Martin Luther King, Jr. had said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
But today, a handful of students are running after excellence or intelligence. And not always the fault lies with the students.
In fact, the existing education system is forcing the students to follow certain standard rules, which is ruining their innovative thinking. Now, from entering pre-school till they attend the highest degree in education, the system makes the students follow certain standard mantras.
As a college student, how many hours per day did you spend attending lectures in class? Or do you remember how much time you spent at your practical classes?
Well, that makes one thing pretty clear. Most college students in India spend around 28 hours per week either listening to the lectures, which include practical and tutorial lessons, or watching video lectures on your mobiles or laptops. The numbers might be mind boggling but that means a student spends nearly 120 hours per week on learning.
Now, what does higher education means? It doesn’t mean that a student should forego all his/her aspirations, dreams and concentrate only on the study materials? It doesn’t mean that we turn our students into zombies. We are not here to run a factory instead of an education system? So, it’s highly important that we make a sharp demarcation between class teaching and learning, a model followed by advanced countries. If we can reduce the hours of classroom teaching to 15 hours per week (45 hours of weekly learning) then it would leave the students with considerable time for self learning. It will also help develop a better student-teacher relationship. Till today in India, students who are involved with social sciences, prefer to maintain a direct contact with their teachers, alongside tutorials and lectures.
Let’s be clear. There’s a difference between imparting education in classrooms and learning on your own. In order to become an expert in the subject, a student needs both classrooms hours and learning hours. For a teacher, the main objective shouldn’t be teaching whatever is written in the book. In fact, true education means learning what is not there in the classroom or book. In order to take on challenges of the world, a student should be prepped up not only with classroom education but the teacher should also impart him/her with experiences of the world.
Unlike India, in advanced countries, teachers dedicate special hours to students where they can learn through indirect teaching (not restricted to classroom teaching). Some educational institutions in India are trying to follow the model too, and if we adapt this system, then our students will be better equipped both mentally and physically.
By Educa India- The leading education portal in India where apart from searching and selecting educational institution people can post their CV to get noticed by the hierarchies.
But today, a handful of students are running after excellence or intelligence. And not always the fault lies with the students.
In fact, the existing education system is forcing the students to follow certain standard rules, which is ruining their innovative thinking. Now, from entering pre-school till they attend the highest degree in education, the system makes the students follow certain standard mantras.
As a college student, how many hours per day did you spend attending lectures in class? Or do you remember how much time you spent at your practical classes?
Well, that makes one thing pretty clear. Most college students in India spend around 28 hours per week either listening to the lectures, which include practical and tutorial lessons, or watching video lectures on your mobiles or laptops. The numbers might be mind boggling but that means a student spends nearly 120 hours per week on learning.
Now, what does higher education means? It doesn’t mean that a student should forego all his/her aspirations, dreams and concentrate only on the study materials? It doesn’t mean that we turn our students into zombies. We are not here to run a factory instead of an education system? So, it’s highly important that we make a sharp demarcation between class teaching and learning, a model followed by advanced countries. If we can reduce the hours of classroom teaching to 15 hours per week (45 hours of weekly learning) then it would leave the students with considerable time for self learning. It will also help develop a better student-teacher relationship. Till today in India, students who are involved with social sciences, prefer to maintain a direct contact with their teachers, alongside tutorials and lectures.
Let’s be clear. There’s a difference between imparting education in classrooms and learning on your own. In order to become an expert in the subject, a student needs both classrooms hours and learning hours. For a teacher, the main objective shouldn’t be teaching whatever is written in the book. In fact, true education means learning what is not there in the classroom or book. In order to take on challenges of the world, a student should be prepped up not only with classroom education but the teacher should also impart him/her with experiences of the world.
Unlike India, in advanced countries, teachers dedicate special hours to students where they can learn through indirect teaching (not restricted to classroom teaching). Some educational institutions in India are trying to follow the model too, and if we adapt this system, then our students will be better equipped both mentally and physically.
By Educa India- The leading education portal in India where apart from searching and selecting educational institution people can post their CV to get noticed by the hierarchies.
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