What about our EDUCATION?



In ancient Greece, wise men like Socrates and Plato used to summon a number of disciples in the market place, to discuss the simple facts of life. And so simple they must have been that even learned people have been discussing them for centuries!
That type of learning, however erratic, gave meaning to their lives, as their mind probed into a universe where everything was yet to be discovered. On a different line Jesus Christ taught his apostles about a world of mercy and compassion which was in opposition to the society of his time. And the lives of twelve people were changed for the better in a way they have never anticipated.
The middle ages shows another concept of education; it might be right or wrong in the light of this century, but the values of education prevailed. Although this period may be considered as the dark ages, it was the preparation for a formidable age of discoveries and inventions. Again during the Renaissance, masters and tutors were respected and admired for the students’ feats.

In the following centuries, the world changed and expanded extensively. But education remained as one of the strongholds of culture. Famous schools and universities continued being the centre of knowledge, a magnet to all those who wanted to seek the truth, and a model to imitate. The first half of the twentieth century continued along these lines, but gradually the way of thinking started to change, or to put it more bluntly, to collapse.
And it is in these conditions that we land on the twenty first century, when education, as it was conceived, has ceased to exist, and in its place we have a state of confusion and chaos that very few people seem to envisage. Our classrooms have become big crèches where very young people no matter whether they are fifteen, five or twenty five, play being at school or at university, watched over by teachers who overlook cheating and allow misdemeanour, and to protected by rules and regulations which will ensure his or her permanency in this sacred institutions .

To sump up, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to be optimistic about the future of education. In order to change something, the whole system should change, and how that could happen if there are no changes in education?