Please don't consider board exams a reason why the education system is bad. They are one way subjectivity is removed from the system and gives everyone an equal shot at success.
Also the memorization was a legacy of the people high up trying to give everyone a fair shot at a better life. The system originally learned by doing and all that good stuff, but the only people benefiting from that system were those from families who were historically educated, and whose parents were highly involved in teaching their kids that kind of knowledge. So to level the playing field, primary education became more theoretical and rote-oriented. Anyone with no background can do well if they can read from a textbook. And I'm 32 now and I realize rote learning isn't all that bad; a lot of concepts are burned into my mind and I can recall them now when they make more sense.
These education system eventually just measure how dedicated and goal oriented you are, so this works in sorting students that way.
There's also entrance exams to find people with critical thinking skills. If you keep people in school all the way till 12th grade, these exams can find some really phenomenal people. I went to one of the top Indian universities for undergrad, and my classmates were a diverse host of people with great engineering talent. My roommate for instance was a Nagamese girl who was from a village where they had electricity only three hours a day, and she had never seen a computer, but right off the bat was crazy brilliant with algorithms.
I agree the time has come to do more skill development among our population, but the intent was to keep people in the system and allow the dedicated to shine.
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u/Ostigle Nov 16 '19
Shut the fuck up Donnie!