The educational systems in most of the schools in our country are faulty. I am a teacher myself and I can understand that the current educational system that we have in our nation is not honing the talents of children, but trying to ‘manufacture’ people who would end up in a job with a lucrative package. I am a teacher based in a school in the capital, Delhi. I often see many students who are really skilled in a particular way, but end up aiming to land in one of the top business schools in Delhi- because MBA is the in thing to do these days!
As is the scene in most households and colleges, students are judges by the basis of the scores they secure in their schools and various other competitive exams. Students often don’t even know how they succumb to peer and family pressure. If someone has the genuine skill to be a good musician, I think it is better to let him be that way! But the concept of career is very different in our country where passion and job cannot mingle!
It is seen that these young talents who often toil their way to get through the top MBA colleges in Delhi, or top ranked Engineering colleges, end up being extremely frustrated after a few months into their job. Very few of them, according to a study, are actually enjoying their job! This is a serious phenomenon as we are creating students who are tailor made to secure a job, but not enjoy it. This is a reason of severe depression stories among the youth and many suicide cases are triggered by professional frustration.
We should take some time in understanding what a particular student is seriously good at doing and what it is that he wants to do. Only then we can reduce the number of unhappy people working in companies!
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