Taking help from the information given below, write a letter to the editor of a national daily showing your concern at the outdated education system which has not helped in creating more jobs in India. Also, suggest some measures to make it more meaningful and job-oriented.
Notes:
* Colonial influence * Not job oriented
* Job-oriented * More academic than practical
* Vocational training compulsory
Ans. 12, Albany Cottage
Nanital
15th September 2020
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
New Delhi
Sir
Sub: job-oriented education
Through the column of your prestigious newspaper, I want to highlight that the education system in India needs a new definition and direction.
Our present education system is merely a continuation of the Macaulian system of the colonial era. It is highly loaded in favour of academics. The old practices and traditions continue. School education provides little or no vocational and technical training. The results are quite unproductive. Our educated young men and women don’t get meaningful employment. Their frustration finds outlets in crimes and violence. It doesn’t augur well for the nation and its youths. The government and the concerned educationists must take stock of the education system from new and meaningful angles. First of all, vocational and technical education and training should be made an essential part of high-school education. Every student must be asked to choose or select his trade or vocation. Adequate coaching and vocational training must be provided at the school level itself.
I hope the government and the educationists will rise up to the occasion and give a new definition and direction to our outdated education system.
Yours faithfully
Mohan/Mohini
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