Education should not be a rat race

The suicide rate of students has surpassed the population growth rate in India. This is beyond a ‘sad state of affairs’ now; it is a call for transformational changes and a reimagining of our education system to make our children joyful learners and not ‘rats in a rat race’. Change the narrative We need to look at education as more than a passage to a ‘good life’, which is to be earned by going through an excruciating competitive process. Let’s change the narrative from ‘look at Sharma ji ka beta’ to ‘mera beta anmol hai’. Let’s change the metaphor of a ‘rat race’ to a ‘race to happiness within’.