Standardizing has been a common practice across industries primarily because it enables a better control and understanding of the organization.A similar intent when extrapolated to education, would be worth an effort.Standardizing educational curriculum would,just as in industries, allow better decision making, better understanding of the educational capability of the nation and also enables the nation to focus on their weakness areas with more thrust.A decision on making the same national curriculum may come with some assumptions such as uniform infrastructure, teaching, Intelligent Quotient which may not be realistic.
In countries such as India with a vast diversity in Infrastructure, Teaching, Standard of living, Regional languages,Intelligent Quotient and varied environment; it is very difficult to visualize such a standardized environment.Assuming we have a standard mathematics syllabus, a problem may be very easy for a student studying in South India which may be attributed to qualified teachers and better infrastructure .This may not be the scenario with the rest of the country. There are places where there are schools without teachers, teachers who aren't qualified and students with language barriers in which case this recommendation may not be appropriate.
In spite of such factors, standardization may bring in some benefits on the long run through uniform knowledge base,.better synergy between students across the country and also better assessment of students for college education. Under VT University Belgaum in India, around 113 engineering colleges share the same syllabus for a given branch. This has resulted in easier working environment for peers from different colleges under the university.Also, it is easier for the university to improvise on its present syllabus. Training program of the Tata consultancy Services also enjoys such benefits through a common syllabus. Although we are talking about education before college, we may take stock of these examples and implement a standard curriculum across the nation.There may be some hiccups initially but on the long run it seems to be advantageous.
In countries such as India with a vast diversity in Infrastructure, Teaching, Standard of living, Regional languages,Intelligent Quotient and varied environment; it is very difficult to visualize such a standardized environment.Assuming we have a standard mathematics syllabus, a problem may be very easy for a student studying in South India which may be attributed to qualified teachers and better infrastructure .This may not be the scenario with the rest of the country. There are places where there are schools without teachers, teachers who aren't qualified and students with language barriers in which case this recommendation may not be appropriate.
In spite of such factors, standardization may bring in some benefits on the long run through uniform knowledge base,.better synergy between students across the country and also better assessment of students for college education. Under VT University Belgaum in India, around 113 engineering colleges share the same syllabus for a given branch. This has resulted in easier working environment for peers from different colleges under the university.Also, it is easier for the university to improvise on its present syllabus. Training program of the Tata consultancy Services also enjoys such benefits through a common syllabus. Although we are talking about education before college, we may take stock of these examples and implement a standard curriculum across the nation.There may be some hiccups initially but on the long run it seems to be advantageous.
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