Parents taking their young children to their school in the morning is one scene I see almost everyday here. The children are normally jumping around; enthusiastic about going to school. There isn’t much to study during the first few years. Seeing them on their scooters, I am reminded of how the school going children of the same age group in India are. Back home, seen on the streets, are children walking unwillingly to school. They have a heavy bag on their shoulders (might be the reason for our lower average height when compared to people in the west!); shoulders drooping. The only time in a week we see them smile are on Fridays; that too on the condition that they do not have any test or exam scheduled for Monday. The children face the brunt of competition (for space in the school bus, to a window-seat in their class!) right from a very young age. This very efficiently kills creativity.
I am sure things are improving in India; our actions on this front might accelerate the change.
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Hi Anup!
We are moving forward in that direction, maybe slowly but surely.
I heard an interesting comment on the Indian school system from an American lady here. She said that the Indian schooling system is the toughest in the world, but she also stressed the need for more people who have done their schooling in such a system! She felt we are more serious in our academics compared to other systems. Probably the grass is greener on the other side!!
We need a new educational system that is modeled for us specifically. I feel the current system treats us like army men who are given the guns but unaware how to use them!
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