Cricketman
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Corruption in India is in small places... like the police officer or school principle. In America it happens in broad daylight at the very top. Millions upon Millions of dollars worth.
A couple of articles with various topics related to this thread. I find the last topic pretty bad.
8 October 2010 Last updated at 11:10 GMT
India students suspended for rude Facebook messages
By Asit Jolly, Chandigarh
A leading school in India has suspended 16 students for posting rude remarks about a woman teacher on the popular social networking site, Facebook.
BBC News - India students suspended for rude Facebook messages
Page last updated at 09:07 GMT, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 10:07 UK
'Stunts' banned in India schools
Schools in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are to be instructed not to stage events with "risky" stunts, an official told the BBC.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Stunts' banned in India schools
Page last updated at 14:06 GMT, Friday, 17 April 2009 15:06 UK
Delhi girl 'left in sun to die'
A young Delhi girl has died in hospital after her teacher made her stand for hours in the sun, her family say.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Delhi girl 'left in sun to die'
These facts do help in the long run; the multiplication tables we learned in elementary school keep us ahead of our American peers who need a calculator to find out what 6 times 7 is !
In India, teachers treat students very badly. Physically hitting them is a common form of punishment (teachers bring wooden scales and wooden sticks to class to beat up kids who default in their work or who dont answer properly). Even parents should not beat up kids.
I don't think the American peers use calculators to find 6 times 7.
the education in India (and Europe) is more towards teaching the basic concepts and a broader mass of information.
akshaychauhan said:In the Indian system, individuals are not asked to stand up infront of the whole class and recite something. Instead, the whole class reads books out aloud together in unison
The European and Indian way of teaching sounds
nothing a like at all.
Indian school system is largely based off the UK's.
Students are literally harassed by the teachers, I remember when I was in VIth grade, I, along with several other students were hit and made to stand for at the most 1 hour, for what? Just because we talked for 5 minutes or so in the class.
This. Couldn't word it better. Now if only the government schools were brought upto the same level...Though, I don't approve of the Indian Education System, but the type of school you go to does matter a lot! After having read the whole thread, I feel that some of the situations are hyped to a large extent. I mean, if that sort of a thing happened in the school I went to, that teacher would be expelled straight away!
I did my higher studies from a convent/christian school. And, I can proudly say that the teachers taught us the way we wanted. They taught us with passion and made sure we understood everything. We weren't merely taught for getting good grades. Also, participating in co-curricular activities was compulsory, rather you were even given grades for it.
I do agree that the level of education in the Indian masses is pretty poor. The main reason being poverty!