When we hear the word “education” all we think about is our school days. More than learning and studying, we miss our friends and teachers and those memories that we spent with them.

Anyways, the education system somewhere has always been responsible for who we are today, how we stand out in crowd, our career, personality and thinking.

But, this education system has not evolved as much as it should have along with the changing world. It hasn’t kept pace with a changing world whose needs are changing as far as human resources and their abilities are concerned.

The world has been progressing day by day, be it in terms of lifestyle, communication or technology. But has our education system been updated over time according to our changing world? I think not.

The Problems Facing The Education System

The education system today seems outdated and riddled with problems, and completely not up to the standards of modern times. It is lagging behind as it’s not helping the younger generation to cope up with real life challenges, struggles and ups and downs of life.

Every child is special and unique with different perspectives of life and capabilities. His or her capabilities are being ranked in comparison to the others. In schools we have been taught that we shouldn’t compare ourself with others, but this system does the very same thing.

Albert Einstein explains it well enough, ”Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”. That’s exactly whats happening in our education system, if we score less in one subject even though we are good in others, we would be labeled as “weak” or a “failure”.

Instead of respecting and understanding students’ view points, they are being changed according to the teachers’ own perspective and view point. The student’s thinking and perspectives are being shaped according to the system, due to which they can’t think out of the box. I don’t know about other countries but in India and Nepal, the students have a fear of being punished, if they ask out of the box questions.

It’s High Time To Rethink The System

Now, we all need to rethink and work on it, so the younger generation will be able to cope up in the real world and can look at life from different dimensions and can handle any situations in their lives with their abilities.

To begin with, I think instead of competition, we should teach them cooperation. Because when we have always been taught to compete with others, some where our whole life becomes a competition. We start competing and comparing ourselves with others, forgetting our own unique abilities.

And somewhere because of this competition, individuals become more egoist, as they think they will do something better than others and won’t let them win. So, if we teach them about cooperation, they will be able to work more efficiently in a group and in a company. They will learn to be kind and help others and uplift them for their better future.

Special attention must be given according to their capability, interest and passion. So, the creativity within them comes out rather than being killed or hidden due to pressure on higher educations.

Even we should focus on other dimension which are really important in one’s life. Like about health and mental care, time and money management and how to maintain social relationships. Because these things really play very important roles in our lives. There should be an all round development of each child.

For A Better Future

- A Happy Soul