Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Gap between education & innovation

         Education   is  an   important  input   for   the   developement   of  an  individual ,  society   and   the  nation. As  the  frontiers   of   knowledge    expand  with    time, curriculum   is   also  simultaneously   updated  and     restructured    to   enhance   the   standards   of  education.   Inspite   of   all   these   efforts,  innovations  and  discoveries   are scanty  in   our   country   as   in    western    countries.

                  Our   system    of     education  supply  the   students   with    knowledge    instead   of     instructing   them   to  seek  knowledge.The   learning    leads   to  livelihood  but   not   satisfaction   at  the   end.  The   learning   should  implant and   generate  new  ideas,  new   concepts,  self  belief  and   self  confidence  which   everyone  need   to develop   originality.   Only  then    the   students    can   realise  and   use   their   inner   strength.   This  is   what   Swami   Vivekananda   said,"Education   is   the   manifestation   of    perfection    already  in   man"
The ultimate aim of life is happiness and no school or education system is taking cognizance of this most important aspect. The students are fed a lot of information but ultimately they are unhappy. Being happy is an art and it has to be fostered right from the childhood. Schooling is only a means to happiness and not an end in itself. Learning should be a fun. Our curriculum should be designed in such a way that it exposes the children with various fields, ideas, developments which inturn induces the children to seek more knowledge in their area of interest. This can be practiced atleast in the initial period of our schooling. Only then the present gap between the number of literates and the number of patents filed in the country will be reduced.

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