Striking the chord

Curriculum is a cardinal element with regards to the success and potency of higher education. It does not matter how curriculum is defined, for it is one of the most important matters in higher education. But sadly, we have paid less attention to its progression, analysis and alteration in the educational establishments. Although it can be contended that higher education in India has provided beneficial assistance to the society, most would agree that it requires a major overhaul. It has served as the path for motion of the society and has provided the Indian economy the skilled workforce that it requires. Yet, critics say that higher education in our country languishes due to certain deficits in the system, namely, deteriorating standards of instruction, the weak examination system and the curriculum followed in many institutions that has existed for a very long time.

If we look at the present situation of Indian education, we will find a marked pattern, which is arising in the form of absence of relevance of curriculum in students’ lives. There lies a wide disconnect between the subject matter studied and the life of a student. And this leads to classroom learning that tends to take place on a very superficial level where students are left ignorant of the relation between classroom teachings and their lives. The absence of this connection in majority of the schools in India is the reason students do not develop the skill to analyse. And John Dewey, American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer, has rightly demonstrated the significance of linking teachings imparted in a class to society through constructing education around active-participation technique of learning in order to improve the experience of students.

In India, achieving top grades in the class through repetitive memorisation has become the norm today. Does this actually help students, the future of a nation, prepare for what the country and its economy actually need? Click here to read more...

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