Sunday, September 7, 2014
INSPIRING SPORTS PART-2
Now that's what other
sports organization has to do. Create interest, nurture Talents, spread the
game and most importantly work for the game and not for the boards, after this
look for leagues. That's why PROkabbadi worked, because it is played in almost
every school in almost every corner of the country and already has the
advantage of being a short, quick paced game. What I feel about Indian
football's new venture 'ISL' and its success is similar to that of Hockey India
league and would very much depend on how it is presented to the audience. Let's
hope it would be enjoyable.
Friday, September 5, 2014
INSPIRING SPORTS PART-1
As this week's 'MARY KOM' released it made me wonder how a country of 1.5 billion still struggles to be a sporting superpower unlike Australia, Russia, USA or china for that matter. And by sporting superpower I mean, a heck lot other sport than cricket, although we are not no.1 in that either. Sports like boxing, wrestling, shooting and to some extent badminton are catching fire among youngsters nowadays due to the recent Olympic and CWG success but there are still lot other games yet to find its name in the limelight. while team games like hockey are not doing much , for the occasional crowds it gathers, individuals games like athletics, just do not get sponsors .
Following the footsteps of cricket is the first step it seems for all sports organisation in India. After the launch of IPL, there has been enormous money and fans getting involved to the already popular games ultimately profiting the game and the people behind it. Looking at it many other sports organisation have started to get their own leagues. But will it succeed? That's the question that needs to be answered? There has been contrasting opinions and results to this question. Sports like Hockey, Badminton and Kabbadi have been launched into their respective leagues. While the recently concluded PROKabbadi seems to have succeeded in creating interest, It has not been the same sweet story for badminton despite creating a buzz,
On the other side, Our national game 'Hockey' may not have succeeded the way IPL has been, but it at least got noticed and the players seem to have benefited from the experience of international players as shown in their recent CWG games performances. So whats been the differences between the cricket and other leagues? Well that's in PART-2. While football's ISL is being launched next month let just hope it goes up 'IPL style'.
Following the footsteps of cricket is the first step it seems for all sports organisation in India. After the launch of IPL, there has been enormous money and fans getting involved to the already popular games ultimately profiting the game and the people behind it. Looking at it many other sports organisation have started to get their own leagues. But will it succeed? That's the question that needs to be answered? There has been contrasting opinions and results to this question. Sports like Hockey, Badminton and Kabbadi have been launched into their respective leagues. While the recently concluded PROKabbadi seems to have succeeded in creating interest, It has not been the same sweet story for badminton despite creating a buzz,
On the other side, Our national game 'Hockey' may not have succeeded the way IPL has been, but it at least got noticed and the players seem to have benefited from the experience of international players as shown in their recent CWG games performances. So whats been the differences between the cricket and other leagues? Well that's in PART-2. While football's ISL is being launched next month let just hope it goes up 'IPL style'.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
The situation of our Education system
"Life is race, if you don't run fast, someone will trample you and run ahead."
When this was said in the 3 Idiots movie, it immediately became a quote, not because of the way it was said or the person who said it but because there was a huge amount of truth in it. We are made to study right from the schools even when we don't understand why? A question that gets answered by the race we are in this life.
The central and most state boards
uniformly follow the "10+2+3/4" pattern of education. In this
pattern, 10 years of primary and secondary education is followed by 2 years of
higher secondary (usually in schools having the higher secondary facility, or
in colleges), and then 3/4 years of college education for a bachelor's degree.
This pattern originated from the recommendation the Education Commission of
1964–66. Isn’t it time to modify it?

How much of this means in real
life is quite questionable. This system of education may increase our country’s
literacy rate but would that solve the various other problem of our country.
The basic problem that our country faces is a lack of knowledge in what we do.
There is a difference between an educated guy and a literate guy. An educated
guy knows what he is doing, unlike the literate guy who is just trained to
follow. The dictionary defines literate as ‘ability to read and write’ while to
be educated means to have complete knowledge mentally and morally. We already
have literate people all over our country. In India, there is no deficiency
of such people. From politicians to government offices to schools we can find
these people everywhere.
What this means is they take their
job carelessly as they seldom know the importance of their work. Education
has been a problem in our country and lack of it has been blamed for all sorts
of evil for hundreds of years. From depriving girls of education to backward caste
there have always been unwanted elements. Creating a few more schools or allowing hundreds of colleges and private universities to grow hastily is not going to solve the problem of education in India
We have IITs, IIMs, medical schools, and other institutions of excellence; students now score 80-90% marks easily but has it changed the ideology of people. The new education system has made some people competitive such that even students with 90+ percentage find it difficult to get into the colleges of their choice. In this nation, millions of students are prey to an unlikely, pointless, monotonous survival race. In a country where education is looked at as the climbing ladder for socially and economically backward people it isn’t helping them most of the time. While it is true that education can take you up, it is the quality of it that matters. Most of the institutes are geared to teach book written knowledge; the reality is we need people who have the skills and the attitude to be successful.
Education system in India is failing because of more basic reasons like corruption in the system, lack of technology infrastructure, terrible teachers, etc. If only our report cards would include marks for creativity, social intelligence, behaviors, etc. right from childhood, the race would have been much easier.
How does India educate itself?
The basic form of education under the direction of a guru was a privileged form of education for the upper class in early India. The knowledge was often connected to the responsibilities; a section of the public had to carry out like for royal families were thought about leaderships and weapons, the working class was thought about trade while the lower class was deprived of education. This was followed by Buddhist institutions with their practical education, e.g. medicine, literature, logic; etc
With the arrival of the British in India came the
modern European education. The colonial learning plan was on purpose of
reducing home-grown cultures and beliefs. This system resulted in number of
primary and secondary centers of education cropping up during the colonial
time.
Indian Education -
filling necessities, But Not material
Indian education situation has today gained global acknowledgment. A lot of overseas students are considering India for higher education. But this system has also failed in itself. There is a vast difference in the quality of education for kids from villages to that of kids from metros. The basic difference that can be shown is the language barrier or the communication problems that a student from rural part has when he comes to the metro. Also there is a lack of opportunity for such people in their homeland which drives them to city.
Although this system has undergone
remarkable changes, it needs more improvements mainly in the quality. After independence
‘Education for all’ was the aim of
the government. The 86th Constitutional Amendment has made education compulsory
for the age group 6 to 14, thus removing discriminations.
Most of the people in rural parts of
India haven’t yet understood the value of educations, while there have been
awareness programs for such people to try and motivate them to send their
children to schools it has taken a long time. Such is the
situation of Indian education that despite efforts, the standard of Indian
education being improved has met with little success. The
hurdles to such efforts have been lack of accessibility, poverty, corruption
and many other factors. The quality of education is therefore being compromised.
The present situation has been talking
point for many pundits and experts and there has been suggestions from all
corners about to improve them let’s hope it doesn’t fell in deaf ears. Reply me about
your views on this system.
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