I don’t know the current situation. But the primary education I had at free government schools of Odisha, was far superior compared to what my kid is getting at the top class school district of Bay Area, California( except English, since it was Odia medium). May be the current crop of teachers are not interested in teaching. But curriculum wise we had one of the best systems. BTW, most of my school education was at the poorest districts of Odisha, not in big cities.
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Can you provide some examples?
Western education is more geared towards deep thinking over rote-memorisation. So a distinction has to be made beforehand.
To begin with, rote learning is quite prevalent in US as well and it's more of a propaganda that only Indian education system is like that. For example, when I asked why do you need differentiation/integration, none of our friends kids could answer that and they are all 4 GPA students (12th grade). Teachers always discourage (may be they do not know the answers) questioning at school and tell students to just solve the problems using given formula and this happens at some of the top ranked schools.
Regarding my primary school education, we used to have mental maths, word problems, percentage calculation etc in grade 3-5. In US the math level of students passing out of elementary schools (grade 5) is pathetic. To supplement that we have to spend thousands of $ for outside maths classes.
During our time, the steps of solving a math problem were important and marks were allotted for each step and not the final answer. Few years back California adapted the same system and aimed it as "common core" system.
If Indian education system is so bad, how come Indians are dominating in tech and finance management sector?
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So our mathematics education is more advanced. That was a given though. And I agree with the way answers should be graded, showing the process.
But I guess we fall behind in overall education. The main skills necessary by that age are reading, writing and speaking skills, like the ones you get via show and tell, story telling, play acting, talent shows and so on. There's also the physical training aspect at that age, which is more advanced and which they carry into adulthood. Basically better overall co-curricular activities. 'Cause these are foundational skills, whereas maths is something we can pick up any time later during the school years or even later. But we of course don't have to abandon maths skills, we need to just introduce a curriculum that develops other skills too.
As for our domination in tech, it's our population. We have the numbers. So our industry says only 10-20% of our engineers are employable, it's because they have been taught other foundational skills like reading and speaking, especially English, which then adds to their ability to learn coding. Whereas the remaining 80% don't understand the very field they are in and have terrible communication skills, the result of poor primary and secondary education. We are already out-producing manpower compared to the West, if we get that 80% down to 50% over the decade, we will completely dominate the industry.
Finance is helped by our rote-learning culture. The same benefit has transferred to medicine and law. It's the creative side of education we svck at, and this can really only be developed from the toddler to teen age bracket.
Couldn't agree more.But as someone who has read Development Psychology extensively for last few years, I have Come to the conclusion that first 2-3 years are most crucial for an infant/toddler.. ( I know you will likely laugh about this.)
Providing Secure-attachment to an infant should be at most priority of a parent. Doing So will take care of the cancer called "Emotional Dysregulation" which underlies majority of mental illness.
Securely attached people are more Independent, Empathic, Honest , More creative, etc.
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India’s liquefied natural gas buyers are seeking decades-long supply deals to protect them from price surges, a move that will support the government’s plan to boost the fuel’s use.Importers are accelerating efforts to lock in fuel, according to traders and executives. Buyers including Petronet LNG Ltd., GAIL India Ltd. and Indian Oil Corp. are in talks with suppliers in the US, Qatar and the UAE for deals that last for 20 years. The trend is a reversal for the nation, which hasn’t signed a long-term deal since 2021, according to contract data from BloombergNEF.
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India remains a bright spot, economy expected to grow 6.7% in 2024: UN
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we should not have denomination of more than 100, it might be a hassle for some ppl but in the long run its better as most transactions can be tracked.
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But as someone who has read Development Psychology extensively for last few years, I have Come to the conclusion that first 2-3 years are most crucial for an infant/toddler.. ( I know you will likely laugh about this.)
Providing Secure-attachment to an infant should be at most priority of a parent. Doing So will take care of the cancer called "Emotional Dysregulation" which underlies majority of mental illness.
Securely attached people are more Independent, Empathic, Honest , More creative, etc.
Definitely. That's the KG years. I'm glad the govt is actually introducing the system here with the new education reforms.
I'd actually prefer my kids in the pre-teen years have less maths and science during their formative years and more creative stuff, with maths and science coming in in a big way once they hit puberty. Basically stuff that becomes very difficult or impossible to learn as adults, which would be arts, major physical activities and new languages and so on.
Primary level maths and science is like a 30-minute read for a high school student. Do you really wanna focus on it so much that even free time is wasted away on it? Beyond the basics necessary to get by in life, I find maths and science education utterly useless until the 6th standard.
And with the advent of AI, theoretical knowledge will become useless. AI can help you with both maths, science and writing an essay, but it can't teach you to dislocate your shoulders at will or connect your fist with someone's face.
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Education we've talked about, but nutrition is another big limiting factor in India's economic growth. Gotta eat healthier.
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