M. Shahinur Kabir
Assistant Teacher
Education
which is regarded as the chief pillar for a nation’s development is to be
brought in our mind regarding its present state whether it is going on
appropriately or any modification is required in respect of its main objective.
Before that we must thing what education aims at and what it should do for us.
Education
is the system that develops our mind through our formal learning at an
institution. It is such a method that helps us to win over the obstacles of our
mind. It is compared to the light which removes the darkness of our mind and
helps us to differentiate between right and wrong. It gives us a kind of
teaching that inspires us to face any problem of our life with courage and go
ahead in the long run. Education creates a kind of sensibility in our mind that
makes us confident and helps to express ourselves with mental energy. But what
kind of education am I talking about? Is it the same education that we give in
our institutions all over the country.
Education
is not at the position where it should be. Does our education fulfill all the
conditions of any of the conditions properly? I think that the reply will come
negatively from the people who ponder over the matter. This has been and has
been being accomplished with the thought of making good results. What we mean
by results is a sheet in which we can see the marks of different subjects. Most
of the people will agree with me on this point that the students aim not at
learning but at the sheet that shows their number of subjects.
The
only thinking that works in the mind of the students as well their parents is
to make good results and it does not matter what the students have learned.
While going to teach the students, we see that their tendency is to complete
the syllabus for the exam. It they are taught any important thing that is
needed for learning, they won’t show curiosity about this. They will only
comment that this item is not in their syllabus. This thought of picking up
more marks than others prevents them from learning the things which are
necessary for future life.
Even
the item in the syllabus is learned with a view to having more marks and the
main purpose behind giving that item in the syllabus does not fulfill. For
example, the students are being taught Voice change but the problem is that
they are interested to learn only the rules like present indefinite tense is
followed by am/is/are to make into passive voice. They are not willing to learn
what the meaning of the sentence comes after making it passive. Many students
of even higher classes can make into active or passive without facing any
problem but they do not show interest in the matter for which that item meaning
voice has been included in the syllabus. Here also we see the clutch of the
mental pressure of getting more marks than others.
Reading for doing better in the exam wastes the natural
talent of a student. This tendency takes away the sleep not only of the
students but also of the guardians of the students. What the students can learn
naturally and more easily becomes hard when they think that the item must be
captured, otherwise they won’t secure more marks than others.
Neither
some teachers nor majority of the guardians insert the thought in their mind
that something is more important than learn with the sense of duty. The little
kids are getting twisted not only by the pressure of their books but also by
the mental torture of their parents who want to see their children first in the
class. Parents are likely to do anything for getting the highest marks in the
class and it hardly matters what they learn or not. This tendency is see when
we seen the guardians being obstinate to get even one mark that may have been
missed out in any kind of examination. This is why we are getting many students
having good certificates not having good brain. Can this kind of certificate
lead them to the right way of their life? I think this won’t be possible
regarding the present percept of education. Education has deviated fro the way
where is should be. It does not satisfy
the demand that it should do.
The
method of teaching as well as attitude towards education must be changed. The
statistics of results in the last few years show that in J.S.C, S.S.C. and
H.S.C. exams A+ students are increasing but does it prove that the quality of
students is developing? I think majority of the people won’t accept their
development of quality. We must not defy good results but with that results the
objectives for which education has spread must be inserted among the learners. We
should give them inspiration but that inspiration is to make them real learners
who can learn on the basis of morality, being confident, getting the correct
method of living, exact concept of life and livelihood etc.
