Indian Education System: Needs a relook

I have been thinking a lot over the reservation/education thing for the past few days and I feel that it is the lack of proper education centers which is the main problem. There isn't any need for quota or stopping anyone if we have surplus avenues for studies. I have jotted down a few points just to think over them.

What I want?

1. India to be rich and powerful society


2. Make best use of resources (includes human resource as well) and actions must be taken to grow/produce more resources in future.


3. potential areas
   1. knowledge economy (it, bt etc)
   
   
   2. agriculture
   
   
   3. some other new domains which are yet to be exploited fully
   
   
   
   

Clearly outlines the need for education
We have to re-organize our education system to suit our needs.

Expectations from the system (not in the order of priorities)

• an army of professionals who are technically sound and motivated.


• some geniuses who can lead the nation from the front in various research fields.


• educate others to a minimum level that they understand the importance of education and can at least motivate their children to aim for the highest.

To cater to such needs our education system has to grow to at least 10 times its current size in next 5-6 yrs.

Govt tells us that it is impossible to achieve this.
Is it really so?
Do you buy the govt's argument?
Unfortunately, most of us do, the same way we had accepted the artificial crisis of goods in 70's and 80's. Liberalization came in and now we see the result. You had to wait for the same old crap bajaj scooter for years before getting the delivery. Used to make std calls as Rs 38/min just a few years back. All this was not just the result of governments apathy but also because of our mindset. We never really questioned govt. Never took it to task. We are still to come out of the mindset of ruled-class. We will have to stop taking govt's words for granted. We will have to question them.
THEY HAVE TO SATISFY ON OUR BIGGEST ISSUE: EDUCATION.
It's only education on which India can rely to make it big and it's high time that we go in for large scale liberalization on educational system with a TRAI-like authority over-seeing everyone.

Infact, as I've already discussed in my earlier posting it won't be a bad idea to get a survey/study done by some professional group (like mckinsey) to get a better understanding of our pain-points and suggestions on improving the efficiency of the whole system. We should also be ready for a total overhaul in the system/process. It won't be a costly affair when compared to thousands of crores we spend every year on education. We can definitely put in hundred crore one time for such a study.

I demand some real action.