Does the Education System has a Huge role to play in Broadening One's Thinking & Perception?

Thanks for sharing but for one thing you should agree that still our children try to take higher education while in western country people won't opt much for higher education even though they have good system . It is because they get means of livelihood easily in their country while here we have less job and the reason is huge population . I think in our country our education system is used just like agricultural system by producing raw product and sending to other countries . Though by exporting crop we get money while by exporting our youth we get no return.

The education system has to be one whereby the intrinsic motivations of the student isn't replaced by external motivations. But that is precisely where it is lacking, and one cant avoid this. Even something as piddling as class participation gets slapped with a reward, a certain component of one's grade devoted solely to how actively the individual contributes to the learning environment in the classroom. Students speak up simply to get a higher class participation grade and not because they are intrinsically motivated to do so... ie. genuinely interested to discuss on the issues raised

The education system of other should be studied and analyzed.We should not adopt the systems of others. They would fail in India.It is necessary to evolve our own system looking to our culture & society at large. Thinking & perception depends on so many factors: 1. They are inherent 2.They require family back ground & parents attitude 3.They require proper atmosphere in school, good teachers, appropriate syllabus etc Its very difficult to have good teachers every where. Lastly It depends on the child's own attitude & judgment. It is some thing that cannot be injected from out side. The child should be positive in receiving what is intended to.

LOL For certain community, even education cant help! They will remain narrow minded and useless whatever they are taught! #crap culture #crap atmosphere #basic habit of backbitching

I think the Indian education system is pretty good but the thing is that a lot of people don't utilize it properly. The way Indian parents believe their child's education should be is a serious problem. They just focus on the child's academic qualification. Not just the parents but...the society as well, I mean whether a person is proposing marriage, applying for a job or looking for a new business partner, the first thing people ask is, "what do you do?" In other words they judge you by your academic qualifications. I guess the materialistic world has changed the concept of "success". It's kinda like in our country success means good marks, and the only way you can get good marks is by mugging up(be it any country in the world, you gotta be a book worm to score big) The problem that our education system really faces is the lack of schools and colleges in the rural area of our great nation. The rest of the problems will solve on it's own. Slowly but steadily people are coming to realize that it's important to focus on child's overall growth.

Let us dwell a while on the words 'thinking' and 'perception'. Thinking involves analysing a thought or an idea that has been injected into a human mind. It also involves the skill of recalling other associated information & data, comparing the new data with previously held data, and being able to intelligently project the consequences of going along the same lines or on the opposite lines. Perception involves the higher ability in a human being of discerning beyond what is very obvious.To have the subtle faculties of seeing how far the idea is correct, and where it is beyond the scope of the discussion or study. Retentivity too plays a big part in the exercise of this faculty. Yet, to develop these higher faculties, is our educational system adequate? We all know that in India almost every teacher resorts to stuffing large information, which the student is expected to cram and reproduce during an exam.Though minuscule in number, there ARE some teachers who teach in a challenging way.Instead of making students mug up chapters of dry facts in History, these teachers take the students on a practical visit to the site of studies. Of course, when considered superficially, such visits may seem frivolous and waste of time and money. We must adopt methods like those practised by Aristotle, Cicero, and Plato. Why not draw more inspiration from our own great Indian teachers? Stories about Arjuna and Ekalavya teach us intense concentration and focus....which the western world is recommending! How did Susruta's medicine and surgical techniques spread? By practical demonstration and showing examples, not by mugging. [ I recently heard of a medical student doing selective studies for his final exam saying:" O, I shall leave out all questions relating to the 'Eyes and Ophthalmology', yaar". Now tell me please, would you go to such a doctor for your eye check up??] Learning in a gurukul under the watchful eyes of a guru had its immeasurable advantages; the guru easily spotted the good students. He taught them outdoors, sitting under the shade of a tree. Subjects like Biology, Zoology, and natural sciences could be obseved, compared and contrasted. Can we not adopt similar methods today? The guru taught by questioning and counter-questioning : prashnena evam pariprashnena. Good teachers do the same to this day. It does take more time (compared to simply dishing out notes for the student to cram), but the final effect on the student is much better. Education is a vast and extensive subject which can be boring, or exceedingly interesting---depending on the teacher! Age does matter, and sometimes the maturity level of a seven year old is much higher than that of a five year old, in the same class. Where education is concerned, the culture is not of overwhelming importance---unless there is a city-bred child in the same class with a village student living in a hut without basic amenities like electricity and running water! To a large extent, the upbringing of the child will have a positive effect on his/her intelligence. I recently read a news report that a peon's girl child became an IAS officer in Punjab! I have no doubts that the parents' constant encouragement and inspiration would, in no small measure, have contributed to the girl's success!