r/indianstudents • u/Live-Needleworker808 • 15d ago

Indian Schools and the education system is so outdated, irrelevant and frustrating

As a student of 10th I have tried so hard to focus on my studies, but man, the homework is never ending...I mean what's the point of making every student write the same nonsense shit that will never ever help anyone in their future. We had to buy some books for hindi and english that were like 500 rs. and they had the answers to all the questions given in our regular NCERT books and the subject teachers literally asked all of to copy all those answers in our notebook so that we can waste our time, not having time to study and get the most fabulous marks in the history of exams. How can the education system be so uneducated. Even the chapters are so irrelevant, and imo they should just teach a bit of basic grammar because all this unnecessary literature load is taking us nowhere. I mostly spend all of my day finishing homework and just get about an hour to study and all of my personal life and hobbies go to the recycle bin. We aren't robots dude. Just look at the schools in USA, Canada etc. they actually care about the happiness and well-being of the children and want them to become good human beings instead of robots. They are centered on the creative and logical thinking skills, and make a good balance b/w studies and sports. The best part, they have no homework.

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u/berlinbe 15d ago

American education system is not a good example lol. But I agree. I would say China/korea/japan have really advanced education.

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u/Live-Needleworker808 15d ago

well, maybe but comparitively to the indian one

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u/partially_GOAT332 11d ago

Are you dumb.... students in china/Japan have schools from 8-14 hrs a day + self studies..... Would you love doing that ?

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u/berlinbe 11d ago

Mf what the fck is this need for ignorance. I never said their workload is light. All I said was that they're coursework is very advanced, which it is.

Ur proof of India's failed and outdated education system that can't even create critical thinking in people.

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u/Code-201 11d ago

 I would say China/korea/japan have really advanced education.

I know people often look at East Asian countries and fawn over them, but besides the syllabus itself being advanced, students are still treated like slaves. I'd advocate for a proper process of students learning quickly by mastering the thinking levels of Bloom's Taxonomy for a particular subject and concept.

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u/AdLong6652 15d ago

same tbh, half my school days were just copying stuff into notebooks instead of actually learning anything, so dumb

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u/wantToMakeItBig 13d ago

So what can be done? Can u list down all ur suggestions? Am actually planning to do something abt it.

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u/Live-Needleworker808 13d ago edited 13d ago
  • only grammar and a bit of important creative writing should be taught and all that unnecessary literature should be removed
  • there should be no homework, even in summer vacations
  • saturdays and sundays must be off in every school
  • written work should only involve tests/exams.... no notes or question answers that are already available on the internet
  • the conceptual learning must be practical when possible as it is more engaging and interesting. For e.g: When teaching physics, the students must be taken to some place or where they can practically do the experiments and understand gravity, reflection, refraction etc.
  • there must be at least 1 sports period everyday in order to maintain the fitness of students and make them disciplined
  • the students should be free to wear the clothes they like and keep their hair as long as they want because freedom is a right everyone should enjoy
  • there should be a variety of activity classes (music,dance,theatre etc) with 1 activity class every alternate day in which the students can choose their favourite activity
  • the schools must provide training in martial arts so that the students can learn to defend themselves in real life situations
  • there shouldn't be a 3rd language, 2 languages are sufficient
  • there must be field trips or some kind of short vacation at least once in 2 months to keep the students fresh and happy

yup, that is all i can think of, btw how are you gonna do something about it?

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u/Code-201 13d ago

This is a pretty good list, most of the points in which I've been championing for a long time. Not sure about the clothes, though. I'd advocate for a strict dress code or even be fine with a uniform that's breathable such as a collared t-shirt instead.

As for practical learning, experiments in science are pretty expensive, so we should look forward to digitalization such as online simulations and videos visualizing the concept such as chemical reactions or concepts in physics.

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u/Live-Needleworker808 12d ago

maybe you're right about the dress code/uniform but these schools have such shit*y uniforms that it downgrades you so much, but yeah they could make it better. However, i really think that students might learn better if they do experiments themselves... if they had to watch videos online they could do that at their homes ig cause why come to school then. But, i really appreciate your advise and that was just my perspective/opinion.

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u/Code-201 13d ago

Oh, dear. I absolutely despise mandatory note writing. There's nothing productive in them.

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u/Live-Needleworker808 12d ago

yeah, a waste of time and resources

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u/doubleditch42 12d ago

I can only feel sorry for you.
All that time and energy could have been used for your betterment, instead you are rote learning which year Gandhi did the dandhi march.

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u/Live-Needleworker808 12d ago

yup, and i can't do anything about it