Modern trends in education – enrichment or threat to the social structure

Abstract

The Indian Education System is driven by strong forces of preserving the constitutional mandate of creating a society enriched with Indian values, culture and ethics on one hand and the pull towards reaching international standards which promote science and technology driven society on the other. The importance to create 21st Century citizens has been identified as a strong need, but this acknowledgement is getting implemented in a manner which predicts to create educational inequality in the society- which means going against our national and constitutional goals. The present paper discusses this issue by throwing light on various companies that are creating expensive educational packages and making schools a market for their products. The elite schools who can afford the same, move levels higher than the mediocre schools - thus widening the already existing gap. The question is, are we moving in the right direction?