Competitive Education Essay

In my opinion, Education is a holistic process of learning and development in an souls lifetime. While competitiveness, is the result of the basic survival instinct already inherent in an individual, or for that matter either living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For this reason, I believe education as a system shouldnt undermine the importance of competition as a valuable hammer employed to enhance the learning process, undermining which might consequently hinder the natural progress and development of a student.The need for a competitive education becomes all the more vital in preparing a student for the cut-throat competition that takes place in the real macrocosm, and in which survival of the fittest phenomenon applies in every aspect of an individuals life. It starts early from sibling rivalry at home, to parents ensuring that the individual gets into the better(p) school, again enrolling into the best college of choice, applying for scholarships, vying f or the attention of the opposite sex, finding a suitable job, choosing the best prospective bride or g path, starting an enterprise and competing against other enterprises in the market etc.For better or for worse, competition is not limited to our personal lives scarce also thrives in our collective social, political, economic environment and not to forget in the field of sports. For instance, we all saw and openly displayed our enthusiasm and support for our department i. e. ITB during the cricket tournament and our players also felt motivated to outscore other Departments. Therefore, if competition is considered a positive and integral element in our progressive society, the brain that arises is why should it be perceived as anything less or a threat in our education system?Competitive education system empowers a student to face challenges and not to shy away from them. It helps a student identify his/her strengths and weaknesses and further provides the necessary motivation t o focus on the strengths and overcome the weaknesses. In academics a student give be able to assess what he/she has learnt so far in the class through oral and written examinations. In co-curricular activities, a student might be poor in sports but may be exceptional in painting.Through the means of competition, this student go out be able to discover what he/she is good at and then focus on refining that particular skill, thereby a student will feel motivated to strive for excellence in the activity that brings out the best in him. Yes its true, in a competitive environment there is room for only one winner and for every winner to win the prize there must be a loser to take the fall, because failure is the some(prenominal) needed contrast to success and vice versa. Having said that, one can argue that competition is not most winning or losing but about giving our best.Salman Rushdie in his novel midnight children wrote All games have morals and the game of Snakes and Ladders ca ptures, as no other activity can hope to do, the eternal fairness that for every ladder you climb, a snake is waiting just around the corner and for every snake, a ladder will compensate. Therefore, a student in a competitive education system, in keeping with the spirit of competition can learn an important moral lesson of life handling failures gracefully and perceiving it as a stepping stone to success. Ultimately, learning these crucial lessons from a competitive education system the easy way is better than learning from the unforgiving real world the hard way.