India's Education System:- then and now
HISTORY OF
EDUCATION IN INDIA--Indian education history is very rich and motivating. In
the ancient days, gurus and scholars impart education orally, but after the
development of letters, it took the form of writing. Palm leaves and barks of
trees were used for teaching, and this in turn helped in spreading of the
written literature. Temples and community centers often took the role of
school. When Buddhism spread in India, education become available to everyone
and this was the time when some world famous educational institutions were
established like Nalanda, Vikramshila and Takshashila. History has taken
particular care to give Nalanda University, which flourished from the fifth to
13th century AD, full credit for its brilliance. This university had around
10,000 resident students and teachers on its roll at one time. These students
included Chinese, Sri Lankan, Korean and other international scholars. It was
in the 11th century that the Muslims recognized elementary and secondary
schools. This led to the forming of few universities too at cities like Delhi,
Lucknow and Allahabad. Medieval period saw excellent interaction between Indian
and Islamic customs in all fields of knowledge like theology, religion,
philosophy, fine arts, painting, architecture, arithmetic, medicine and
astronomy. Later, when British arrived in India, English education came into
being with the help of the European missionaries. Since then, Western education
gained advances in the country. With hundreds of universities and thousands of
colleges affiliated to them, India has positioned itself happily as a country
that provides superiority higher education to its people in specific and to the
world in general.
Current Scenario Of Education In India
Indian education is being separated as private and government
education, in the ratio 5:7 respectively. The critical aspect
about the government education is the poor quality. Government education has
failed to provide good quality education. The amount of education received in
the government schools is highly insufficient and this is also because of the
lack of teachers and no proper check on them especially in the rural areas.
Hence, urban areas have 80% and rural areas 59.4% of literacy rate.
Public schools have weak infrastructure and inadequate pedagogic attention
which is very terrible for the overall development of an individual. Better facilities
should be given to students in academic, sports, cultural, media, arts,
music, religious, social, technical and political fields which would help them
discover their areas of interest. Government schools lack a lot in these
aspects.
On the
other hand, the private schools which provide all such facilities are too
expensive for the lower class families. Over 37% of the Indian population is
living below the poverty line and cannot afford education even at a primary
level. India being a country of ethics and beliefs, people are still
conservative and apprehend modern education. Thus, the rich becomes richer and
poor becomes poorer.
Improvement In Indian Education System
Many policies have been introduced by the government to overcome the problems of the Indian education system and it’s a great beginning. The education has come a long way and has still to do a lot come up to the entire world. I would like to conclude by saying that education is the very foundation of a personality and by improving it we are improving the image of the country as well. And the only way to improve education is education itself.
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