The most important goal of education is intelligence and
character. The main purpose schools is to provide for the fullest
possible development of each learner for living morally,
creatively, and productively in a democratic society. The benefits
of education are both monetary and non-monetary.
Education however seems to be more of a man made trap
Parents Perspective:
- Pipelines into the workforce- Parents believe that education is
the pipeline towards work. They think that education can get one a
government job. Education is basically considered as investment
that has to provide returns, the higher one invests the better
returns would be.
- Inequality if there are multiple children- There m be
inequality if there are several children, if the parents are not
very well to do they will only provide quality education to one or
few of them.
- Failing of Education system- Parents are trapped in thinking
that if their children score low in tests, the education system as
a whole is failing.
Teachers Perspective:
- There tends to be a lot of biasness on the teachers part since
the teachers sometimes teach only the top students in the class and
care only for them even if the rest of the class does not actually
understand.
- Teachers do not really take accountability, and there is blame
always going on either on the parents or the students.
- The knowledge may not always be valid, it is very necessary
that teachers do go for frequent training and keep themselves
updated. However most of the teachers are trapped towards thinking
that they have all the knowledge needed.
Students Perspective:
- Students do not often have the choice to select the subjects
that they are actually interested in and have to go ahead with the
choices of their parents. This does not really help in the actual
growth of the students.
- If a student always feels that they are being targeted and not
given roper attention they would be discouraged and
demotivated.
- Gender Bias and discrimination also traps the students and
their full potential is never realized.
If all these perspectives are taken into consideration it is
clearly evident that education is a man made trap.