{"id":29992,"date":"2020-03-07T03:40:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T03:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=29992"},"modified":"2020-03-07T03:40:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T03:40:06","slug":"indian-higher-education-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/indian-higher-education-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian higher education system, a waste of money?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian higher education<\/span> system is a<\/span> national<\/span> curriculum<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> fixed<\/span> set<\/span> of<\/span> courses<\/span><\/a> ranging<\/span> to<\/span> geography<\/span> to<\/span> physics<\/span> and<\/span> planning<\/span> to<\/span> engineering<\/span>, all<\/span> instructions<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span> English<\/span>.<\/strong>
\nThese<\/span> courses<\/span> were<\/span> not<\/span> coined<\/span> by<\/span> elite<\/span> politicians<\/span> but<\/span> by<\/span> bureaucrats<\/span> and<\/span> competent<\/span> professors<\/span>. The<\/span> Indian higher education system<\/span> imposes<\/span> the<\/span> curriculum<\/span> on<\/span> students<\/span> through<\/span> tests<\/span> in<\/span> colleges<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> institutions<\/span> of<\/span> higher<\/span> learning<\/span>.<\/p>\n

How does<\/span> this<\/span> curriculum<\/span> serve<\/span> India<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> population<\/span>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Indian higher education system promotes intellectualism<\/h2>\n

Indeed<\/span>, the<\/span> kind<\/span> of<\/span> learning<\/span> in<\/span> the\u00a0Indian<\/span> higher education system<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span> not<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> empower<\/span> students<\/span> to<\/span> probe<\/span> their<\/span> reality<\/span>, or<\/span> to<\/span> contribute<\/span> constructively<\/span> towards<\/span> solving<\/span> the<\/span> problems<\/span> in<\/span>\u00a0society<\/span>. Rather<\/span>, it<\/span> is<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> continue<\/span> intellectualism<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> complete<\/span> departure<\/span> from<\/span> what<\/span> the<\/span> society<\/span> needs<\/span>.
\nNo<\/span> social<\/span> science<\/span> course<\/span> seeks<\/span> to<\/span> explain<\/span> the<\/span> Indian<\/span> government’s<\/span> documents<\/span> or<\/span> translate<\/span> articles<\/span> from<\/span> a\u00a0native<\/span> Indian<\/span> language<\/span> into<\/span> English<\/span>.<\/strong> They<\/span> forget<\/span> Kosambi<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> intervention<\/span> who<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> cognition<\/span> of<\/span> material<\/span> is<\/span> gauged<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> people<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> first<\/span> nod<\/span> to<\/span> freedom<\/span>.
\nTherefore<\/span>, the<\/span> course<\/span> in<\/span> social<\/span> sciences<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> prone<\/span> to<\/span> structural<\/span> limitations<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> engineering<\/span> course<\/span>. These<\/span> conditions<\/span> limit<\/span> Indians<\/span> from<\/span> pursuing<\/span> culture<\/span> and<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> improve<\/span> material<\/span> conditions<\/span>.
\nThis<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> sole<\/span> reason<\/span> why<\/span> higher<\/span> education<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> rendered<\/span> a<\/span> waste<\/span> of<\/span> resources<\/span>. Higher<\/span> education<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> state<\/span> business<\/span>.
\nWhat<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> done to the Indian higher education system<\/span>?<\/strong>
\nIndian higher education system should<\/span> have<\/span> its<\/span> own<\/span> curriculum<\/span> in<\/span> order<\/span> to<\/span> offer<\/span> jobs<\/span> that<\/span> are<\/span> cut<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> needs<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> society<\/span>. Role<\/span> models<\/span> should<\/span> emerge<\/span> to<\/span> build<\/span> bridges<\/span> between<\/span> jobs<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> education<\/span> curriculum<\/span> with<\/span> the\u00a0provision<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> conducive<\/span> political<\/span> environment<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indian higher education system is a national curriculum which is a fixed set of courses ranging to geography to physics and planning to engineering, all instructions\u00a0in English. These courses were not coined by elite politicians but by bureaucrats and competent professors. The Indian higher education system imposes the curriculum on students through tests in colleges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":29993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

It<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> widely<\/span> known<\/span> fact<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> engineering<\/span> courses<\/span> have<\/span> failed<\/span> miserably<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> the<\/span> region’s<\/span> needs<\/span>. The<\/span> type<\/span> of<\/span> engineering<\/span> applied<\/span> in<\/span> Kerala<\/span> should<\/span> differ<\/span> from<\/span> that<\/span> applied<\/span> in<\/span> Maharashtra<\/span> based<\/span> on<\/span> the industries and enterprises of the region. There<\/span> is<\/span> no<\/span> integration<\/span> of<\/span> engineering<\/span> colleges<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> society<\/span> surrounding<\/span> them<\/span>.
\nThe<\/span> social<\/span> sciences<\/span>, especially<\/span> UGC<\/span>–NET<\/span> curriculum<\/span><\/a>, are<\/span> taught<\/span> in<\/span> institutions<\/span> higher<\/span> learning<\/span>. At<\/span> the<\/span> Bachelor<\/span> of<\/span> Arts<\/span> level<\/span>, social<\/span> sciences<\/span> are<\/span> divided<\/span> into<\/span> many<\/span> disciplines<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> economics<\/span>, political<\/span> science,<\/span> and<\/span> sociology<\/span>.<\/strong> As<\/span> such<\/span>, many<\/span> activities<\/span> in<\/span> India<\/span> are<\/span> interdisciplinary<\/span>. Activities<\/span> such<\/span> as <\/span>bookkeeping\u00a0by<\/span> farmers<\/span>, transportation<\/span> of<\/span> products<\/span> and<\/span> city<\/span> governance<\/span> are<\/span> given<\/span> a<\/span> miss<\/span>.
\nA<\/span> course<\/span> in<\/span> Economics<\/span> has<\/span> 10<\/span> units<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> very<\/span> last<\/span> unit<\/span> is<\/span>\u00a0Indian<\/span> Economics<\/span>, where<\/span> students<\/span> learn<\/span> about<\/span> Kaldor<\/span>, Marx,<\/span> and<\/span> Keynes<\/span>. The<\/span> study<\/span> of<\/span> micro-enterprises\u00a0and<\/span> common<\/span> economic<\/span> services<\/span> like<\/span> transport<\/span> are<\/span> missing<\/span>. District<\/span> Economic<\/span> Surveys<\/span> are<\/span> not<\/span> dealt<\/span> with<\/span> either<\/span>.
\nMoving<\/span> on<\/span> to<\/span> Sociology<\/span>, students<\/span> are<\/span> introduced<\/span> to<\/span> 22<\/span> thinkers<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> western<\/span> world<\/span> and<\/span> only<\/span> six<\/span> Indian<\/span> thinkers<\/span>, with<\/span> examples<\/span> of<\/span> Gandhi<\/span> and<\/span> Srinivas<\/span>.
\nThere<\/span> is<\/span> no<\/span> inclusion<\/span> of<\/span> vital<\/span> data<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> census<\/span> or<\/span> Indian<\/span> based<\/span> developmental<\/span> programs<\/span>.<\/p>\n