Aim:

The Purpose of my project is to create knowledge about the Indian Education system
and determine the problems on either side I.e., the government and people. This to
create awareness among people on the working of the Indian education system, to
make people get to know about the various aspects of the Indian education system.

Action Plan:
Choosing the topic

Analyzing the topic

Reading Articles Based on Indian Education system

Preparing a questionnaire

Preparing a Google form

Reviewing the responses

Creating a data analysis using pie charts

Writing my views

Writing the reflections of this project on me

Questionnaire:
1.What do you think about the Indian Education system?
2.How do you think has the quality of Indian education system
improved or weakened?
3.What do you think about competitive exams and entrance?
4.Not everyone can afford to study in coaching classes. Competitive
exams are not only based on school syllabus. Most students can clear
these exams only if they are able to attend coaching classes. Is this
unfair?
5. Why are there various different types of educational boards in
India? Why can't there be a standardized educational board? Is it
necessary to maintain uniformity in syllabus?
6. In India we enroll children in schools at the age of 3-4 whereas in
other countries it's about 6-7. Do you think in regard to India this
deprives children of their childhood?
7.What role do you think government should play in education?
8.What can be made to improve the education system?

Review – Responses:
1.What do you think about the Indian Education system?
For me I think apart from academics it should also focus on some extracurricular
activities which may or can or will bring up the skill which is hidden in a student
Limits the thinking capacity of the child by pressurizing them with unwanted content
and puts them under the bus and stresses the shit out of them. Needs a full revamp
to end up successful. Just an "eat book vomit book" type of system.
The Indian education system has come a long way since independence. Yet, there are
so many changes to be made in the system in order to transform India from a
developing to a developed nation.
Indian Education System is amongst the system which produces the best brains, but it
takes out the spirit of the student.
There is no personal development for a person in the Indian Education System. You
can be an introvert or a shy person, but you are not taught how to tackle problems in
real life. If you are doing great in exams then you are considered good.
Indian Education System teach us theory and history of every subject but it doesn’t
teach us how to represent oneself in the crowd and due to them student remain
hesitant all their life.
Students’ brains are programmed right from the beginning that scoring marks is the
only objective and you will be judged only on the basis of marks that you've secured.
That's the reason why students opt to cheat during exams. They know that it's the
result that's going to matter and not the path chosen.
Our Education System has been synonymous with ‘Examinations’, ‘Board Exams’,
‘Entrance Exams’, ‘Marks’ etc. A student in India is left with the options of choosing
from Science, Humanities or Commerce after he/she finishes his tenth grade. Whether
a child is knowledgeable or not depended on the marks he/she scored. This is our
'faulty' education system due to which there is a huge talent crunch in the country.

2.How do you think has the quality of Indian education system

improved or weakened?
Government providing compulsory education for all children below 14 has paved a
way for everyone to have the opportunity to be the stars of the future and has also
increased the literacy rate by a large margin.
I wouldn't say weakened but rather it has been stuck in a loop where the only thing that
matters is your grades, in each stage. Then of course the job you acquire at the end.
I feel education is more than that... It's about constantly learning something new. Doing
something new and to have teachers, lecturers behind us to guide us to excel…
irrespective of what path we choose. Our society has molded the system in this way.
So, hope for 90+ in everything you do.
In recent times, we have seen that children have been put under a lot of pressure and
therefore the education system underwent a serious change. Parents also
demonstrated their frustration when they saw their children were under stress and took
drastic steps to release that stress.
If we compare the teaching methodology of the 90s with now, the contrast is huge.
Everything has changed for the better-The teachers, the curriculum, the syllabus, the
opportunities available- Everything!
In the 90s, neither parents nor teachers paid much heed to the extra-curricular
activities and ‘focusing on studies’ was the only thing they were worried about.
However, with the changing scenario, both of them have realized the importance of co-
curricular activities. Now, the students are being motivated at schools and at home for
the same to ensure a balance of both.
Earlier, educating the girl child was not a thing to be concerned about for the parents.
In a house of 4 children, if the boy wanted to study, the girl would, at times, have to
give up education. It was a common phenomenon, to say the least.

3.What do you think about competitive exams and entrance?

Competitive exams are a huge boon to the nation, without which the truly deserving
merit ranked students wouldn't be filtered for a better tomorrow in our developing
country.
When you say 'Entrance Exam' it basically means an event conducted to eliminate
incompetent people (mostly and not always) and to select most deserving candidates
who will be trained and released in to the community.
To keep it simple you may call it 'Survival of the fittest'. Trust me this concept is not
something new to us. Our entire human civilization and animal world revolves around
this very thing. And yeah, resources are always less than what is required (medical
post graduate seats are always less than number of medicos giving exam)
I'm completely in favor of entrance exams. If a person cannot crack the ug exam he
may either choose another profession or prepare again and crack it. By preparing
again, he is basically improving his skill/knowledge there by becoming more
competent. See, that's the essence of entrance exam (again survival of fittest). It brings
out best in us.
When for the limited number of seats lakh of candidates apply, there is an inevitable
need to have a test selecting the desired number of candidates. Also, entrance exams
are conducted to check the persistence, brainpower and an ability to handle pressure.
They conduct exams to filter cream (students who actually deserve) to study in those
colleges and the best way of doing it in the fairway is conducting a common entrance
test. But due to race of getting into best colleges students take up extreme pressure
and sometimes take very extreme steps.
Entrance exams are necessary in school and higher educational level, especially
during the online education system. Students do not get the best support system online
due to various factors and it's only fair they're given a chance to give examinations to
assess their accurate scores.
Competitive exams do not refine quality but it is to hide system’s incapability of
providing higher education to all.

4.Not everyone can afford to study in coaching classes. Competitive

exams are not only based on school syllabus. Most students can clear
these exams only if they are able to attend coaching classes. Is this
unfair?
This is one of the major limitations in our education system. Higher and reputed
careers like IAS and NEET exams require the students to possess not only the book
syllabus, but also out of the box thinking and understanding. But for the student to
develop these skills and understanding on his own is a difficult task. That is why
coaching classes exist. But they cost a lot which restricts potential students from the
lower income level lose this privilege. This is mostly the fault of government institutions
for not providing enough standard books and class. The quality ones provided by
private institutions cost way more. Government as the body of bringing equality should
provide better coaching classes so that all students can attend those coaching classes
and excel their exams.
This puts pressure on the students' life. Poor students have to undergo the pressure of
being in a poor family. They have the pressure to take care of their parents by getting a
good job. Also, the pressure of living in a small house without facilities. They can't
intake another pressure of going to coaching classes which they can't afford because
of family situations.
These days everyone has a smartphone. Everyone has the access to a lot of study
material. This argument would have been valid a few years ago.

5. Why are there various different types of educational boards in

India? Why can't there be a standardized educational board? Is it
necessary to maintain uniformity in syllabus?
Rarely one opts for state boards out of choice. Anyone who opts for state board either
can’t afford CBSE/ICSE school fees or they don't have CBSE schools nearby. State
Board students are taught translations of all subjects in their native language. They
even translate the technical terms, sometimes it is so absurd. When we go for higher
education, we have to begin from scratch. That’s the reason 90% of the unplaced
students at IITs/NITs are those who belong to state boards, they are also very poor in
communication skills in English.
Since the modern world is more globalized than ever before, it has become
increasingly essential to equip children with "global skills." Therefore, educational
choices these days are not just restricted to choosing a school or stream, but also
deciding from the different education boards in India.
Choice between boards is a good option for students. There are all sorts of people in
India, very brainy but can't handle stress (state/icse board), very brainy and capable of
stress (CBSE), mediocre (state board). The brackets contain the best option for each
child. So, it's more of a choice-based education rather than deprivation of same
knowledge.
Regarding universities. It's purely to keep people from going jobless. The population in
India is such that with every passing day the demand for a job is going higher. hence
more universities = more teaching jobs = more opportunities for students to get
education they seek.
Yes. In a word where students are taught to have uniformity from a very young age, it
is absolutely necessary. Without having uniformity in syllabus a student would be able
to correlate with the topics being taught.
6. In India we enroll children in schools at the age of 3-4 whereas in
other countries it's about 6-7. Do you think in regard to India this
deprives children of their childhood?
No, because these days school is the only place where children meet each other.
Nursery schools where children play and learn at the same time is necessary.
In 2021 we don’t need this where everything’s online. This is their period of life where
they learn on their own. They don’t need any learning at such an early age.
This definitely deprives them of the childhood. They play and get hurt and learn how
not to get hurt. It isn't necessary to teach them play.
This is their childhood and the last part of their life where they are responsible for
nothing. After this they are going to face big difficulties in life. We should not enroll
them in schooling at such an early age.
These days children are being sent to school at an early age because parents can't
take care of them because both of them has to earn for a living. This is hilarious to
hear. But that’s reality. Government has to take steps regarding this issue.

7.What role do you think government should play in education?

Government should provide the exact same standards provided by private schools. It
should also ensure better infrastructure and sanitation in schools. It should encourage
each and every child to study and make them realize the importance of education.
To bring equality in education.
 It has to look after that the education provided is up to the standards and also that not
too much pressure is applied around the students so as to keep their mental health
stable.
Implementing schemes for primary, secondary, higher education.
Lifetime Education loans - be offered for poor students wherein poor students get loans
to pay for their full education from the Grade V to Grade XII and Graduation up to a
maximum of Rs. 15 Lakhs which they will repay after Graduation. The Loan will be
interest fee and offered by Banks and Guaranteed by the Govt of India.
One Single Education System - No CBSE, State Boards, ICSE etc. Just one single
Board for the entire country.

8.What can be made to improve the education system?

To focus more education in underprivileged and backward areas
The curriculum and teaching should be based on each child performance and ability
Can be made more of a conceptual type one rather than the theoretical one present
currently, and should be based around more on the thinking skills of the students
rather than their remembrance skills
Build systemic and institutional capacity. The biggest problem in the educational
system today is a severe shortage of capacity.
Build teacher and head teacher capacity
Change the goal post by reforming board exams to test understanding, not recall.
Invest in technology for education
Introduce school-based practices for learning improvement
Holistic development. Efforts in areas such as sports, arts and culture should be
initiated or expanded in order to enrich holistic development.

Final report
This survey has been conducted in order to create awareness among people about the
education system being followed and practiced in India. Most of the people are
unaware of the benefits that the government provides. This survey includes the view of
students, Teachers, Graduates on the functioning principle of the Indian schooling
framework/The Indian education system.
Internet reference made it quite easy to know the kind of questions people have on
their mind about the various aspects of The Indian education system. For statistical
analysis multiple choice questions had to be made. The difficulty in this was that it was
difficult to guess the kind of idea that people might have for every question. Therefore,
questions had to be made then response had to be recorded and then statistical data
had to be recorded which was difficult. POLLING was conducted for certain questions.
My views and review
Standardized testing is not the most effective way to judge learning because not
everyone has the same skill. Everyone has their own. My opinion Is that the system
has to be bent according to the needs.
These days knowledge is entirely based on marks and not on the knowledge. Suppose
I fail in an exam I would be judged by others only based on marks. None does see
through the talent inside. This current system has made it such that only those who
can get good marks can hold a good position in society. We are in the 21 st century
where everything is developed but still the system stays the same. This has to change!
Apart from academics, extracurricular activities which may or can or will bring up the
skill which is hidden in a student. Also, this system limits the thinking capacity of the
child pressuring them with unwanted content and puts them under the bus and
stresses the shit out of them. Needs a full revamp to end up successfully. Yes, the
system has improved but it doesn’t satisfy the requirements of the current generation.
Improvement should be in such a way it is beneficial. Growing a tree isn't what we
need but the fruits we get from it is what is way more important. Competitive exams
according to me Eliminate students. This might be because of the inadequate number
of seats in institutions. But, for those who spent a lot of money on extra classes, those
who studied even at a state of poverty and many more are being denied which doesn't
seem to be logical.
Someone from a poor family is unable to achieve a good job. Not everyone can afford
to study in private institutions. This is such that only the rich could become richer and
the poor stay poor. Government has to intervene in this and provide the required. This
is one of the major limitations in our education system. We have different boards in
India. It might be good that we have a wide range of options but in some cases it is
unfair.
Uniformity in syllabus is necessary. This would ensure equality in every aspect of
education.
Government should take care of education. What if there are only government schools
and no private schools and the money, we spend in private schools be spent here?
Everything would improve. The standard of the entire system would be very high.
Government intervention is necessary, Standards of teaching have to be improved. A
Smaller number of private institutions would ensure better output. Learning has to be
made more of a conceptual type rather than the theoretical one present currently, and
should be based more on thinking skills of students rather than their remembrance
skills.
Entrance exams are necessary in school and higher educational levels, especially
during the online education system. Students do not get the best support system online
due to various factors and it's only fair they're given a chance to give examinations to
assess their accurate scores.
It is only in India where children are sent to school at an age of 3-4. This deprives them
of their childhood. This might be because parents do not have time to spend with their
children since both of them work. These days even kindergarten children have to learn
and write exams which is hilarious. Parents stand in Que in order to get seats in
schools that treat children like robots. This is hilarious. The serious question is why do
people look at learning as simple as that and not take in consideration the mental
health of students while bringing up an idea. Even machines require a break!

Bibliography:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India
https://ingvihrannar.com/answering-8-essential-questions-about-education/
https://printdiscuss.com/education-conversation-questions/
https://medium.com/illumination/the-5-most-important-questions-we-need-to-ask-about-
education-4bbda58233a6