Why Do Indian Students "Mug Up" So Much

Oh no, there is one entire chapter to mug up in science. Remember this dialogue. Well, how can we forget every unit test we end up encompassed by this. But why?

Though the historians investigated that the Rote Learning was inaugurated in India by the British. Yet, it still prevails in the picture and has now become a societal norm. Even after the post-independence, the evaluation methods in the schools and colleges remain rooted in Ratta-fication or Rote Learning.

Indeed, Indians never have and will presumably never apprehend the fact that they are studying Engineering. This is because Engineering only requires Ratta Maar to be the topper and to get placed. A few weeks ago the Delhi University’s cut-off list was issued. It astounded the whole nation with its preposterous demand of percentile of 99 per cent or more are now required to get admission in 30 of its courses. To enrol in some specific colleges, students must score a perfect hundred on a hundred to get enrolled in a particular course of study. These ultimately require a strong verbatim of every derivation, definition and other things.

A recent study was carried out in the countries which conducted board exams. The results came up with astonishing truth that India and Pakistan featured on the top in percentages on the graph of Rote Learning. Another study revealed that approximately 95 of Engineers produced by India lacked the analytical skills necessary for software engineering jobs. Therefore it is clear that Rote Learning has does not enable our students to learn the appropriate skills.

But the question that arises here again is " Then why is the emphasis on rote learning still there despite after acknowledging its cons"? The abysmal spending of India in its education system and lack of focus on the education policies has announced that India has one of the lowest student-teacher ratios globally.

This is undoubted because 30 to 50 children are imposed on one single teacher to teach. Which ultimately makes it impossible for the teacher to devote time equally to all. Resulting in Rote Learning becoming an easy fallback. Perhaps because Rote Learning ensures that all students at least pass in the routine unit tests, even if the topics are not well clarified to them.

NEP or the New Education Policies have finally raised the issue of Rote Learning and wants to do away with the Rote Learning regime. This does away with the Rote Learning regime will automatically result in the focus of the holistic development of students.

But the thing to ponder here is that even the NEP regime cannot change everything. The biggest hindrance to education is the Indian Societal Mindset. Which very aptly conceives the equalisation of success as hundred on hundred or perfect test results. This mindset is furthermore reinforced with the test result of Sharma Ji ka Beta caring a little bit or nothing about what our child is learning. Whether our child has the basic etiquettes, ethics, morals and values.

This makes the obsession with rote learning still prevalent in India. This is because it is clear that NEP cannot overthrow the traditional Indian mindset. Changing India's obsession with Rote learning is equivalent to attacking the age-old mindset. If we wish to change the mindset then it will begin with not comparing Chintu's marks with Sharma Ji ka beta's performance.