THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

I am 21 and a student like most of you…since childhood I was asked to study all the time by my family.… my grandma often quoted this “padhoge likhoge banoge nawab kheloge koodoge banoge kharab!!!”  When we are kids  our parents tell us that these are the foundation years so study hard else you'll be left behind your classmates…..that feeling of being left behind motivated us and we studied harder and harder….Personally I was  really good at drawing and won a number of accolades but had to leave it because of the pressure of studies rather I would say parental pressure as it could hamper my position in class. Then a few more years of study we finally reach CLASS 10^th…boards boards boards….. every second person horrifies us with the idea of board exams…everyone keeps telling us to study as it is the career defining year… after the boards are over we feel chalo bahut hui padhai but then again a sword is hanging on our neck...11^th n 12^th are crucial years as they help us get admission in good colleges. People say once you get through a good college, life becomes easy ,for this good college life we study yet again….but as soon as we reach college we realize all that was said was crap, because if we don't study in college and do not maintain a good CGPA we won't get placed and hence remain unemployed...even when employed we are in a continuous rat race  where everybody wants to push us back, we remain under a constant fear of getting kicked out……soooooo my question is when does life get easy????? 

Indian universities are generally not listed on the global education rankings list and if they do, they appear at very lower positions. Extra-curricular activities matter and maximum Indian students don't pursue any of them because of the pressure of studies created by this vicious system. The fear of scoring low in exams is created by our parents ,due to which we stick to our studies and ignore our interests. Parents should realize there is much more than grades and many professions than they think (Doctors, Engineers ,Chartered Accountants ,Lawyers).

Why cant our parents accept us as Choreographers, Photographers, models, shoe designers, make-up artists .

I don't intend to lessen the impact of education because I too believe that education and knowledge stay with us forever and help us attain heights in our life.
But is it the only way to climb the ladder of success??? Co-curricular is very important for overall development of any individual and therefore they should also be given value  and  attention.
Parents should try and help their children to acquire skills and expertise in the fields they have interest in, be it an academic or a non academic background.

Also the system of education in India like in some top notch universities especially Delhi University has not only created cut throat competition but also has led to suicidal circumstances for students. Colleges are coming up with cut off lists with 98 to 100 %. Isn't this unfair? Does education have this much value only? What should be a student's aim today? To score 100 percent? It is high time that we realize that education is about knowledge and not only about degrees.

It is not success we should run after but instead our goal should be to achieve the best of our capabilities and BE KNOWLEDGEABLE.

As the famous hindi dialogue says :

"Success ke peeche mat bhago , kaabil bano, success toh jhak maarke aaygi"