FACTS ABOUT INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

 Just one out of nine children finishing school joins a college. India has one of the
lowest higher education enrolment ratio of 11 percent.
 Only one out of ten Indian students with degrees in humanities and one out of four
engineering graduates are employable. So much or India’s boast of having one of
the largest technical and scientific manpower reserves in the world.
 A study by the national assessment and accreditation council showed that the
90percent of the colleges and 70 percent 0f universities that the council graded
were of middling or poor quality
 Shortage of teachers was endemic with even the IITs reporting a 20 to 30 percent
shortfall in faculty
 On an average most Indian universities their curriculum only once in 5 to 10 years
 Studies show that the number of students committing suicides because of the
pressure to perform well in secondary board exams is rising alarmingly
 Almost half of the country population is below 25 years and 10 percent of them or
12 crore are between the age of 18 to 23 if equipped with both knowledge and
skills ,they could drive India’s entrepreneurial and competitive spirit and make it
into global power
 LACK OF CREATIVITY
IN INDIAN EDUCATION
SYSTEM
“The culture here is one of
success based upon academic
excellence , studying ,learning ,
practicing having a good job and a
great life. For upper India, not
the lower . I see two
India[s].That’s a lot like Singapore
study, work hard and you get an
MBA, you will have a Mercedes
but where is the creativity? The
creativity gets left out when your
behavior is too predictable and
structured, everyone is similar.”
1 Education system promotes rat race
2 Education does not builds persona of a child

3 No critical analysis, only following the

Establishment
4 Too much parochialism rather global outlook

5 Teachers themselves are not trained and

efficient
6 Medium of language of our education system
7 Education given is irrelevant to Job market
8 Missing innovation & creation because only aping west

9 Students happy in getting a highly paid salary job but

lacks ambition to become entrepreneur

10 Gross failure of our education system to end social

disparity
11. Lack of relevant industry and
educational infrastructure

12. Educators not salaried enough

13. Social disparity

 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDIAN AND
FOREIGN EDUCATION SYSTEM
INDIAN EDUCATION
SYSTEM
 Indian education system focuses
more on theory rather than
practical . Indian education system
doesn’t allow creativity.
 In India; education is a formality,
part of routine; every Indian must
get a degree of Engineering or
Medical stream; whether you learn
something or not .
 Indian education system only
emphasize on studies . There is no
room for extra curricular in our
education system.
FOREIGN EDUCATION
SYSTEM
 In foreign countries; they focuses
more on practical based learning .
And they allow creativity in
education.
 In foreign countries; education is
taken as a learning process.
 Foreign education curriculum
contains everything taking from
arts to sports along with studies.
US has arts, sports, music and
theatre in syllabus. Australia
focuses more on sports; they have
cricket, hockey and boxing in their
college curriculum.
WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IS …

 Focus on skill based education.

 Reward creativity, original thinking, research and
innovation.
 Get smarter people to teach.
 Implement massive technology infrastructure for
education.
 Re-define the purpose of the education system.
WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IS …

 Effective deregulation.
 Take mediocrity out of the system.
 Personalize education – one size does not fit all.
 Allow private capital in education.
 Make reservation in irrelevant.