Our Education System Needs a Grand Revival
First it was Greeks and
then the Romans. Islamic civilization took their work and passed it onto the West with
plenty of additions of their own. Chinese and African civilizations also had
their heydays in the past. So, the industrial revolution was as a result of
collective efforts of almost the whole humanity until that time.
The enablers of the
scientific thought and discoveries were the men and women of intellect who had
been educated, trained and taught to think differently and creatively.
Whichever civilization and society allowed, invested and made a culture of
critical thinking and analysis became the front runner in the path of knowledge
and discovery. Education was the key. And it will remain so for further
growth and development.
Now if we look at it in
the context of today’s scientific and industrial advancements with all the buzz
around Industry 4.0, one can wonder if our education systems are good enough.
What is it that we should be learning/teaching and how?
Most of our current
education systems are based on learning the facts. This, frankly, is not a
skill useful anymore. No human can beat Google or any other search engine when
it comes to remembering the facts. What we should really be learning is the
‘how’. In other words, logic, common sense, critical thinking and problem-solving
skills are the important ones. Soft skills have always been important but now
our future progress depends on them. Effective communication, team working,
time management, organizational skills, entrepreneurship etc. are the needs of
the hour. What can save us from the dangers of our own creation is the sense of
right and wrong. But how does the current education systems cope with these new
requirements. Are they helping learn these skills?
Our education systems are
still fact learning-based. The critical thinking, the ‘how’, is missing. The
division of knowledge into different domains is also hurting, as the problems
of today require multidisciplinary holistic approaches. One of the most
important skills to learn is the process of learning itself. The current
education systems fail to equip the students on how to learn new skills. Soft
skills are not even part of the curriculum. It is hoped that the students will
learn these skills through a few group projects and activities. Ethics and
morality were traditionally taught at home first and then continued through the
initial schooling years. This is not the case anymore. Although the
improvements and innovations in education and learning methods are on the way,
the road is rocky and progress is slow. Currently, Scandinavian countries are
taking a lead which others need to learn from and follow. Ricardo Semler’s
education system is also worth considering.
If the regular degree is
to maintain its importance then radical changes are required. UK has begun the consultation process to start a pilot program of reducing the degree
program from 3 to 2 years. It will solve the problem to some extent. There is
also need for the changes in the type of skills and how they are taught during
the degree programs.
This is only part of the
story though. Today’s graduates need to keep themselves up-to-date as the rate
of change is so rapid that the skills become obsolete very quickly. This is where
short-term on-your-own-pace style online courses offered by universities are
great. Most of the world’s top universities offer these courses. In a recent interaction,
the Chief Technology Officer of Saudi Aramco, Dr. Ahmad Al-Khowaiter, reiterated
the importance of these online courses and encouraged King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals to start offering these. With the advances in virtual
and augmented reality, online learning will start to replicate and may one day
overtake the class room-based learning in both quality and quantity. Teachers
will have to adjust and make use of these new tools in teaching and preparing
the critical thinkers and visionaries of tomorrow.
Naeem
Minhas
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