Education Today

In the extremely competitive world of exams, a student finds it difficult to survive if they are not equipped with a thorough knowledge and the art of competence. Knowledge is the ladder which leads to success. A proper education must enable a child not only to gain knowledge but also imbibe the confidence to work independently and to taste the fruits of success. In the eye of many a student, success lies in somehow passing an exam or attaining high marks. It is in this mode of thinking that the entire flaw lays. Thus students turn to unhealthy and drastic methods of practice such as copying in the exams or choosing cross –cut methods with only the examination point of view. The importance of adding to the treasure-chest of knowledge is often lost on them, as the subject is not understood nor learned for helping them with their professional career life.

Today’s students lack the necessity to think for themselves and to be independent. They rely on extra help as an alternative without persevering or applying themselves patiently on the relevant database given. Is there a need for this waste of time and energy when we are already given necessary coaching according to the prescribed syllabus at school??? Tuitions are beneficial, you might say, because there are a lot of seemingly extra hours of learning involved and extra notes gathered. But we cannot ignore/forget our true Guru’s -our Class teachers who have updated our knowledge. Students should learn to sit down at the library and collect extra references if they feel they need a little more than the class notes. Any doubts that may arise eventually can be noted and clarified later with the respective teacher. However, weak students and students planning to attempt entrance and other exams of a different pattern or syllabus may consider extra coaching but it should not be taken as an excuse for eroding the teaching of the regular curriculum. There could be hours added in the timetable for counselling/clarification in such matters so as to enable the student to approach the subject with confidence, understanding and enjoying every chapter of its creation or discovery or application.

It is sincere hard work that makes up an ideal student. As Einstein once said ‘Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.’ A true education should equip a student with the profound sense of propriety and proportion to enable him to face the challenges of life, and provide him with the resource to shoulder the responsibility of building up a better and stronger nation, a brave new world. Now a student has access to enough subject material only if they can sit down to seek-thanks to the present media. In our present World this confidence will stand a long way to help one to stand on his own reason, seeking the required help logically making them approach life in a more Spiritual manner.
-Donald DCruz.