Broad Based Education – A story
All the animals in a forest decided to start a school for themselves. The objective was to give all the animals a broad based education. Those got enrolled included a bird, a fish, a fox, an eel, a rabbit etc., as a part of the curriculum, it was decided to teach flying, tree-climbing, swimming, burrowing to all of them.
The bird was good at flying and got O grades (Outstanding) but when it came to burrowing, the bird kept on breaking its beaks and wings. Slowly it failed in flying also. Due to this it got C (average) in flying and D (poor) in other subjects.
Similarly, Fish was getting O in swimming but could not come out of water to take on other subjects. Hence it failed in all other subjects.
So is the case with rabbit that got O in burrowing but got its head damaged while tree climbing due to which it got poor grades in burrowing also?
Meanwhile Dog was whining that barking should be included in the curriculum.
Eel was the only animal that did half of all these. Based on the average grades, it was declared as the brilliant student!
Moral: Broad based education should see to that the students are prepared for their life without losing their core competence.
Under such circumstances, what is wrong with the parents who wish their kids to excel in whatever the system we follow even if it requires adapting certain unwanted measures? We, the parents are ready to change ourselves however, will our politicians allow us to do so? If they are ready, means, changing the education system, prioritizing meritocracy, implementing competent based education and not number based one etc, then India 2020 what visualized by Dr. Abdul Kalam would become a certainty!
I thank Aamir khan for raking up the most important issue with a nice illustration through this movie!
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