Dear Shri Modiji,
As Swami Vivekananda once said, the primary purpose of
education is 'building character'. However what we see today in schools and
even higher education, is a senseless 'rote' learning, with no space for
creativity or application. If we want Bharat of the future vastly different
from what we see today, then young children need to be provided a different
perspective on their own self, life and its purpose. Example, the 4th Std
students are taught History of Shivaji and then in the exam are asked which
year a specific event happened. That is testing memory not what the child has
learnt from this Great Maratha Warrior. Instead why not take them to see a fort
and explain how he fought the invading Mughal armies or ask to write a thought
paper on how Shivaji would have changed today's Bharat based on which of his key principles. The moment application
of thought and learning gains precedence, our universities would start their march into global
top 100.
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