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EXPERT GUIDE | SCHOOLSSERVICES | VIZAGINSIGHTS INTO SCHOOLINGLoads of homework, tuitions and cut-throat competition – life for a child is no longer easy. AnnapurnaEmani, principal of a school in Vizag, shares her thoughts on the current day education system.I...f a good principal were...to need a definition...then we thinkAnnapurna Emani wouldfit the bill, and rightly so!She’s the quintessentialprincipal – attired in anethnic cotton saree,bespectacled,soft-spoken and genteel;with twinkling eyes anda kind smile (makes uswant to go back toschool again); and anunderlying subtle butsteely resolve thatshows the probability ofsurfacing as and whenthe need arises.-------------------------------------------------------------------A principal of the JassverEnglish Medium Schoolin Lawsons Bay Colony,Vizag since 2004,Annapurna Emani isbacked by a rich 20-yearstint in teaching atTimpany School. Having‘lived and breathed’education at closequarters, she shares herviews withmetromela.com on thepresent-day educationsystem in India andprovides (she modestlyhopes is) an insight intowhat could maybe help inmaking the life of astudent better.-------------------------------------------------------------------The problemsIndia’s educationalsystem is at an age ofcut-throat competitionthat lacks ‘application’and focuses more onthe quest to get the right‘scores’. Consequently,the purpose of impartingknowledge to create‘learned’ adults is beinglost. Children are nolonger encouraged touse their ability toabsorb, think and retainwhat they have learnt.The answers arespoon-fed and the childmemorizes them-------------------------------------------------------------------mechanically, becauseat the end of the day thechild has to get goodmarks in class. Theparents (left with nochoice) demand and theschools (left with littlechoice) provide theapparently ‘right’ kind ofeducation that’s driventowards scoring thehighest marks. Both arehapless against asocio-economic andpolitical system thatremains unmoved; andthe poor child isforgotten, lost inthis conflict.50 APRIL 2009 metromela.com EXPLORE YOUR METRO’S BEST MERCHANTS