The Indian Education System Understanding the Indian Education System: A Special Reference to the Pitfalls and Solutions

Shubhendu S. Shukla, Amit Shukla

Abstract: Education is that which liberates - An ancient proverb. According to Mahatma Gandhi, this liberation not only means spiritual liberation, but it means freedom from all manners of servitude. Mahatma Gandhi emphasized that persistent questioning and curiosity are the first pre-requisites for any education system. A strong education system is the cornerstone of any country's growth and prosperity. Over the last decade, India has made great strides in strengthening its primary education system. Since the conditions or surroundings under which one is exposed to education are not constant, the education process itself cannot be rigid. While discussing about education system in India, instead of focusing on how the current system can be improved with small changes at the bottom, we discuss about the fallbacks of the entire system and a top-down transformation of the education system by taking a hint from this quote of Albert Einstein ? ?We cannot solve problems by the same kind of thinking we used when we created them?.

Keywords: India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Right to Education Act, CBSE, CISCE, NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training)