Discuss the changes taking place in the education system of India.
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India today is passing through an educational paradox. Another country with the world’s largest youth population, a rapidly growing economy, and entering an era of new technology like artificial intelligence (AI). On the other hand, our education system is still busy in preparing such students who are more adept at remembering answers than asking questions. In recent years, the environment created around NEET, JEE, CUET, UPSC and other competitive exams has almost completely transformed education into an examination industry. Lakhs of students sit in coaching institutes for years and prepare for a single goal. Passing an examination has become more about scoring marks than acquiring knowledge. The basic question even today is the same as it was a century ago, whether the aim of education should be only to provide jobs or it should be to prepare a citizen who can think about social science, democracy and humanity and for the future of the country, nation building and society building. If seen, education has two objectives – internal and externalThe spiritual objective is the development of a person’s conscience, his sensitivity, his morality, his imagination, his ideology and his self-realization, whereas the instrumental objective considers education as a medium for employment, income and economic progress. The problem starts from here. When the instrumental purpose completely dominates the system of education, then no student asks himself what he is understanding, why he is studying? And what is its purpose? Teachers also do not think why what is being taught is being taught and what effect it will have on the nation, the society and the future of that child? The world is changing rapidly. AI can now provide information in seconds that any student takes years to memorize. Machines can remember facts, perform calculations and find answers. What will happen to man’s special abilities? Certainly not in rote memorization, the real power of man, his imagination, his innovation, his moral judgment, lies in his solving complex problems. हमारी परीक्षा प्रणाली अब भी स्मृति की बुद्धिमत्ता मानने की भूल कर रही है। नीट और जेई जैसी परीक्षा की तैयारी कर रहे लाखों छात्र का जीवन इसका उदाहरण है। छात्र कई वर्ष तक प्रश्न के पैटर्न को याद करते हैं, उसे रटते हैं, संभावित उत्तर का अभ्यास करते हैं। निर्धारित ढांचे के अनुरूप पढ़ाई करते हैं, लेकिन जब उनसे वास्तविक जीवन की किसी समस्या का समाधान पूछा जाता है तो वे मुंह छुपाते हुए नजर आते हैं। They feel uncomfortable, the main reason for this is the education system because neither the parents nor the schools and colleges pay attention to such things. Today, children are left on the school ladder in two years, only the parents are happy with the fact that their child has spoken a line of English today. Will this have any impact on his life? Unless it is thought of. In India, marks and certificates will continue to be available, but it will be difficult to get employment. India’s ancient knowledge tradition was completely different from this. In Upanishads, education was through dialogue. Asking questions was a right and this was the basis on which scholars like Aryabhatta, Charak, Sushruta and Panni challenged this notion and created new knowledge. Mahatma Gandhi had also carried forward this idea through new education