What are the Challenges of Global School Education and where India stand on that?

Mr. Ashish Bhatnagar.
MODERATOR.

TOPIC:

What are the Challenges of Global School Education and where India stand on that?

Group: National UN Volunteers.

Time: No limit. Whenever you wish to share your views you can. 6 am- 10pm

Aim and purpose of Education.

Education, at its best, is about helping people discover, refine, and develop their gifts, talents, passions and abilities; and then helping them discover how to use those gifts, talents, abilities in ways that benefit others and oneself

When the purposes are for the upliftment of our society, then no doubt is in to have number of challenges in global education system or local education system.

Challenge: 1

Right to education RTE.

We have existing learning organizations where learners are part of that organization for sime years without having a journey of discovery to discover what is within them till now.

We came to the point now as education the fundamental right of a man.

In real sense Education is life itself. It is not a right to claim. When shall we reach or take Education to the state of life from rights.

Challenge: 2

Testing & Assessment

Testing should exist as a servant to the main goals of education.

Whenever people start to build learning organizations and experiences around tests instead of designing tests to serve and amplify the organization’s mission, vision, and values; we have a problem. Such organisations will face lot of challenges to exist or to continue.

We should know here one thing. Education  itself a tool designed by nature to test users. Whereas we design a tool to test Education.

And the design is of the mindset of the designer. We consider him or her as the standard designer.

It can be explained with an example-A teacher of your school is a question setter of his subject. Means he is one of the designer of a tool to assess Education.

Can he be a standard designer.? Can a school assure of this?

Then where is the standard assessment or test? That's beyond our imagination and understanding.

If we get such a test then there won't be challanges in Education.

Therefore assessment or test is to assess the complete person as the Education is for shaping the complete man.

But our design for assessment is assesment of education in a person and not the outcomes of Education in that particular person.

Reminder: The purpose of Education is man making first.

Mr. Nahid Raza UNV: Yes sir

It is not possible in one go hence small pieces are worked on then only we will be able to do it

Challenge:3

Nurturing the nature of learners.

Character, virtues, and non-cognitive skills have always been an important part of a person’s growth and maturation, not only into adulthood but throughout life.

If we want to invest in aspects of education that have a huge impact on the lives of individuals, their families, their communities, their places of work, and the entire world around them; we are wise to devote time and attention to how we can nurture these important elements that less frequently show up in a list of learning objectives for a course or goals for a formal program.

We are talking about traits like grit, courage, conscientiousness, integrity, personal ownership, the capacity to postpone gratification, collaboration skills, the ability to plan and prioritize, and many others.

Nurturing aforementioned already existing nature in users of Education is the prime purpose of Education. But it is not happening in most of the learning organisations.

Challenge:4

Purpose of Education is misunderstood.

Formal and informal Education are the two categories of it. Formal is to detect the skill within. And informal is to develop and make use of it. Formal education is for learning and informal is for earning. That is for job opportunities and openings.

But what do we do is reverse. Our challenges are due to which when right things are chosen for wrong. That's Education for employment. Education is often about teaching people to critique, but that must be accompanied with nurturing the capacity to create, to discover and embrace the purpose and meaning in the world around us…and beyond. Education is not mere for employment. Education is not a passport or password access to a job.

The very purpose of Education is limited into one's qualification in our country or community.

Is it correct?

Mr. Paul Moses UNV:

Challenge 5:

Factors that affect learning.

Students of different countries have different capabilities owing to what they have learnt. Learning capacities also vary due to environment. We in India mostly follow rote method while learning. Most of the schools in India, including the so-called International schools, test students' memory instead of testing their intellectual abilities. Self-learning is hardly. Any learning process that makes students self-dependant is hardly found.
Free education up to some level is quite good. But if it extends the limit, especially for male candidates, the value of education and the course pursued is found to have diminished.

Mr. Ashish Bhatnagar UNV: CBSE is trying to change now. I can see many welcome changes to the syllabus, curriculum and approach now.

Mr. Paul Moses UNV: As we give value to money, what is paid, is similarly given value. Many in India are graduates but are jobless.

Mr. Ashish Bhatnagar UNV:  I hope the points you mentioned will be considered especially with the new NEP. Rote learning has been there for ages but there are some good signs I can see in some schools. Many changes have been there so far, but nothing proved to be very productive. It takes time to see some significant changes. May be, but it depends on the government. Rote learning is not completely bad. But it doesn't help any student develop his/her intellectual skills. We are still in the third world status; 72 yrs since we've got independence; still how long?... Is, unfortunately, one of the questions being posed with no positive answers and outcome left. Are we comparing ourselves with those who are already developed or with those who are under-developed?. Our wonderful politicians don't keep us updated with new techniques and methods to have them implemented in schools and colleges.
Q: What is your qualification?
R: B.Tech.
Q: What are you?
R: Customer-care Executive.

Let's See the above...

The qualification of the person has nothing to do with the job the person is doing.
What is the purpose of education?. This is what's going on in our country. The study field and the job field has a lot of difference. What are schools doing these?. It all depends in students' interest, parents' involvement; active or passive; institutions' maintenance of quality while giving the quality stuff to its benefactors (students) for what they are paid. But it again reflects on the nation's disability in giving its students what is best. Egoistic feelings among politicians and  social groups installed in some families or indians' minds keep our present youth from learning the best or at least something better. A real learner learns any good even from an enemy. Are we? Are our children taught to learn alike?. A real education is a moral food. Do we know ow how many are taking are that as a poison?

Mr. Ashish Bhatnagar UNV: There are numerous such examples.... Raghuram Rajan, Nirmala Sitaraman,. And many more

Mr. Paul Moses UNV: I appreciate them for they belong to the past. We are in the present world. But examples of?. We need the examples of those who work according to what they aimed at. Very few are there. I still doubt if you should say there are many. What is our population? How many complete their Degrees,  PGs and Ph.Ds.a year?. How many do possess research minds?. How many are involved in the research process?. How many scholars are discouraged by their guides while in the research completition?. How many are able to get their doctoral degrees successfully without being harassed by their guides or professors?. Out of those many (if yes), how many are worthy of those doctorates?. How many research minded children are developed by our schools and colleges in our country? How many of them are encouraged to ask questions? How many of such questions are tolerated?. How many good citizens have we made so far? A citizen is a responsible person for the place, district, state, Nation and society he/she lives in.

Challange 5

Marking  system for marketing in Education

One of the main problems with our Indian education system is its marking system.

The intelligence of the students is judged by the way they perform in a 3 hour theoretical paper rather than by their overall performance in the class.

In such a scenario, learning lessons to get good marks becomes the sole aim of the students. They are not able to think beyond it. They are not bothered about understanding concepts or enhancing their knowledge all they think about is to look for ways to get good marks.

Another problem is that the focus is only on theory. No importance is given to practical learning.

Our education system encourages the students to become bookworms and does not prepare them for handling the real problems and challenges of life.

Academics are given so much importance that the need to involve the students in sports and art activities is overlooked.

Students are also overburdened with studies. Regular exams are held and students are scrutinized at every step.

This creates acute stress among the students. The stress level of the students continues to grow as they advance to higher classes.

The scores are one of the main criteria in marketing the school for its existence. The teachers and leaders are evaluated by the way of secured scores.

All other activities are of no use Infront of scores and all other facilities are unimportant if the scores are good. Fee structure is fixed by the scale of scores.

The vision and mission of a school take last bench Infront of the score.

Totally all over development of a child is restricted to the scores.

Now here are some
WAYS TO IMPROVE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

Some of the ways to improve the education system are, focusing on skill development; it is the time for the Indian schools and colleges to stop putting so much importance to the marks and ranks of the students and focus on skill development instead.

The cognitive, problem solving, analytical and creative thinking skills of the students must be enhanced. Imparting practical knowledge, practical knowledge is very important to develop a thorough understanding of any subject.

However, our Indian education system focuses mainly on theoretical knowledge. Revising the curriculum, the curriculum of our schools and colleges is the same since decades. It is the time to change it as per the changing times so that the students learn things more relevant to their times. Classes on developing good communication skills as it are the need of the hour.

Looking beyond academics, the education system of our country must look beyond academics. Sports, arts and other activities must also be given importance to ensure the all-round development of students.

Certainly there is a way in NEP 2019.