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In an article in The Hindu V.S.R.Rao has given an appropriate explanation about India’s lack of presence in the ‘ World of Universities’

Rao’s explanation rests on the value system inculcated by various cultures.

Here is what Rao says about about Indian students :

” Regarding the Indian students, no doubt they are very sharp. They grasp things very fast because the English language is their biggest asset. But they do not touch anything that is not useful for the examinations. They are after marks, grades and ranks and their learning is superficial.”

About Chinese he says

“They are really a very strongly motivated lot. They do not let go anything that is taught to them without proper understanding. They hunt for the teacher, books in the library and dive deep into the Internet and they do not give up until they have the feeling of completeness. They are very sincere. However, the Chinese students are not very sharp, especially when they are making their studies in a foreign language such as German or English.”

About Germans he remarks:

“The first thing a German student says in the morning, when he gets up from bed is not ‘God’ but ‘Versuch’ (experiment). Unless he does some experiment studies and analyses the data on a daily basis, he feels restless. Their university curriculum runs with a heavy dose of ‘Übung’ (exercises) and ‘Praktikum’ (practicals). Written examinations are few and students are tested extensively by ‘Mündlischeprüfung’ (oral examinations).

German students are very proud of their own educational system and hardly anyone moves out of the country for higher studies. The German educational system, including Engineering and Medicine, is free and is largely supported by industry.”

And for Americans Rao says

“Their studies are mostly individualized in the form of projects and case studies. Classroom teaching is nominal. The universities are blessed with the faculty who do not normally indulge in either hypocrisy or sycophancy. So the students also turn out to be genuine to the core.”

To this NBS adds:

When an Indian child is born he is exposed to the aspirations of the parents. It is emphasized that his goal in life is to be a doctor or an engineer resulting in a clamor for seats for these programs. A child in his 9th or 10th class is asked to attend coaching classes for the entrance tests for these professions with the result that the child has to study for competitive exams along with normal courses.This regime leave him little time for other activities as performed by children of other cultures.

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