Subject:

Effective
Communication

Semester-III
 PRESENTED BY –

SNEHA NAIR 32
BINU PATHAK 39
RAKSHA SHETTY 55
LAXMI NISHAD 35
NAVRUNA DUTTA 14
SIDDHESH PAWAR 47

SUBMITED TO – Mrs. Sonal

Trivedi.
 As we all know that “Education builds
the man, so it builds the Nation” but do you think
today’s education system Is helpful in building the
man.
Today we claim to be the biggest
human resources suppliers of the world, but are
we concerned what quality of human capital we
are building and for whose needs? we supply
bureaucratic to the Government , software
engineers to the I.T companies around the world,
highly paid managers to the MNC ‘s , we supply
engineers and science graduates researchers to
the foreign universities. What capital we are
building for our selves?
One may say we had few. Yes we had.
M.S. Swaminathan who made India self reliant in
food grains, Dhiru bhai ambani who proved a
common man can became a billionaire, Dr.
Varghese kurien who is the father of Amul milk
Movement, Dr.A.P.J Abdul kalam who dared to
build missiles for India, Pundit Ravi Shankar who is
the ambassador of the Indian music to the world.
Such people though in small numbers, were always
there. But they are not the products of this
education system. This system did not teach them
how to become innovators or entrepreneurs’ or
artist.

We have long history of organized

education. The Gurukul system of education is one
of the oldest on earth. In gurukul teachers
imported the knowledge of philosophy,
mathematics, religious, statecraft, warfare,
medicine etc. but only Brahmins & shatriyas were
taught in this gurukuls. After gurukuls Jainism &
Buddhism flourished due to which many
universities like Nalanda, Takhashila & Ujjain etc.
came into existence.

British record proves that

education was wide spread during 18th century.
Our current education system was introduced by
British in 19th century and now also we are
continuing with same system. Gandhi is said, to
have described the, “traditional educational
system as a beautiful tree that was destroyed
during British rule”.

We would like to express profound

gratitude to Professor Mrs.Sonal Trivedi and Head
Prof.Mrs. Bane for giving encouragement and
guidance to work on our Presentation “Education
System of India” An Overview.
 The question arises why we are
lacking human resources in our nation, it because
we don’t get proper education?
There are some hurdles in getting proper
education which are as follows…
1) POPULATION :

As we are know, India rank 2 nd in the

world for population. Due to this increase in
population government is finding it difficult to
provide proper resources to give education to
mass population India alone account for 35%
the entire population of children who are not
in school. So, the traditional explanation for
the failure at attaining mass education is due
to population.

2) POVERTY:
 The one third of the poverty rate of
world stays in India. In country were the
population is so high, poverty is another
drawback for the country. People who even
find difficult to fulfill their basic needs, food
clothing and shelter how they can afford to
pay for their education. So poverty is also a
hurdle for gaining proper education.

3) FAMILY PRESSURE / PERSONAL INTREST:

Some students cant choose their

own career . as per their desire due to
pressure from their family as well as their age
group. It also depend on the personnel interest
of the student some are not interested in
studying even though are provided education.
After all these how can we create Human
Resources to the Nation???

4) INFRASTRUCTURE :
 An infrastructure or better
infrastructure is only provided to high grade
universities and high paid Universities. And
only handful of people can afford. Then what
about other schools? Are they providing better
infrastructures facilities??

Youngsters in India, do not have the

freedom of selecting their career, it is said. They
are forced to become engineers, doctors, MBA’s
and IAS officers, it is said. Yes, agree. But that is
not the problem. The problem is, youngsters in
India do not have the vision to think beyond.
Neither their parents, nor their grandparents had
that vision. This is where the root of the problem
is. Generations have gone through a system which
sucks. Now the beauty is even the law-makers and
educators of today’s India are products of that old
age system. That is why no less than a revolution
is needed in education system in India.

What do we expect from such a revolution?

A revolution means big changes. We
expect the revolution in education to bring lots of
changes.

These changes will result into:

1) Best talents of the country working in the
Education sector:

Today, education is not the career of

choice but us the career of compromise. If you
are a teacher, people sympathize; they curse
the prevalent unemployment in the country.
Education is one of the highest profit making
‘industries’ in the service sector, but its
workers are least paid compared to those
working in somewhat glamorous sector like the
IT industry. This has to change.
2) A world class infrastructure :

The experience of shopping at malls

is better that the old dirty bazaars. The
experience of traveling in a metro train is
much better than suffering in the city buses.
The experience of driving on four or six lane
highways is much better than same way. The
same way, Infrastructure has meaning in
education. World class libraries, laboratories
and classrooms, in a world class infrastructure
for education.

3) Greater investment into education, public as

well as private :

We need world class

infrastructure and best talents in all schools
and universities of India. These resources
should not remain limited with all resources
and facilities. Each village should have school
with all resources and facilities. Each
university should have whatever it needs for
 better education. This would require huge
money and hence, huge investments.

4) Education which encourages innovation

and creativity :

When farmers in the villages of

Punjab make a vehicle from the diesel engine
and name it Maruta (A male version of Maruti),
that is the innovation. When villagers of the
Rajasthan and Gujarat transform the Bike
‘Enfield Bullet’ into a local auto-rickshaw, that
is the creativity. How many automobile
engineering student s could do likewise? The
question is, how many?

5) Education which encourages

entrepreneurships:

In a Hindi movie ‘NAYAK’, the

father of the actresses refuses to permit for
her marriage with the actor because he is not
a government servant. At last, he permits, but
then the Actor had become the chief Minister
 of the state. This mindset of the society,
particularly of the middle class, has to be
changed. You are not a respectful person if
after education you start a business, as that is
seen as a failure in getting job. it is the task
of education system to change this mind set .
it also has to inspire the youth for the
necessary courage and vision for
entrepreneurship.

India aspires to be powerful; it wants to

play in the international community for that to
happen its economy has to happen there should be
rise in entrepreneurs who could transform the
nation into which produces from the one which
only consumes. It requires a huge force of
innovators. In a nutshell India requires Henry
fords, bill gates, Thomas Alva Edison, Michael
Jackson born & educated in India.
Here are some of ours (not so complete) ideas:

1. Compulsory free education should be made

available till Class XII.

The state and central

governments should completely absorb the
cost of providing free education till 12th
standard to every child, irrespective of caste,
religion and economic status. This should
cover not just school fees, but also free books,
food if necessary, uniform clothing and even a
place to stay if the parents cannot afford that
to their children. Those with money can always
opt for their favourite private school, and feed
their own children. Alternately, some rich may
decide to send their children to the govt.
schools.

2.Govt. schools should be run by private

entities/entrepreneurs.

It is very doubtful if the

government can manage hiring qualified
teachers and provide quality education to
children. Like in the USA, the government can
opt for building the schools and make them
available to private companies on a long-term
lease, based on auction. The organization that
comes up with the lowest bid and agrees to
maintain the best quality education would be
chosen to run each school in each locality.

We need to introduce a concept

of 'education credit'. It is an amount equal to
 the average cost incurred in teaching a child in
the privately run Govt. schools. This education
credit is made available to every child. The
child can either avail of the education by
exchanging this credit in the Govt. owned and
private operated school, or cash this portion
against the fees and other costs incurred by
them in a completely private school. This way,
the tax payer does not have to feel miffed that
his, her money is used only to train OTHER
children. Panchayat and municipalities must
own and manage the school premises and
oversee the operation of the private entities
running the school.

3.All education above higher secondary school

level should be primarily dealt with by private
entities.

If some state governments wish,

they can run colleges, but it should be
unnecessary. Students should be offered
lenient education loans at very low interest
rates. These loans are liable to be paid only
after the students finish their education and
find a job of their own.

That is, free education until higher secondary;

but paid-for education after that. Those who
can't afford to pay for this higher education
get low-cost and lenient loans. These kind of
comfortable educational loans are made
available to students in USA.
4.Alternate education must be promoted

It appears to me that there is no

need to teach anyone for more than 3 hours a
day till the secondary school. Therefore, the
available education infrastructure can be used
more effectively through the shift system.
Three normal shifts can be run between 0700-
1000, 1100-1400 and 1500-1800 hours. An
hour gap in between for the children to leave
the school and the next set to walk in. In the
late nights - from 1900-2200, the facility can
be used to provide education to old and
unlettered. Facilities such as the building,
furniture, library, computer centre,
laboratories and play fields can be used very
efficiently in this
manner.

Further, individual teachers

wanting to run their own curriculum can be
entertained to use the nearby school facilities
including the building, furniture, library,
computer centre and laboratories. Like the
'Gurukula' method, a single teacher can lead a
group of about 20 children from 1st to 12th
standard. The students can write their 10th
and 12th standard examination under the
National Institute of Open Schooling. Nothing
stops those who graduate through this system
from joining the available colleges. Through
 the 'education credit', each student can pay his
teacher. This helps the teacher earn a
reasonable income and the student is also
guaranteed quality infrastructure.

5.College education through correspondence

system to be increased

In each town, "Tutorial" colleges

(as they are called in Chennai) can be set up
by individuals who enroll their students in a
correspondence course run by authorized
universities. [This is applicable only to non-
professional courses.] The day-to-day training
is provided by these Tutorial colleges. The
timings can be flexible, allowing for the
students to also find a part-time work during
the day.

6.Impediments in the way of setting up for-profit

private colleges to be removed

Today, only a charitable trust can

set up educational institutions. Therefore,
honest entrepreneurs interested in making
profits will not get involved in spending their
time and setting up quality educational
institutions. The result is that only criminals
who plunder money illegally in the name of
"charitable trusts" get involved in providing
education, and make money through capitation
fees. To stop this, the government should
allow for for-profit companies to set up
educational institutions.
 After watching & hearing all these
explanation we would like to conclude by
saying that “today’s Indian education system
is in great trouble “. It has an education which
makes the child sad when last bell is ringed at
the end of the day. Which proves? That the
child is gaining education under pressure and
he is completely trapped.
But, according to us
“education should make free, it should make
an experiment and it should make you realize
what you are?
We hope from this
presentation you must have understood the
present condition of our education system &
only we are the one who can improve this
situation by putting efforts & taking small
initiatives.