Have you ever noticed how clay pots are made? There are various complex procedures involved to give it a shape which is required and demanded in the market. And now think of the students sitting in the classrooms prepared to go through the rigorous process to get moulded according to the market forces of their particular nation, and here the potter are our teachers who intricately design the fate of their students to the best of their abilities. But can we say that then the destiny of a nation is actually in the hands of their teachers? Let's delve more deep into this.
From the ancient time, in the vedic period, their was a system of guru-shishya which could be seen in the Brahamanas, and that is beautifully followed in our country till now. And if we talk about Mauryas, Ashokas, Guptas period, the story didn't change much. Various universities were setup by subsequent rulers like Nalanda, Vikramshila etc which helped India to be the centre of learning in all over the world. The importance of classrooms in the destiny of the nation can be seen in the present world by looking at the universities like Harvard, Oxford, Yale etc which is mostly in the developed countries in the recent time. India is following the same path of building their classrooms with the renowned institutes like IITs, IIMs etc which are ranked in top 100s according to the various reports published in the market. Recently, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugrated the Nalanda university again to emphasize the importance of classrooms in the nation building process.
Our leaders previously has done a lot to change the destiny of a nation by giving legal and political backing to the classrooms. Jawahar Lal Nehru emphasized the importance of teachers and their intricate relationship with students. Indira Gandhi had added Fundamental duties by 42nd Amendment which talked about education, subsequently various prime ministers had played their role like Atal Vihari Vajpayee by changing the subject matter of Article 46 and adding Article 21A into the constitution giving people the Right to Education which was the focal point in shaping the destiny of a nation. But how giving the right to education changing the destiny of a nation?
The poor strata of society now has the access to the basic level of schooling by Right to Education, which in turn helping them to ripe the benefits in the longer term and to the society by increasing the demographic dividend of a country. Now, there will be more literate people who are more skilled which can effectively contribute in the society in turn increasing the GDP and National income of a country. Increase in GDP will in turn help the government to spend more on the classrooms and various institutions, making a vicious cycle impacting the society in a good manner. If we compare according to the literacy rate, the south is contributing more in the nation's GDP as compared to the north and the reason can be attributed to the high literacy rate of the south. As we can make a logical conjecture that if we impact our classrooms in the right manner, the students in the longer term will be benefitted for the right and impact the society in large in various dimensions like economically and socially.
An example of government spending which can be highlighted here is Atal tinkering labs - designed to increase the quality education of schools, where the students are supposed to apply the knowledge gained in the classrooms. Government is working towards enabling these labs into every classroom, so that the students are enabled to apply the knowledge practically and to be in sync with the market standards. Such tech initiatives taken shows the will of the government to change the destiny of a nation by shaping the classrooms.
The social discrimination between people can slowly diminish if we start impacting it from the root level i.e classroom learning. India is a hub of social discrimination when it comes religion, race, caste, sex etc but all of that can be improved when it is instilled in the mind of young students in the classrooms. USA can be seen as an example where even after being touted as a developed country, it is known for racial discrimination. Such instances can be minimized to zero when social learning will be imparted to the young minds shaping the social structure of India from the classroom itself.
Some might disagree to this fact that the destiny of a nation can be shaped in its classroom, as there are many parents who teaches their wards in their safe space at home, but they are oblivious to the fact that wherever any sort of teaching is happening, that space becomes the classroom itself. The students who are doing home schooling, their home becomes there classroom and it can not be denied that any change in the classroom directly impacts the future of the nation i.e students.
We should learn from different countries about how they are changing their classrooms for the good and how it is helping them to write the destiny of their nation. China can be the good example where they are incorporating extra curricular activities with the conventional style of learning which in turn helping them to do great in Common Wealth games, leads to higher stature in the global world when it comes to sports. Such kind of initiatives can be incorporated as the child can be moulded like the clay pot without much difficulty in the initial stage, which could help in changing the destiny of the nation. Initiatives like Atal tinkering labs should be encouraged to power the young minds. The age bracket for the Right to education should be widened in the future to incorporate young minds from the very beginning. Adequate budget should be provided by the government to certain institutions which are impacting directly the future and destiny of nation i.e Students.
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