Wednesday, August 16, 2006

India's faltering education system

Each year India produces 350,000 engineers, twice the number produced by the US. And the results are there for the world to see in the field of IT and Engineering.However in terms of research and the purely academic disciplines, such as mathematics, physics and literature, India is beginning to trail in comparison.

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1 comment:

Hip Grandma said...

I found the article correct to some extent.please read my post on my own career 'Small Mercies Matter a Lot'.It covers an imp.aspect of failure of the education system in India.Another reason is lack of motivation to take up teaching.My post 'Induction into society' and 'where are we going friends' may be relevant.