India will soon be celebrating it’s  64th Independence day. We had broken the shackles of slavery 64 years ago at  the stroke of midnight. There have been many changes that have taken place in these 64 years. We never had adequate food grains to feed the entire population way back in 1947. We had a mere literacy rate of 12%. We were an under developed Nation and completely backward in the field of science and technology etc.

Now we are categorized as one of the fastest developing Nations. We have been successful in attaining literacy rate of 74.04%. By the virtue of Green revolution, White revolution etc, we are slowly but steadily improving our capacity to feed the entire population. We have been able to make a mark in the field of science and technology in addition to many milestones in other fields. The World has surely realized our potential and we are now almost geared up to accomplish our sweet dream / mission of being a developed Nation and then a Super power.

We have to achieve more. Our Country is just 64 years young and that we had two centuries of dreadful bondage. It was a saga of prosperity and rich heritage and so the righteous appellation “The Golden bird of the World“ prior to the occupation of our beloved Country by foreign powers. Such was the awe of the abundant treasure India possessed. Every other Nation desired to own it. Gradually our country was drained of our richness and ultimately we lost our freedom too.  We have made every attempt to undo the wrong and have been incredibly successful after independence. Many areas still remain requiring much needed progress.

The Education System we have inherited has plenty of loop holes. It is established beyond doubt that this system produced only clerks and supporting associates. It’s already too late and we must revamp the entire Education System. We need that Education System which develops our mind to think rationally and not to learn by rote. Learning which transforms us as well informed citizen, capable to continue the process of Nation’s productivity in terms of both growth and development and not merely manufacture money-making machines.

Let’s pledge to help each other to be a part of the revolution process of our Education System.

“Education is the back bone of an economy, education and development are complimentary for each other.In-fact they are the twin sides of the same coin” .

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