Indian education system is quite different from that of the foreign nations. The
curriculum in the western countries is known to be quite light and based on practical knowledge whereas in India the focus is on theoretical knowledge and acquiring marks
by hook or by crook.
Students are expected to mug up chapter after chapter and fetch good grades in the
class. The marking system in the Indian schools begins from the primary classes thereby
burdening little kids. The competition is growing by the day. Parents want their children
to outperform their peers and teachers want their class to do better than the other
classes.
They are so blinded by the urge of staying ahead in the competition that they do not
realize that they are pushing the children in the wrong direction. At an age when the
students should be given the chance to explore their interests and hone their creative
side, they are pressurized to follow a set curriculum and slog day and night to get good
marks.
Instead of making the students understand various concepts of mathematics, physics
and other subjects so that they can use them at different stages in their life, the focus is
on learning the chapters blindly, whether or not the concepts are understood; so that
one can get good marks. So, the very basis of the Indian education system is
inappropriate.