INTRODUCTION:

After the recent protest and uprisings at the Jantar Mantar by the CJP, we have

come across various infrastructural and theoretical flaws of the Indian education

system. A country’s education system describes a country’s mindset, its

ideologies and its level of growth and it is high-time for India to understand the

importance of education and implement the reforms needed for India to

understand the importance of education and implement the reforms needed for

the initiative to begin.

THE INFRASTRUCTURAL FLAWS:

We begin with the infrastructural flaws. There are several infrastructural

problems in our education system due to which students have to suffer

everyday. Actually education never got the real importance in the country which

it deserved. While long-standing national goals recommend spending 6% of

GDP on education but in contrast, combined centre and state expenditure sits

closer to 3%. Due to this, various public universities and schools face deficits in

their budgets and this further leads to increase in fees and degradation of the

quality of education. Further, government schools are also in a miserable

conditions. Even basic facilities like toilet, furniture are not well-qualified and

are recruited on the basis of contacts. There is also less engagement of rural and

poor teens in schools as they prefer doing work rather than study. In order to

gain quality education, people prefer private schools and their fees keeps on

increasing which makes education as an amenity of the rich.

MODERN PROBLEMS NEED MODERN SOLUTIONS:

We are also witnessing many paper leaks these days. This indicates the lack of

proper management and lack of accountancy. Students are today relied on only a

couple of exams such as JEE or NEET and we expect smooth management at

least in these exams. Sometimes, exam centre is allotted very far from our

homes, in our homes, in other cities when there are centres in our city as well. Sometimes there are errors in questions which further traumatizes the students

during the exam. In order to ensure smooth examinations, nation, the promotion

of computer-based tests is of utmost importance as it ensures the preventions of

paper leaks which occur due to circulation of the question papers. In order to

implement this measure, we need to improve the digital infrastructure in our

country so that centres are made well available our homes which would ensure

easy mobility of students and lesser chances of paper leaks. Thus, more stricter

laws and punishments for the people involved in any malpractices related to

education and exams.

THE STRUCTURAL FLAWS:

Next, we move on to the structural problems in the Indian education system. A

better infrastructure can also can't work solely if the structure or content of the

education system is problematic. First and the most significant structural flaw of

the Indian education system outdated curricula and syllabus. Still emphasis is

given on the old or traditional subjects and topics which have less relevance

today. Despite global advancements in technology, artificial intelligence and

automation, much of the school and university syllabus remains decades behind.

Another major problem in the system is the skill mismatch with the job

requirement. Surveys reveal that over 70-80% of Indian engineering and general

graduates are considered unemployed because their education lacks practical

skills. Another most glaring drawback of the Indian education system is the

reliance on memorization rather than critical thinking. The examinations in

India test the memory of the students and not the critical thinking skills of the

students. Students are rewarded for giving textbook-oriented answers rather

than answers created thorough our thought process. Also, the concepts in the

textbooks are rarely linked to any real-life applications which lead to graduate

unemployment. The most glaring drawback is the ‘marks culture’ in our society.

The significance of exam marks in every sphere is a very significant problem in

our system. The marks of a student decides his capabilities, skills, abilities and they even decide if the student could succeed in life either. This marks the end

to the learning curiosity of students as they are just in a race to succeed from

others. This has end birth to the coaching culture as the JEE and NEET has

created a hyper-competitive environment in order to secure seats in government

colleges. This has led to the commercialisation of education and has declined

the real purpose of education in a person's life. Students don't run behind

knowledge but instead run behind marks, these Share factors have given rise to

the degradation of mental health of the students as they suffer from depression

and mental stuss during their studies. Slowly, they start losing their mental

abilities and they have to take steps such as suicide. Education is definitely not

made for circumstances.

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion, this is a high alert point for our society and system to address

this problem and reform our education system in such a way so that its real

purpose must be achieved we must run for education and not degrees. The toxic

‘marks culture’ must come to end and the mental stress of the students must be

ended. The parents also should understand this and act accordingly with their

child and stop putting pressure on them. Required steps must be taken and

properly implemented at the ground level with well-funded and empathetic

execution