Education in India is organic, as it keeps growing and evolves with time and the human mind too. So, This is the major reason why education provided in different nations of the world is different actually. Considering the principles on which education systems are formed, they are different for every nation. Nevertheless, the aim is the same, to make human minds creative. So, Every education system has its pros and cons. Its advantages and disadvantages such as, a developing nation, the Indian education system has been developed on the pillars that support thorough theoretical knowledge. It also prepares the students for some of the toughest competitive exams present in different countries. So, the education systems of other developed nations are more flexible. It is allowing students to pursue varied career opportunities other than the mainstream options merely.

Additionally, India being a developing nation lacks funds, and hence there is a need to gather funds solely. As it uses them to enhance the education system efficiently. So, Beginning with more research-oriented education initially. Also, there are a lot of things that we need to achieve, like flexibility and updating the curriculum as well as global knowledge too. The main focus is to understand the difference between the Indian and foreign education systems, specifically if students are aspiring to study in a foreign land. The comparison is done between Indian education and foreign education system as follows-

• Major Differences between Indian and Foreign Education System:–

1. Considering, Indian education focuses more on theory rather than practical solely. Also, the Indian education system doesn’t allow creativity as such. On the other hand, in foreign countries; they focus more on practical based learning usually.  It also allows creativity in the education system.

2. As far as  India is concerned, education is a formality, part of the routine. Every Indian must get a degree in Engineering or Medical stream actually. It does not focus on students to learn something or not.  On the contrary, In foreign countries, education is taken as a learning process entirely.

3. Moreover, the Foreign education curriculum contains everything taking from arts to sports along with studies usually. So, the US has arts, sports, music, and theatre in the syllabus majorly. Also like, Australia focuses more on sports and they have cricket, hockey, and boxing in their college curriculum too. While in Indian education system only emphasize studies merely. It does not have room for extracurricular in our education system as such.

4. Considering Dubai, its primary and secondary education is free and it is made compulsory in law as well. While in India education is becoming business and about profits. So, it is Taking from privatization of education to tuitions and coaching institute and education is generating good money actually. Thus, business minds are now moving toward education businesses.

5. Additionally, In India students are not given choice to select their field of interest or talents and One must become an engineer or a doctor majorly. While Sports and arts are considered to be made for leftovers and vain. So, If students don’t get admission to the science of commerce stream and they choose arts. Then this is what Indians feel actually.

6. So, In India, the students are admitted into streams that have a higher pay scale or a higher number of jobs relatively. On the other hand, in foreign countries, the students are admitted according to their field of interest and talents.

7. Considering  India, the students take admission seeing the trends and following it. Thus, if in a particular year, the majority of students are rushing towards Mechanical Engineering and students are bound to take admission in Mechanical Engineering as it is trending. In India, Students are not given a choice to select their field of stream actually. So in brief, we go with the flow whatsoever. While in foreign countries, the students wait until they get admission into their field of interest and according to their talents.

8. Additionally, in India,  commonly students are required to memorize facts and figures respectively and Thousands of equations of mathematics, birth dates, and death dates of freedom fighters and chemical reactions as well as hundreds of other things as well. Basically, We emphasize theory merely.  Considering foreign countries, they impact knowledge in students through practical implementation efficiently.

9. As far as the Indian education system is concerned, it teaches old technologies.  The Education system hasn’t changed much after independence if we see it. As the Indian education system is very bad in adopting the latest technologies in curriculum and implementing new trends. While in foreign countries, the curriculum changes every day for up-gradation of technology and requirements of the industry accordingly.

10. To sum up, we believe in grades and certificates mostly. We believe in taking admission in IITs and IIMs. Whereas Foreign countries believe in skills majorly and They don’t care about the institution of education more than skills. So, all they see is what students have learned during their schooling days.

Therefore,  lots of reasons why the foreign education system is better than the Indian education system. Though just a few are labeled here. So, we seriously need a change in the education system altogether. Thus, not only in the education system, we actually need to change the mentality of Indians in terms of education. So, we should work hard together to bring changes to the education system in India.