1. Education for peace (North East)
A ground change in the system of Education incorporated with the theme of peace and prosperity is the only solution for all the problems which this vast nation is facing may be related to corruption or irregularities of governance or insurgency or naxalites other than picking up guns and weapons against them. Taking for just small perspective regarding this small North Eastern State of India, Manipur with a population less than 30 lakhs and that also more than 10% of their younger generations youths are staying outside for many reasons comprising in search of better future educational prospect as well as employment opportunity, hope for their parents to keep their young one’s far from the existing situation at there, or may be for other reasons; comparing with the last 3-4 decades which this state faced this problems of underground militants we need a much better solution oriented with peace and development and quality based education which will itself bring the changes.
It was a different story when their grandparents told their way of life and living and different perspective of the classic value of education which they used to get during their time and not only that the respect for the relationship of teachers and students and with the society. And still its is able to seen in their way of living as well as hospitality which is known to everyone apart from so many hurdles and problems in their society in the post Independence era of India and its merger in India. A place known as “Jewel of India”, by former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and known for sports enthusiasm without that much of infrastructure not only in India but in the whole World. Rich in biodiversity with a lot of medicinal herbs and shrubs in the surrounding hilly areas makes a place in the map of pharmaceutical industry; with the role model of better eco friendly existence of naturalistic existence in this materialistic world of petroleum products and global warming and green house effect. But now that is totally contrast with the present system. Even though there was a phase or transition stage in education system where the government started shouting for a value based quality education system after a much corrupted system in education department itself; starting from recruitment of teachers and improper way of management of the existing system and on the other hand entering of valueless private schooling system in 1980’s in the module of other states just for the name sake apart from the disturbances in their society with these different issues of insurgency-politics which mainly disturbs the academic atmosphere which is much necessary for the better implementation of any of the system. But there were few numbers of mission schooling systems run by different religious organization which contributes somewhat a better quality. But for places where there is no more peaceful environment the prospect of better education for better future is just dilemma. So, the existing philosophy of the society itself disturbs the whole of the system and difficult to bring changes without any proper planning system of education with the theme of peace as solution for every problem.
As of now, peoples minded are totally diverted from a better system of environment with much development but instead everyone dreamt for a society with peaceful situation where there is no more violence of uncertain end of life for their someone’s which totally divert their mind from development or of a futuristic betterment of a society. So almost nobody is looking on that side of a fruitful uses of a quality education which this term education itself means in the science as a branch of science as well as an arts subject to increase the value of society with its value. Every educated one’s bright mind is just utilizing for the problems which the society is facing for time being. And the existing system of political system, which is of much in the value of politics itself and less in the side of development which it should walk together for better means of governance.
So looking after the situations at there broadly, the following points can be summed up as the parameters or areas where we need to give more emphasis and a better analysis of the following areas will give better hints for making a better frame of reference.
1. the system of giving recognization to mushrooming schools running for business without the proper infrastructure which it should have by the rules and regulation is one among the worst in education system where the economy of the state is not that too much for its own dependents.
2. Too much of private school (data of private schools and govt schools with last 2 decades before and present) is also one of the criteria for governments inadequacy or for not able to implement the rules and which also much effect on the side of the state’s economy where there is not that much of industrial as well as business sector in comparison with other states.
3. Lack of Modernization of the system of education along with updated curriculum is one of the drawback in the education where the changes are there in human development, and so to cope up this modern competitive world of science and technology.
4. A much well trained teachers with research oriented in their fields of teaching along with the education itself is much awaited. As this profession of teaching itself should be a passion for every teacher with much dedicated keeping in their mind, I quoted Albert Einstein’s “Education itself is not just feeding facts to young minds but making them curiosity”.
5. A better way of training the teachers at there with the initiatives from organizations like NCERT and CBSE to cope up with the present situation at there.
6. Lack of better system of adult education which brings a lot of misunderstanding in the society while implementing any of the act or social rule.
7. A better collaboration with other system of education existing in much better states as literacy is not the factor which affects the system but value is the necessity.
8. Lack of culture based education in their curriculum as every society need to dealt with their rich culture as everything starts from that origin only.
Looking after all the above terms and prevailing situations, and which is also much similar in other parts of this vast and integrated Nation, the following ways and areas can be given preference for a better solution. As education itself is a long term planning with a lot of perspective with a better frame of reference.
1. Setting up of educational research centers in varied fields at such places where there is necessary to analyse the existing system in wide areas.
2. Setting up of better collaboration with the central institutes and organizations with the state and local institutes to get a better result and reason all the time with updated data and information.
3. Taking help from non-governmental organizations to take up issues related to the society and for a better implementation of better system.
4. Making more uses of better educated youths of the concerned places for change in their society along with giving more job opportunities.
5. A better mobilization to the parents and guardians about the value of education and future prospects with the hope of changes.
6. Giving opportunities to the private sectors as well as private Institutes for a change to their system for a value based competition.
7. Taking initiatives from better chain of educational organizations which may be public funded or private who are more expertise in these fields of imparting better system with value.
As most of the places have some specialty in different fields may be in rich culture, sports enthusiastic, tourism, rich in natural resources, rich in biodiversity for a better medicinal prospects, so and so. So incorporating with the above views and observations we can search for a way to implement a different system of education with the theme of peace and development in such areas. Looking after all these parameters I just want to analyse the prevailing system of education more in deep in both government and as well as private schools and institutes for a change in foundation as in this present system there is no way for changing from the top instead from bottom. May be there will be a gape of generation after implementation of such system but atleast there will be a two way solution both for peace and a better future with more prospect to everyone. As by the age of an adult the classification of good and bad, justification of right and wrong is very universal and hope there will be no more question of how can we implement, as we are going to implement a system to a society where humans are there for their prospect of a better future.
We can keep the following views while going to make some of the frame of reference:
1. Students upto the standard of 8th is quite better to make them and mould them to turn around the hope of the better future as the as per the analysis of the views of their mentality and minded it seems to be the turning point of every students and make them much freedom and aware about the better future with the best educational guidance. In a sense to make them more aware with the initiative from society for more competitive like we have “Super 30” in the states of Bihar as an immediate remedy for time being along with the system of changing from the bottom-line of education.
2. Not only this there is a huge population of youths who are mainly from middle class or lower class of the society or little conservative in nature or by the prevailing conditions of their family so that they are not able to afford expenditure to reach upto other parts of India like the rest of the rich and those who are following the path of getting higher education from outside as a culture or as real enthusiasm from others are still remains at there, if we can make a social awareness or giving them proper guidance or giving them opportunities for making themselves able to stand for better future or make them to mingle with outside world by giving better facilities of information and technology.
3. Apart from these a better participation from civil society where there will be more meaning as looking after the present trend of anti corruption bill in the whole of India and the prevailing the social structure of this small state with a very few population. Here I meant we have social groups like rotary clubs, educationalist, entrepreneurs, achievers, distinguish awardees, sports players, cultural organizations apart from political as well as unlawful organizations and so and so, as it makes them more sense and valuable with their presence.
4. And making some distance from politics in many of the fields related to education with much on autonomous with better system even from the newly mushrooming educational institutes with better collaboration among each other collectively as it’s high time to think over this issue again and again with deep.
Even after this much of anti social and anti human activities hammered to these few populations continuously, their culture of living a life of die hard as it seems to visible from many of the activities which continuous in their society. Whenever I used to go to sports field, still our players are trying their best to show their best with much on brotherhood, whenever I joined with them in their religious ceremony there is nothing to comment about the loss of their past rich culture, and a very vivid scene which I was able to see when I was checking at the many of the places and localities of this small state during the festival of Holi as which they use to celebrate as “Yaosang” Where every group of ages enjoy in different forms like young children’s with colour and sports activities which this is a compulsory part of these festival, which they celebrated for five day long with different themes, youths are there for getting new friendship as “Thabal Chongba” dance which is also a compulsory part of this festive and organized at night during these five days where unknown boys and girls have dance joining hands together which makes more interesting in their life so it becomes their wait for the whole year to come this season, and elderly peoples are mainly engaged in puja and prayers in different forms. What we need more for being living a life with much happier even after so many uncertainties in their next step.
“Ashana eikhoigi thawaini,punshini,pangalni….”
[ ……our hope is our soul, our life, our strength…. ]
This line from one of the famous song of Manipuri still strucks in my mind whenever I need to pen down few words of prayer for the peoples at there. Let’s bring changes as life is all about to make changes in every steps.
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