'Do you have a swimming pool in your daughter's school?' - was the first question asked by one of my colleagues when I told them that I have finally decided about my kid's school. I was rather expecting a question like 'which board the school is affiliated with' or 'Has any batch cleared the Xth standard from the school yet?' etc.
Thats how our generation has changed the concept of schools. We demand a school with swimming pool, skating rink etc. more than the quality of education or teaching in the school. This is primarily the voice of the urban rich population. This population wants to see a nice-looking school like they have seen abroad.
There is no problem in demanding good facilities in the school but the problem is we are ready to compromise on our so far successful education system at the cost of glamour & external look-n-feel. All of us in urban India are happy & proud with the fact that we are leading a very decent lifestyle due to our academic background. All of us had gone to good primary schools where our teachers tauhght the basics very right. We represent a country which stands at the top in speaking and writing English amongst the non-native English speaking countries. There lies the success of our exisiting education system.
Then why are we trying to imitate schooling system of some countries whose average individual fails miserably in the race against an average Indian?
We talk about reducing stress & pressure for kids. But are we actually making them grow freely? Every kid today goes to dance or music or skating or swimming or tennis class after their school time. Every parent wants to see their kids shine in some forum or the other but we are compromising on the easiest way of success - academics.
Its high time the urban India realizes the need to continue the existing Indian education which has placed India today where it is.
Thats how our generation has changed the concept of schools. We demand a school with swimming pool, skating rink etc. more than the quality of education or teaching in the school. This is primarily the voice of the urban rich population. This population wants to see a nice-looking school like they have seen abroad.
There is no problem in demanding good facilities in the school but the problem is we are ready to compromise on our so far successful education system at the cost of glamour & external look-n-feel. All of us in urban India are happy & proud with the fact that we are leading a very decent lifestyle due to our academic background. All of us had gone to good primary schools where our teachers tauhght the basics very right. We represent a country which stands at the top in speaking and writing English amongst the non-native English speaking countries. There lies the success of our exisiting education system.
Then why are we trying to imitate schooling system of some countries whose average individual fails miserably in the race against an average Indian?
We talk about reducing stress & pressure for kids. But are we actually making them grow freely? Every kid today goes to dance or music or skating or swimming or tennis class after their school time. Every parent wants to see their kids shine in some forum or the other but we are compromising on the easiest way of success - academics.
Its high time the urban India realizes the need to continue the existing Indian education which has placed India today where it is.
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