The Great Indian Education System

India is country with unity in diversity. We have 29 states, 133.92 crore people, 22 languages, still we are one. But something which divides us is our country’s education system. We have primarily 4 boards of school in our country, namely CBSE, ICSE, IB, STATE BOARDS. It has always been a debate which no one has been able to solve; which board is better – CBSE or STATE board. Honestly speaking, why is even such a discussion needed at the first place. Shouldn’t all the children be given equal education with the same syllabus and curriculum.

The issue is not about the better board but about why such division exists. CBSE Board has a very student-friendly, practical curriculum which makes the classes interesting and the children score well too since they are not expected to copy-paste everything given in the book. But when it comes to State Board there is a different syllabus and curriculum in every state. And the students of state board are trained to mug-up everything in the book which makes them unable to be able to write their own answers when they come to colleges. Thus, they lose their creativity and eventually lose their confidence failing to solve life problems, leading them into depression. Your education should help you face challenging situations in your life but does our education system really offer this practical knowledge to everyone?

Another major problem caused by this division is getting admissions in colleges. A state board student might be able to get into a college in his/her state owing to the familiarity with the state’s education curriculum but when these students aim higher i.e. to get into the national institutes like IITs and NITs they fail as they are competing against the CBSE students who have always been a level above them as their curriculum provides them a much more practical and student-friendly curriculum. It is like an unfair and biased competition, like that of a race between a rabbit and a tortoise. But in this case the rabbits are not so careless or over-confident to give up their chances.

In Tamil Nadu State Board schools, the students are not taught the 11^th standard syllabus, instead they make the students mug-up the 12^th syllabus for 2 years. This will justify the rage that happened when NEET was made mandatory in Tamil Nadu. In NEET exams the maximum questions are asked from the 11^th syllabus. Earlier when it was not mandatory in Tamil Nadu, it was unfair for the children of other states but after making it mandatory it was unfair to the students of South Indian states because one, they are not trained to think out of the box and two, they are not equipped to take up such an exam which cannot be passed by mugging up everything.

So, unless and until this division is eliminated or at least reduced to a bit it is unfair to all students. The problem is that, the centre does not consider this as a thing to be ruled out as an issue. But it is our future which is at stake so shouldn’t we be the people who need to take certain measures to eradicate this bias of boards. Why are we even allowing an educational board to bring a divide between us? Don’t all students deserve the same opportunities? Even after living in a democracy why is there no equality in education? This is the time to think about it as it is now or never.