TOPIC 2: The tight curriculum of our education system leaves no room for imagination or creativity

Essay 1: This is true, the current education system has sucked out the imagination and creativity
from the minds of students. The curriculum focuses a lot on bookish knowledge and forces students
to remember the same thing that is there in their textbooks, there is no room for imagination or
coming up with own ideas, even those who dare to come up with something new are often scolded
and penalised by giving them low scores in their tests. This is a serious problem, the world right now
needs imaginative people who can solve complex real-time problems with ease. Students must be
taught things which are outside the box. The curriculum must contain a fair amount of
extracurricular activities which not only make learning fun but also improves the cognitive and
reasoning abilities of students. The curriculum which is now taught in schools and colleges does not
work in this modern era and most certainly needs a makeover soon. The curriculum must in fact
focus more on the overall personality development along with the knowledge of their respective
specialization. Students must be encouraged to think on their feet and the curriculum must include
certain case studies that makes the students understand real world problems.

Essay 2: The tight curriculum has done more harm than good for students of all ages. Students are
nowadays seen constantly reading one or the other book, only to write the answers that are asked in
the exam, not to understand or apply practically. The tight curriculum has resulted in students
disliking what they are doing and also have failure rate, since it is almost impossible for students to
keep up with the difficult and unachievable goals that the curriculum sets. Students are often seen
complaining about the long and lengthy answers which have no practical approach. This curriculum
has to be changed or else the imagination and desire to learn new things will vanish from a student’s
mind. This is certainly a serious problem and must be dealt by giving students practical lessons, the
curriculum must also include sports, games and other team building, personality building activities.
The curriculum must be student friendly instead of a curriculum which only has bookish and
pointless knowledge in it. Students must be asked about their opinion for any changes within the
curriculum and the desired changed must be brought as soon as possible. A student centred
curriculum is the need of the hour to retain the imagination and problem solving abilities within a
student.

Essay 3: The tight curriculum is ruining the problem solving, imaginative and critical thinking of
students and the need of the hour is to change the curriculum. Students are forced to think in a
particular and that does not develop any imaginative skills and instead forces the student to stop
using his/her analytical mind. Students from a young age must use their analytical side because that
is very essential in this modern world. Team building activities like sports, competitions like
elocutions, debates, JAM sessions must be added in the curriculum to develop the all round abilities
of any student. The curriculum must also lessen theoretical knowledge and focus more practical and
interactive learning. This might be difficult to enrol as you go higher in the education hierarchy there
is a lot of emphasis on theoretical knowledge, but with proper guidance and strong basics any
student can overcome any difficulty as he/she has practically understood the topic and can express
the same in his/her own words. The universities must also acknowledge and promote interactive
teaching and learning, and must also test the problem solving ability of each and every student. This
can certainly change our education system and make the students sharper and smarter.
Essay 4: The current curriculum has caused a lot of problems to many students all over the country,
the prime reason being that the curriculum doesn’t feature the inclusion of cognitive and reasoning
skills improvement of a student. The curriculum is focused more on quantity rather than quality and
somewhere the quality of education has diminished due to the widespread use of this curriculum.
Students are often left clueless in the exams as they are not able to complete the vast portion that is
assigned to them, there is no interaction between the teachers and the teachers are also forced to
stick to the curriculum and not try something new. This situation has to be changed, it can be
changed by the introduction of digital classes, digital classes offer interesting classes with proper
practical explanation of the principle behind the phenomena, the classes are both fun and extremely
informative. A great atmosphere of learning can be created when the digital classes are combined
with extracurricular activities, sports, games and clubs are essential for students to grows and learn.
The new curriculum is slowly but surely being accepted in many schools and colleges and the
teachers and students alike have started to understand the importance of practical learning.

Essay 5: The current curriculum is focussed too much on grades and has ignored the most crucial of
all skills that is the analytical, imaginative, cognitive and reasoning skills of a student. The current
curriculum believes in rote learning and does not provide any platform for students to prove
themselves, students are often stranded as they do not have the proper guidance to do well in the
exams. Talented students are seen securing low scores, which ruins their confidence and the ability
to think outside the box. The current curriculum must be changed, and in my opinion that can be
done by increasing the number of teachers per student, giving more importance to interactive and
practical learning. In the curriculum students are not encouraged to question or ask doubts as
majority of the knowledge is pretty much theoretical and useless. This has to be changed, the new
curriculum must be a student friendly curriculum, and the students must have fun at the same time
learn crucial concepts without over stressing themselves. There must be a proctor for students who
will guide them in the best direction possible. Student’s opinions and choices must be heard and
elective based system must be added to the curriculum, this gives the student a great choice to learn
something new, outside their specialisation.