While speaking at the 14th edition of Infosys Prize, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy voiced his concerns about the state of India’s education system, explaining how even the IITs are now falling victim to rote learning due to the “tyranny of coaching classes” He believes that our education system should be based more on Socratic questioning.
“Many experts feel that in our country, there is an inability to use research to solve our immediate pressing problems around us. This is due to lack of inculcating curiosity at an early age, disconnect between pure or applied research,” he further commented. Suggested solutions to this include reorienting teaching in schools and colleges towards Socratic questioning in the classroom to solve real-world problems, and passing examinations by rote learning.
