Need of an indigenous approach in achieving quality education

Suresh Poudel

Today the world has evolved into a place where only the extraordinary, talented, skilled and well educated person survives the competition in any sector one chooses to be. Some of these qualities are inherent while the others are to be developed over a period of time. As for example, learning is a process so ones level of education is determined by his/her dedication and the support s/he is provided with in the course of learning.

In this world of tough competition, quality education is the one thing that each one of us aspires for. Very few of us are lucky to have our home in city areas where most of the educational facilities are easily available. In contrast, many families migrate from villages to the towns, from small towns to big cities, etc just to search for the best possible education for their children. Even in cities like Kathmandu, only handful of schools and colleges are well equipped with physical and human capitals while others are still struggling to reach the quality threshold. Most of these struggling schools might not have trained teachers and other essential human resources apart from the physical capital.

The popular schools in the city in general are providing good facilities to their students but in some cases they have not been able to give equal care to each student. This might be due to the huge number of students in those schools. This has resulted in the disproportionate level of knowledge among the passed out students from these schools. These schools generally highlight the successful students as the yardstick of their own success but the ones with average or below average result are generally shadowed by the best performers. The stories of such low performers are not heard. In this context, it can be said that even the best schools might not guarantee the best education to each child even if most of the parents work hard to earn enough to pay the fees of their children’s education.

A lot of factors influence the intake of knowledge by the study. One of the significant factors is the willingness of a child to learn.  Thus psychological dimension plays an important role in such case. If a child is taught with love and care, then the attempt to impart knowledge to him/her will become fruitful.

To conclude, enlightening young minds with knowledge and delivering the best quality education needs an indigenous approach  where the psychological dimension is adequately addressed.

The writer is an Ex-Lecturer of Economics at Chelsea International Academy, Baneshwor, Kathmandu.