems help improving the outcomes of learning by offering able students special amenities to improve their talent.
Teachers in India lacks competency in various fronts. Most of them are not tech savvy and are unaware of recent development in education. One of the major drawbacks among teachers is their inability to use the power of internet.
The traditional system of education in India needs a structural reform to do away with the mindset against new approach. Traditional educationists in the country even oppose the idea of technology and use of internet in teaching.
The need of the hour is to move away from fact-based teaching to a method that relies on discerning information and decision-making. With the sea of information available on World Wide Web, what we need to educate the children is how to mine useful information from the domain rather than emphasizing on negativities of internet and digital education.
Leveraging technology will assist education and learning effectively. The newly introduced 4G network should be used for setting up ICT enabled classroom in remote areas. The generation should be encouraged to utilize internet for education and learning rather than entertainment.
In India, the system of education is not efficient enough to propel quality learning among students.
The first “standardized test” that a student undergoes is only in Grade 12, for CBSE Students and Grade 10, for other boards. Lack of standardized test affects learning outcomes, which varies drastically across schools, states, cities etc.
Additionally, assessment in Grade 12 is late for anyone to measure the actual talent of a student. Standard periodic assessment of students should be carried out in order to propagate uniformity in education. Objective and computer based standardized testing can assist significantly in timely and periodic assessment of students.
Teaching can be upgraded by intervention of the methodology. Assessment of teachers should go hand and hand along with student assessment. Courses such as B.Ed and teacher evaluation exam such as SAT CTAT should be developed to match with current traits of education.
Monitoring of teachers on their adherence to syllabus should be done strictly. Proper facilities and infrastructure should be offered to students on education premises. Classroom, Libraries and labs should be well maintained and standardized. Sports grounds can be shared for better coaching and monitoring.
This will reduce infrastructure cost substantially, which can be used for paying teacher remunerations.
A low fervor in teaching profession is prevalent in India. Teachers are paid less than most professions. There is no definite scope of career growth in the system and often they have to undergo abysmal working condition. Teaching is glamour-less occupation in the country, which is unable to attract talents to the sector.
Only addressing these issues will bring a change in the education landscape of the nation. Leveraging K-12 educational methodologies will bring better prospective in the nation, as it will have parallel impact on various verticals within the industry addressing its core issues.
India has a vast potential, as it is one of the youngest nations with more than half of its population below 30 years. It is imperative for the nation to leverage every possible resource to hone the upcoming pool of talents.
(The writer Tanushree Nagori is the Founder at Class21A. The article is the author's personal view and does not reflect the stand of CNN-IBN/IBNLive.)
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