Methodical destruction of the education system

NB: What is happening to Indian education is nothing short of organised crime. My heartfelt sympathy is due to the young people who are forced face so much tension and travail for absolutely no fault of theirs. It is not surprising that lacs of Indian students do their best, at great expense, to get educated outside their own country. All conscientious citizens, no matter of what political persuasion, must stand by our young people. DS

Ravi Kumar

The paper leak is a mere symptom of the larger malaise in the education system. The very design of the system and its philosophy of teaching-learning is proving rhetorical because how it works in reality is a completely different story.

The real story gets revealed occasionally through ‘leaks’ and suicides, to count a few. It is reaching a moment when the profusely bleeding education system needs a serious reimagination. The hard-working students were dejected and many were pushed into anxiety when they learnt that their UGC-NET examination was cancelled. It was the NEET examination, which brought renewed focus on how examination systems are mismanaged.

Thereafter, in quick succession, NEET-PG examinations were postponed. Before this, the CBSE had issued a notification to schools to review the internal assessment process. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has faced issues since the very beginning. The CUET examinations gets postponed, cancelled due to technical glitches, wrong papers get distributed, and so on. Amidst all this, no one pays much attention to the students and their families….

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/methodical-destruction-of-the-education-system-3084433

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