A Class without A**** students and the front benchers!

The education system of the schools today haunt me of Pink Floyd song “Another brick in the wall” where each student is a clone of the other and there is no difference whatsoever in the way he is made to think .He is judged by the number of As he has scored more than the son of the neighboring Sharma Aunty’s son rather than by the number of ways he has found to solve a particular trick."To bring up your child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. "
Is education all about scorings As and Stars or is it about the wholesome development of the child. Its often said its better to have a team of averages rather than pack of geniuses. After all Titanic was built by experts and Noah’s Ark was built by amateurs.
So why is there so much of an obsession to be in the top .000…….5(it goes till infinity)? Is it the fault of the education system of the country which focuses to make students another brick in the wall or is it the risk averseness of Indian parents who fear to risk the career of their children for lateral thinking.Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.Remember, spoon feeding, in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
It’s true that in India we still have less avenues of growth for alternative careers like gymnastics, motor racing, swimming but a beginning has to be made by the parents to listen to the inner voices of their children and encourage them to be the trend setters of their field. Let them be next Vishwanathan Anand of Swimming or Sachin Tendulkar of golf.
The education system in tier 2 schools and colleges need to be more wholesome and proper encouragement and appreciation needs to be given to children for their effort s.
Have we become more tolerant, more accepting or more critical? Isn’t the real purpose of education was to help us become more encompassing and tolerant. Isn’t it the wholesome development of the child or is it as said by Pink Flyod “ Another brick in the wall”
So is the real purpose of education being achieved?

BCS Education TEAM