Indian Government Needed A Pandemic
So recently our government introduced new education policies which have extensions to the education system in colleges and not only in schools.
The change brought about by our government probably is the biggest change and might possibly be the most impactful change in our nation’s history. Here are some of the changes brought about :-
- Board exams will be low stakes & test actual knowledge instead of rote learning
- Mother tongue to be a medium of instruction till 5th grade
- Report cards will be a comprehensive report on skills and capabilities instead of just marks and statements
- Major changes in the pedagogical structure of curriculum with no rigid separation between streams
( Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/77239854.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst )
In addition to these changes, it is also being said that coding will be introduced in 6th grade and there will be emphasis on current trends and technology.
In these times, the whole world is going through awful lot of changes and every day is a day of some big news. But did our government really needed a pandemic to realize what a crap our education system was. Facing difficulties in completing board exams, in conducting exams which apparently decide the whole life of an individual, be it NEET or JEE or finding a fair way of academic judgement because of a system that has so many boundaries, blocks and a huge & bulky syllabus. It gave the board very little margins to have a fair conduct.
But even though, people are really happy with the new policies and it is expected to be a game changer, but how much time is it really going to take for the people to extract the stigma that the previous system introduced. The “glorified CA, Btech or Medical degrees”, will people really be able to move on from the fact that these are the “best backups for a person”. From our childhood we were framed into believing that there are only a handful of choices, that these careers confirm a financially secured life, that you shouldn’t be interested in psychology if you’re good at math, forcing the students to learn the foundational things in a language they’re not comfortable in. We realize the number of different jobs, titles or careers, that are present around us at a point in our lives where we’ve already set sail on the boat of life or are in the middle of the sea or river, where it makes no sense to turn back. Given the population of our country and the mentality of going for certain combination or going for a glorified field, this change should’ve started it’s gradual implementation right after the 2008 recession, because lets face it, there’s more crowd in some specific places and almost zero in other places and some people don’t even want to be in the crowd, they are there just because they were pitted to be there.
All of us are aware of the condition of the middle class people, it has been a frequently mentioned issue since decades and these people were the worst affected by the system. Even though they knew that don’t want to go in a certain field, the concept of having financial security in only certain careers made them opt into them, and guess what happens, if they’re not able to do what is expected from them, only thing that builds up is frustration and it doesn’t necessarily ends on the children, it can be even more frustrating for some parents, despite knowing everything about their child, they are forced to make their children do something just because of the stereotype.
Well, better late than never.
It all makes me wonder, about the times when we were hyped about India winning any other major trophy other than trophies which are cricket affiliated, or when we had to search so badly for a good psychiatrist or a therapist because of the number of options, about the times various universities scammed parents for admissions, people committed suicides or every single time we got frustrated because of the huge number of doctors and their various diagnosis and opinions. From students to toddlers to company CEOs to parents to teachers, everyone was blindfolded by the education system we had and were stressed into worrying about the future of the family and financial stability, but for government, a pandemic made them worry about the future of the youth. Changes are going to be gradual and are in sync with the upcoming plan of the decade. But people are gonna need much longer to move on from the stereotypes and to get rid of the blindfold. They are all going to need a longer time to get used to the fact that there can be flexible combinations of subjects. The luminous history of a certain field doesn’t necessarily mean stability in the future and this getting used to is gonna take a while, maybe longer than most of expect.
All things concerned, it is a welcome change that is not only going to bring diversity and versatility, but also give the people the confidence and drive in things that they are pursuing. The future looks diverse and good.
