“Coaching classes are the wrong way to help children pass examinations,” according to Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy. At the Bengaluru premiere of Paul Hewitt’s 13th edition of Conceptual Physics on Monday, Murthy shared his opinions with the audience.
“Most people who go to coaching classes don’t listen to their teachers carefully in school. And parents, who are often unable to help their children academically, see coaching centres as the only solution,” he said.
Narayana Murthy also expressed concern over the recent boom in the coaching industry in India. Observing the quick growth of this industry, he opined that the increasing demand for tuition also points out a deeper problem in India’s education system. He explained that this structure also points out that rote learning is being promoted/ used more than genuine learning/ actual understanding.
“The purpose of education is to learn how to learn,” Narayana Murthy said, while adding that education should focus on skills that can help deal with real world problems, such as observation, analysis, and hypothesis testing.
Earlier this month, when a 12-year-old had asked Murthy the cheatsheet to becoming like him, he had told the young boy “I don’t want you to become like me”.
“I want you to become better than me for the greater good of the nation,” he was quoted saying at the Teach for India Leaders Week.
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Source: The Indian Express
