August 11, 2020

World's best Education System

Why are we still a developing nation after 73 years of independence?

I think the two biggest things upon which we have lacked as a nation are Education and Population. These two things have brought various problems like Poverty, Malnutrition, Economic crisis, and many more. Now, let's talk about education today.

The New Education Policy has a lot of aspirations and determination for good days in the Education sector. I think the government is trying to compete with countries like Finland, Germany, Japan who have aced education years ago.

Let's have a look at the various aspects of the Education System in developed countries, the tale of the top three educated countries: - Finland, Germany, and Japan.

Finland: No tuition fee

In Finland, learning is the sole purpose and examination is least valued. The burdens on students are less so that student can enjoy their education.

There is no tuition fee at any level of education.
Students of Finland have the least amount of homework, unlike other countries.
Students hardly take any form of the exam until they reach a teenager. In fact, only one centralized exam is taken at the age of 16.
66% of students go to college.
93% of students graduate high school.
43% go to vocational schools.
Schools run for only 3 to 4 hours a day. They get 75 minutes of recess a day, 15 minutes of break after every class of 45 minutes.
Teachers don't change every year, the same teacher teaches you for many years that removes the compulsion of private tutors or coaching institutes.
Teachers get the same respect and a similar level of salary in comparison to doctors and lawyers.
Lifelong education for everyone is practiced through night schools and central libraries. Libraries are free and open for all throughout the year.
Students work in the school canteens to learn topics like profit and loss, business management in their elementary school.

Japan: 99% of Literacy rate

Japanese Education System builds a strong and rigid foundation of ethics and moral education among students that play a vital role in their future.

Japan's education system doesn't jump in studying Physics, Chemistry, etc instead they focus on ethics, etiquette, and moral education in elementary schools.
Japan is one of the first countries to start education using computers. Almost all public schools have access to computers.
As of March 1999, computers were used in 97.7% of primary schools, 99.9% of lower secondary schools, 100% of upper secondary schools.
Students are bound to clean their classrooms after the end of their schools.
Students run various clubs of sports, arts, and culture. These clubs also work in charity works across the region like an orphanage, flood-related activities, etc.
Students are taught by storytelling and encounter real-life dilemmas.
Daily debates are compulsory for the students on a variety of topics on national or international issues.

Germany: Hub of Vocational Training

German Education System focuses on making people efficient who can improve their economy every year.

Every German has to attend school between the age of 6 to 15 by law.
Germany mainly focuses on the efficiency of its education because efficiency creates efficient people.
They invest 70% of their time by working in the industry, the rest of the time is invested in learning theory.
Courses like Web Designing, accounting, computer languages are taught in schools, unlike in India where students came to know about these skills during college.
Students get an average stipend of $1000 during their training in industries which promotes both learnings as well as earning among students from an early age.
Germany has one the cheapest Education for foreigners which makes its universities most attractive around the world.
Homeschooling and coaching institutes are illegal in Germany.
Students can directly enter into job market just after the age of 16.
Their focus on vocational education creates an army of the workforce in each and every field that makes their economy stronger.

Conclusion

I think the only thing these countries don't have is discrimination, which can be seen in India like;

Discrimination among poor performing and good performing students, the rigidness of streams like Science, Commerce, and Arts.

Investing lakhs of money in coaching institutes has become a tradition in India. There are no concepts like coaching institutes or private tutors in these countries.

In India, we have private schools and government schools, private colleges, and government colleges. This is official discrimination that has been created by Governments and policymakers. There is notation among us that financially poor students go to Government schools

On the contrary, academically poor students go to private colleges and intelligent students go to Government colleges. This private and government scenario has caused a lot of damages throughout the generations.

Finally, with this New Education Policy 2020, we can hope for a better Education structure. The only thing we can do is hope and welcome the change if it comes.