Change Makers – Are We?

By Vandana. S.
(Second year Masters in Mass Com, Jain University)
Education plays an important role in creating knowledge, in bringing about changes. It is through education, knowledge, information the world leaders were able to bring about change, an evolution of movement for freedom. In today’s world when the literacy rate is so high, people should have been able to bring about greater changes. When we can access to information though different medium, we can bring about revolutionary changes. But rather than that, the institutions, society is limiting the thoughts of students and teaching us to learn only to earn money.
How many parents are still encouraging the students to follow their dreams? More than that, how many of them are letting their kids to dream? They just force them to study. Study and score marks. They want their kids either to be an engineer or a doctor. The number of engineering institutions is increasing. In colleges, they offer courses that are commercial, courses that have hopes of jobs and hope earning well. Through this system of education, the thought process of students has got limited.
Today, students read only to pass exams. They read only to score. After reading for exams, if the same question is asked for the next day or next semester, they fail to answer it.  What are they learning then? it’s only the degree certificates the students are managing to get from institutions. Institutions are just providing certificates without exposing the students to the reality. Bringing up students in a comfort zone, due to which students are attuned to comfort at every level of work, task rather than working to earn it.

I had an opportunity to meet Padmavathi Rao, the well-known theatre artist, sister of Arundathi Nag, during 9thBangalore International Film Festival. My conversation with her made me realise about the education system of our country. This is the education system introduced by the Britishers ages ago to create workers who can read, follow the instructions of officers. This was the education system meant to create clerks for British companies.  Hence, is our education system limited to teach contents that are in book only? We are reading for the sake of passing exams. Not to gain knowledge. How can we turn to be the change makers when this is the condition of our education?

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