Why do Indian students study a lot?

Note: This is the point of view of a 9th grade Indian student.

Talk about ironies and you would realize that India is a big land of ironies. I am actually writing this article to explain you one of the biggest ironies in India. I am sure that you would understand it as you read this article. Now, let's come on to our own Indian students. There is something very characteristic about us. We have the ability to keep our eyes open even when our brain is closed.

Time table of an average Indian student:

1. Get up in the morning, pack your bag and go to school.
2. Waste 6 hours in the school.(For many of us)
3.  Eat lunch and head towards tutions. 
4. Listen to the teacher for 3 hours, complete assignments,learn answers and fun with friends.
5. Come back, play, eat dinner and go to sleep.

Looking at the time table logically, one would feel that an Indian  student studies for 6 + 3 (School + tutions) i.e 9 hrs. "AOOOHHH!! We study for 9 hours", you would think  but wait...wait, let's come onto the ground level.
The main objective of studying actually is to gain knowledge. Knowledge is gained by doing things practically or at least understanding things conceptually. The real problem is that this is not happening with us. This is not happening because of both, the schools and our Indian mentality.

The Indian schools

 Yes, our Indian schools are improving but only some of them. But the mass of we Indian students are still exposed to the old traditional schools. There are countries like Japan where there is a dominance of Government schools all over the country. And, look at the Indian Government schools, parents would dare to send their children at the Government schools. Why? Facilities are improper. 

We Indians must understand that the root cause of all our country's problem is lack of education and our Government is playing negligible role in the educational system. Therefore, these private institutions have come into the picture and have commercialized education. 

And, with this, the curriculum of schools must even be redesigned to introduce more practical things to learn. Oh, how can I forget this? Our Government is talking about digitization but what about this alien subject known as computers in school. Do the computer teachers in schools even know the basics of this subject, computers? Marking answers in the textbook is not going to make us understand computers. The way computers is being taught in our Indian schools presently is way too pathetic. We'll have to find some immediate solutions to rectify this problem. 

The great Indian mentality

According to we Indians, Teachers or Gurus are no less than gods and goddesses. There is nothing wrong with this but reasoning the things taught by teachers is also not wrong. We Indian students have this feeling that asking doubts in front of the class is no less than a crime which has a punishment of being thrown out of the class, we think that going to tutions is compulsory, we think that things can't be learned online even if online content is free, we think that competitive exams are just gimmicks and many more things. The problem is that we have been accustomed to do these things. Ours is the generation which can change these things and fill all the loopholes in our educational system.

We students ourselves can change our schools and even the way the teachers teach. Why not stand up in the class and clear doubts with the teacher? Why not ask things to the teacher which are not in the textbook? 

Why do we always think that things not understood in the school can only be understood in tutions with a bunch of friends?

There is absolutely no problem in switching off the T.V, opening online tutorials or good YouTube videos and understand concepts without any disturbance.

These and many more things if corrected in our mentality can change our perception about education.

Thinking about the irony that I told you at the start? Well, education is supposed to give us understanding but the Indian education system is good at the damaging the intelligence of youth, isn't this ironical?
And, finally coming onto the question, 'Why do Indian students study a lot?' . The answer is that we don't really study but we pretend to study well because we actually don't know, what exactly studying is?

Now, it's my time to study:)

Thank you for reading!!