Our education system
Recently the SSC results have been published in the media. It has made a new record in our educational history. This year 52, 500 students got GPA 5. It is a great news for this nation. Education is very important to take the country forward. But it is a matter of regret that most of the students give importance to book-based education and they always depend on memorizing. I think students are not solely responsible for this phenomenon. It is the outcome of our educational system. Top ranking schools, colleges and universities of our country give importance only on good results during admission. So, with the dream of getting GPA 5 our guardians are sending their sons/daughters to coaching centres and having private tutor at home. Most coaching centres provide them with notes, which student memorise without understanding and finally they write it on examination papers. They do good results but cannot go deep into the subject. We see the same situation at university level education. I think all university libraries are full of books, national and international journals, newspapers etc. But students don't prefer library work. They collect notes from the seniors students and memorise the content. As a result, they cannot acquire actual knowledge and accordingly the purpose of education gets lost. So we have to be aware of it. Our guardians should also be aware. We should not depend only on private tutors, coaching centres or notes. We should increase our book reading habit. In this way we will acquire actual knowledge.
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