Aim of Education
Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each:
Education in our country today has become entirely meaningless, even harmful. It is distressing to find that during all these fifty years of our Independence we have been merely dabbling in schemes and projects, in new-fangled ideas mostly borrowed from the West; merely setting up commission after commission at the cost of lakhs of rupees and let matters rest at that. The drive, the initiative, the dynamic vision necessary for radical reforms in the sphere of education are lamentably conspicuous by their absence. We have allowed matters to drift aimlessly, instead of settling down to grapple with momentous issues. The result has been disastrous. A lifeless, mechanical system of teaching in overcrowded schools and colleges, imposed by far from competent teachers on students whose only interest is to get through examination, has been the bane of our education. We have completely forgotten the simple yet vital truth that the aim of education is first to build up character in the widest sense and then to impart knowledge.
Questions :
(a) What have we been doing in the fifty years of our independence?
(b) From where have we borrowed these ideas?
(c) What is the main aim of education?
(d) What Is the secondary aim of education?
(e) Use the word ‘disastrous’ in a sentence of own.
Answers :
(a) We have been only dabbling in projects and schemes and not doing anything solid.
(b) We have borrowed these ideas from the west.
(c) The main aim of education is to build up character.
(d) The secondary aim of education is to impart knowledge.
(e) The earthquake in Bhuj was disastrous.
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