Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Desi Classroom vs Videshi Classroom

Often we have heard people complaining about the education system in India.people often complaining about the "spoon-feeding" the Indian teacher does to the student..Spare the IIT, IIMs, NITs (Being from NIT, I had to!!), rest all fall under the same dump..
I did my entire schooling and engineering from India..One of the sharp contrasts I noticed between the Indian system of education vs the education system here is that in India the Professor/School teacher is less willing to share the old piece of papers using which he teaches in the class..You can be rest assured that you can score the full marks in the exams if you manage to get those old yellow colored papers photo-copied..
Here it happens the other way..Before you attend the class you are given the pre-course reading material...You will know that what is going to be taught in the class..and you can be ready with the questions, you have, if any...Once your lecture is over you will be sent the lecture notes via e-mail..and boy..believe me..if u miss the class, u can relax..the class discussions are recorded and sent to you..The professors here like all the works to be done through computers and are as computer-savvy as we are...Another sharp contrast from the typical Indian professor who thinks the gadget as his replacement and always criticises it..
But remember everything comes at a price..i would still bet with the Indian education system if we are considering from the "Value for Money" angle..Indian professors still are among the best lot and given the fact that the knowledge/techniques an average Indian student gains with his limited resources when compared to his/her non-Indian counterpart also justifies why Indian students always excel in their studies.!!

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