A big flaw in the education system

 Well, let's make one thing clear in the beginning. This article will not do any cliche rant that you are used to hear, rather it will give you a more rational insight.

Let's think about the step by step approach of an average or middle class Indian student:

Step 1: He will be admitted to a govt or private school at an age of around 3-4 years and will eventually go ahead completing the 10th bar.

Step 2: Now comes the fun!. 11th and 12th or +2. This is where a 15 year old chooses stream from 3 options (although hope it's gonna change after the NEP). Students may choose Science, commerce or humanities.

Let's talk about the students who take Science. They have options like PCB, PCM or PCMB. In our country, to be successful or get demotivated, there are only two fields; Medical or Engineering (hope thi's gonna change too). I remember, when I was in the 11th standard (Science stream, CBSE board), people around me asked only two questions: Engineering or Medical, what are you preparing for? No one asked about my goal or ambition. Like there are only 2 fields to study after 12th Science. Then why would you say that do Science, it has many scopes and all that?

Now for talking about the flaw, we will take two imaginary characters, Rohit and Ravi. Rohit comes from a economically strong background, whose father is a big businessman. Ravi comes from an economically weaaker background whose father ia an employee at a small hardware store. Both Rohit and Ravi are good in studies and they got 93% in 10th board exam. Now, both of them has taken PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) and both are aiming for Engineering. Rohit has taken up coching classes in one of the top coaching institutes in the country which has good reputation, with hefty fees. He is admitted to a renowned private English medium school with extraordinary infrastructure with world class teaching. Whereas on the other hand, Ravi could not take up coaching classes due to shortage of money, and has been admitted to a local government school with average infrastructure.

 After complition of 12th and entrance exams, there can be the following scenarios for Rohit:

Scenario 1: Rohit has done well in the entrance exams and has got admission in a good government college, or a good private Engineering college from where, there are much more chance that he will get a decent placement.

Scenario 2: Rohit hasn't done very good in the entrance exams, but he want to study Engineering. So, his father has admitted him to one of the top private Engineering colleges of India through Management Quota. Also, he can takp admission in any other proffessional course.

Scenario 3: Rohit is not interested in Engineering anymore, he want to have a digital appearance. So, he decides to build a gaming set up so that he can stream games online and earn money from there.

Scenario 4: Rohit decides that he will be the heir to his father's business, so gets some degree and settles for it.

After complition of 12th and the entrance exams, there can be the following scenarios for Ravi:

Scenario 1: Ravi gets a good rank in the entrance exam and gets a good government college. He takes a loan to continue his education.

Scenario 2: Ravi does't get a good rank and thus decdides to take a drop year and next year, he gets a good rank.

Scenario 3: Ravi does't mange to get an good rank. But has manged to get avg private colleges. But, he cannot pay the hefty fees. He also can't pay management quota fees and take admission in top private Engineering colleges. So, he decides to quit engineering dreams and take up a general course for graduation.

Scenario 4: He doesn't have money to build a set up to make money online. Also, his father doesn't have any business which he can take up. Hence ends up going into an uncertain future.

So the whole thing boils down to the fact, that rich getting richer, poor getting poorer. I wouldn't like to live this article without giving any solution:

1) One solution can be, rather should be government incresing the number of government colleges or atleast the number of sits.

2) Government may put caps on the fees taken by the private institutions and install regulatory bodies who may keep these institutions under check.

3) Government can also charge various students according their economic conditions. For eg, Rohit can pay a larger amount of fee even in government institutions but Ravi can't. So, Ravi may be charged a little less (there are TFW schemes but I will point out its flaws also).

Yes, there are chances that with strong determination and hard work, students like Ravi can crack entrance exams, get government jobs or even set up something, it is hard if you don't have an economic asurance or insurance.

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