Enough of Arguments,debates and discussions have been done on our Indian educational system, and i hope you all know how our educational system is. I am tooo tired of complaining against this, so i don’t want to talk about it anymore.
Albert Einstein once said,
” The purpose of Education is to train the mind to think “
When? and where? have we been allowed to think ??? (sigh) It kindles the age long agony in my heart.
When i joined the college, i was thinking that College would be something different, where we need not memorize things like as we do in schools. Hmmm.. no way, it is worse than that. Nothing made me think al through this 3 years of college life. (Of course Mathematics the Queen of all sciences has some exception)
And most of the students doesn’t seem to be worried about this at all, all they need is a JOB at the end of their college course. So this wild goose chase after money never ends. You may ask who does’t need money? But, are you going to earn millions with this education you have got, which haven’t served it’s purpose at all.
Winston Churchill once said,
I began my education at a very early age – in fact, right after I left college.
So this is what going to happen for us too, we will begin to think and learn only after we leave our college, that’s when we face the real life.
What R. Buckminster Fuller said is much more interesting, he said.,
If I ran a school, I’d give the average grade to the ones who gave me all the right answers, for being good parrots. I’d give the top grades to those who made a lot of mistakes and told me about them, and then told me what they learned from them.
Even if i run a school, i’ll do the same thing. People should learn something for their life and something which they would use practically in their real life, only then i would say the Education has really served its purpose. After all we know that Albert Einstein said,
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Have you ever given a thought, why there are not much noteworthy Scientists in our India? Here people are good at doing things systematically, but what happens when asked to develop or invent something on our own?? First thing we do is to see whether anyone have done it already and is there a way to claim it as ours? Is this what Education means? Is this the purpose why we go to Schools and colleges for education?
I shouldn’t blame much on Education alone, as i know scientists are paid much less in India when compared to foreign countries. So who wants to squeeze up their minds THINKING just to get that poor salary.
We are not educated with what we need, and what we do has no relevance with what we learnt. So this is Education all about, you learn, you write the exams, you forget, you get the degree you get the job and then comes the important criteria Your Employer will train you(rather educating, we know we are already educated 
) for the job and finally you make-up your living.
And finally the question still persists, The purpose of Education, is it Served??
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No ofcourse it is not served… I share the same idea… But 90% of the students accept and live with the current system and they don’t care… they knew they can do ntn about it… and they don’t care as they have to adjust only for four years… and for the top rankers, it is just like eating a salad, rather than trying to eat a fruit as a whole (after peeling and cutting)…
I agree!! Everyone seems ok with that, unfortunately!
In the very first semester, we should have been divided into teams and asked to create something . There should be some guidance too, for without that half the students would give up.
The way we attend college is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING! I’m just waiting to finish and leave!
not only you but all….maybe not all…but many want to get their degree and join a job….
@ Kavin: Well said Kavin, yes everyone know that they could do nothing about our Educational system so only they keep quiet in this regard. Moreover as you said it’s all for the short span of 4 years.
@Nithya: Thanks for agreeing
You talk about the small projects, but you know even in serious things like the Final year project we are not in a position to act according to our own will, how sad 
I join with you to say College is SOOOOOO Boring.
@Vivek.T.M. Yes everyone study for Job, there is no second thought in saying that, but what about the Education we have got, does it prepare us for that Job??? is all i ask. (Thanks for reading
)
“thanks for reading”
is this for me???
“……what we do has no relevance with what we learnt…..”
I totally disagree with this. But there are always colleges like IIT, IIM where you are taught to face the real world problems. Education doesn’t start and end. It is a lifetime process. If you want the type of education that “you expect”, then you should stop blaming your college and atleast start preparing for your higher education and try to get selected in some nice colleges.
There are number of colleges like Nanyang, Singapore, MIT, and Karnegie Mellon, where you can get the type of education that “you expect”. Even better there are number of colleges here in India like IIT, IIIT, NIT, etc..,
Rather blaming your college you should have some courage to blame the Teachers who take class for you. They could never get into any of the institutions that I have stated above
(Tons of weight in my head).
I know, in Anna University one teacher who was the DB Administrator in the Centralized Counseling(Conducted by AU every year) was handling DBMS for the Engineering students. Definetly they would have got a tremendous knowledge than “Us”.
Two IIIrd year BE-CSE(Our batch) guys from Bharath Engineering college has started a project to make a social networking site like orkut(Ask me for More information) on a total budget of 40 lakhs.
More practical knowledge is involved here in all these cases.
You are having everything besides you and searching for the same things everywhere.
I would have made the same statement(s) Even If I had not cleared “Any particular Exam”. Dont mistake me in this regard.
“The way we attend college is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING! I’m just waiting to finish and leave!”
“I join with you to say College is SOOOOOOOOOOO Boring.”
For the ones who said this, Here is my reply “You people never know how to enjoy your life. Life is something beyond Animals and Blogging.”
Infact this college has taught many new things, which cannot be got in “Ordinary Colleges”.
Here is the ultimate answer for the Joel’s question:
“what about the Education we have got, does it prepare us for that Job ?”
Definetly yes, but it also depends on the type of job you choose. If you are choosing the job of JP, or an AP, I do think that this education is more than enough.
FIRST DESERVE THEN DESIRE
That’s fine, Gopalakrishnan. I’m happy that there is a person to contradict my statement. I AGREE what you say.
I’m not talking about foreign universities, so i’ll go for the the Indian universities you have mentioned, IIT, NIT and IIIT i totally agree that they provide much much better education so only there is much competition to get into them. But everyone cannot get in to them, so what about the remaining who study in other colleges(about whom, is what i’m talking) So now tell me about the plight of the students in the 240+ self-financing colleges in Tamilnadu, who didn’t get a chance to get into IIT& NIT.
If College education prepares us for job then why should the companies give training for their employees?? If an EEE and Mechanical student can be trained for an IT job within 6 months, then why should a CSE student study that for 4years? Answer me.
Blogging is just my Hobby, i have bettter things to do than that.
Unless and until we go for practical education, it will not be served at any case.
Simple, the lack of practical knowledge makes us all a dumb ass. Only very few go for practical learning that too outta their own interest.
When we teach the subjects which is supposed to be taken by staff members, it still remains as not served.
I’m so bored to even argue .
But the obvious fact is nobody knows or will ever know whether the ‘only’ thing I do is always linked to animals and the ‘only’ thing Joel does is blogging. It is only one part of our lives and the only thing which the outside world knows about. Anyways, fortunately I’m able to do things I like outside our college . I stated college is boring , because there are so many interesting things to do in college life other than just listening to class or sports ! I wish we had some clubs, like a nature club or laughter club, and A library with Story books!
Hmm.. thats a nice thought. But i have few things to say.
1. Nobody can beat Indian’s thinking
2. Education here is not good enough
3. Education is not enough( be it in India or outside) to live.
4. India has a lot of grass root inventors, they dont have funding lab to work etc etc.
5. when it comes to life things change onlookers perception changes. Broader view is never can never be taught in schools/ b schools/ any where.
6. Life is the greatest tutor
7. That picture looks good
This can be a great argument, to keep talking about. But we must understand something. Talking about it is going to make no diff. Either we go and do something about it or change somebody’s life!
Take Care
@ Rachel : Practical education, yes i forgot to mention that point in my post, thanks for mentioning it here. Without practical education we would be like daydreamers who just keep on dreaming things(i mean keep on studying theories) which they they actually could turn into reality.
@ Nithya : Yes, all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. We desperately need some sort of recreation and activity clubs in our college.
And once again tell you, do things that makes you feel better, don’t mind the criticism and fun made by others (may be you could also include myself in this others list) do it for you own self satisfaction and not for anything else.
@ Aparana: Welcome to my blog
It’s true Indian are good at thinking but they need to think in a right manner and for constructive purposes alone.
yes education is not good enough but it is somewhat good (That too in the few instituions metioned by Gopalakrishnan)
Life teaches us most valuable lessons than any good tutor, i second you.
Well, let me see if i get some chance to do something about this.
“You (gopal) are a Frog In a Well”
– Some great person
There are already some “Recreation and Activity Clubs” in our college. This is for those who are unaware of what’s happening inside the college.
For the “Others” list maintained till now, I want to say the same thing with a slight difference:
Do things that makes Others feel better.
I believe only Human Beings are in that “Others” list.
And here’s Joel’s Question:
“If College education prepares us for job then why should the companies give training for their employees?? If an EEE and Mechanical student can be trained for an IT job within 6 months, then why should a CSE student study that for 4years ?”
If one can easily understand the difference between “Engineering” and “Programming”, then answer for both these things becomes easier.
Ans 1: May be for making them aware of what’s happening inside their company and what kind of work is going around them, their competition, Rules and Regulations, and also may be to test the Candidate’s skills in Training period itself before he gets into work.
Ans 2: Nobody can teach Engineering in 6 months. They are taught for Programming, not Engineering. No EEE or Mechanical guy could have complete knowledge on CSE, nor anyone could teach that in 6 months. A CSE guy is taught everything about Engineering. So it does takes 4 years.
Understand the difference between Programming and Engineering, you will find answer for many of your questions.
“Understand the difference between Programming and Engineering, you will find answer for many of your questions.”
Well said Gopal, i have to spend some time in finding out the difference between the two, let me start thinking right now.
It won’t serve our purpose, till we understand the real purpose of it!!!!
I completely go with what the previous comment said …
Regarding engg. the nature of understanding also depends on the quality of books.. When the staff who teach u rely on local authors, u cannot expect them to clear ur doubts – if u r referring to a foreign author !
Until ur questions on a subject r answered one can not develop an interest. Maybe u do find some answers -thanks to the internet but by the time u find smthing that helps the interest or eagerness to learn it isn’t there !
We can’t comment on national educational system wen all we hav seen is the state system[hope boards in other states r different..]
I experienced the difference wen i jumped frm cbse to state brd. – heavily dependent on ur ability to mug than understand !
About the clubs @ college [!]. I hear abt it now & then. Tell me – is it confined to the 1st block alone ? Is it active at all ?
Is it initiated by the management or by the students ?
I’m not criticising neone. Pls. enlighten me
@ Selerines: REAL Purpose, that’s a new dimension of thinking, well said Shiva.
@Manny: Yeah i should have restricted myself to State education system alone, i think in most of the other states CBSE is mostly adopted than the State board. CBSE is fine.
For your question about the CLUBS only Gopal should answer, sorry for not enlightening you
All those who are involved in this conversation are all “Academic Punks”. I dont think there is any use of Enlightening the “Academic Punks”. So, I stay away !
first i would thank to attend me
in my opinion i m agree to this point yes education serving the purpose without education we can think open mind