Education is Evolution

These 9 words “Education” do not mean what it should be. Everyone misinterprets it except the few great writers or educationists. Though many of them have said big things about education, various authorities/departments/educationists trying to bring a revolution in the education industry bringing a more practical approach but it's not happening to a larger extent.

Students today are still striving to get the best of the marks or ranks and that's because wherever you go, there is a boundary line of only 60 plus, only rank holders, etc. I may be sounding the same as what is shown in our favorite movie 3 IDIOTS "don't run after success, run after excellence and success will be yours” and yet another good one stressing the same fact was “ FALTU”. After watching such movies we all agree that education is not just mugging up information but your core intelligence which needs to be given a good direction let it be in any field of your choice!

Once I was having a discussion with an educationist (not by profession but by experience; Courtesy: CEO of an ERP solution providing company) regarding the same facts and was impressed by his thoughts. Education is an evolution of your mind and not just becoming a pile of information. The information may help you to get through exams, qualify for the toughest of entrance exams but that can never make you a strategic decision-maker because it involves not only the knowledge or information but your intelligence as well as emotional quotient (EQ). Now a good question arises that what is this intelligence that all of us keep stressing. Though it sounds to be abstract, it's researched that it can be measured in terms of IQ(Intelligence Quotient) which few people opine that it's hereditary. Intelligence is the combination of reactions occurring in your neurons. It is actually how you respond to a situation. It is something that will involve the information/knowledge possessed by you and based on your emotional stability, help you to reach a decision. How correct that decision is what intelligence decides.

Though many professional courses emphasize the case-study-based curriculum wherein the individuals analyze the situation and conclude but its use is still very little. Why can't we have such pedagogy at the school level? We need to evolve minds and not load them with data. Evolution not only of your mind but an evolution of your capabilities, skills, talents as well as physical evolution is also what is necessary. This will redefine the word “Education”!

2nd November 2011

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