Letters: Educational objective

Apropos the article " Educational re-alignments" (June 29), I agree with the writer. Our education system encourages producing on paper whatever is memorised, without any scope for innovation. A child's intelligence is judged by the marks he or she obtains in various competitive examinations. Most of the schools/teachers consider students as marks-producing machines. It is unfortunate that India, which was considered the centre of learning and produced great scholars in ancient times, does not have a single university in the list of world's top 200 universities. A reason is the poor condition of Indian universities embroiled in corruption, political interference and lack of committed teachers. A teacher imparts values and other good qualities in children. We should develop an education system where leadership qualities, entrepreneurship and rational thinking are encouraged at the school level. Teachers shape our future leaders and citizens. Hence, teachers who are well-trained with integrity and commitment should be appointed purely on merit. To encourage more people to take up teaching jobs, we should set up institutes on the lines of IIMs, where youngsters could be trained.

Veena Shenoy, Mumbai

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