CHENNAI COLLEGE STUDENTS ATTACK with swords and Venkatachalam Salem THOUGHTS on education system restructure
My THOUGHTS on our education system restructuring [August 2019] I was deeply disturbed by the news few days ago that college students in Chennai made a brutal attack on fellow students with long knives or swords. It is following a petty issue called ROUTE LEADER or ROUTE THALAI. It is a clear example of total failure of our education system. Our school and college education system will have to be remodelled urgently. We give undue importance to marks and don't teach other good things required for leading a happy and peaceful life in schools and colleges. Previously we had something called a MORAL SCIENCE period in schools. Now it is non existent. We sow cactus seeds and expect "apples" when they are fully grown. The youth or the persons in the age group 16 years to 26 years have lot of energy. Due to the natural phenomenon i.e. high hormone secretion, they are also easily provoked. But our education and family environment do not properly channelise this abundant en