The Ghost of Math & Science that Scares Students - The Reality of Maths and Science Teaching in Nepal

The ghost of math science that scares students

If Charles Darwin had not questioned the "divine creation", the "theory of evolution" would not have been discovered.  If Siddhartha Gautama had not asked why people suffer and what is the means of salvation, Buddha's philosophy would not have been born.  If Newton had not questioned why the apple falls to the ground, the force of gravity would not have been discovered.  If Marx had not gone into the question of why the workers and the proletariat are exploited and what the means of liberation are, the 'doctrine of the Communist Party' would not have been written.

Our educational institution asked students to memorize artificial answers but did not teach them to ask questions.  Education has closed all possible avenues of inquiry, discovery, research and invention.  Students who specialize in dance may be weak in math and science.  However, the student should lose confidence and sit in the classroom with fear in mind.

    

In cricket, we hang the 'tag' of a mentally retarded teenager for not being able to learn science and mathematics.  The Marxist does not mention anything about the progress of his game.

Every person on earth has different abilities and dispositions.  Searching around the earth, you will not find two identical leaves.  The physical and psychological structure of human beings is very different.  However, the education we are practicing requires that all students excel in all subjects.  That is why the school has been turned into a jail.

Putting 40/50 students with different temperaments and abilities in the same class and giving speeches from the front has been a 'mockery' of the diverse abilities of the students.

Many countries have developed a door-to-door study of student prospects.  Many countries have reached the practice of having 10 students in one classroom and even assistant teachers.  Many European countries have started arranging classes for only two / three periods a day saying that education should be made democratic.  Homework days have been banned.

We are attacking the freedom of the students in the name of 'homework' from 11 am to 12 noon without going to school from morning till evening.  I have seen in many places subjects like mathematics / science being taught for three periods daily to get a pass.  Private schools are at the forefront of this work.  The school needs good marks in exams, not quality ones.

It is not to make education complicated, it is to make it simple.  That is, we are on the very opposite path.

Looking for practical application of mathematics education?

Mathematics is being used everywhere with or without education.  The difference is that a person with an 'idea' of mathematics can complete his work more scientifically and efficiently.  The school should develop skills, methods and abilities to solve individual problems by combining mathematics with reading behavior.  Which is a big capital for the country.

A cook uses mathematics to determine the amount of spice in a food.  A mason uses mathematics to build a house.  The farmer is using mathematics in the field, the shopkeeper in the shop, the worker in the industry, the employee in the bank, the engineer in the map.

The medicine contains a certain proportion of different elements and chemicals.  The doctor prescribes a dose by calculating the patient's age and the nature of the disease.

Meteorologists estimate the weather of a particular place by 'calculating' the speed and direction of storms, hurricanes and clouds.

The traffic police assess the size of the road and the number of vehicles to reduce road congestion.

Learning science and math is not education, it is just a collection of information.  It is a fraud committed in the name of education.  It is the murder of creativity.  It does not make a person.  Can't contribute anything to the country.

The purpose of the math class is to make the mathematics used in each field more simple, practical, creative and to build manpower to come up with 'ideas' to use in every step.

Einstein invented the theory of relativity on the basis of mathematics.  The formula for extracting atomic energy (E = mc²) was mathematically proven.  On the basis of mathematics, Newton formulated many laws of science, including the theory of gravitation and the equation of motion.  Modern quantum mechanics developed on the basis of mathematics.

Mathematics is the main driving force behind scientific inventions.

This statement of the mathematician Marx Peters is mocking our reading on mathematics.  We put all the students in the classroom who can, or can't, learn math in one place.  We solve two / four problems by practicing mathematics.  We ask the student to do the same again.  We ask and check questions from previous math problems or 'Old is Gold'.  Mathematics is taught to take the exam.  Mathematics education is not connected with life.

Mathematics has become the language of a separate planet.  Because of this, math is becoming more and more difficult for most students.  For students, the ghost of math scares them away from going to school.  Even a student who knows a little bit about mathematics does not know anything about the use of mathematics and its purpose.  Our study of mathematics is far from life.

It is not our custom to take students to a nearby shop and teach them face value, VAT, discount and final price.  While traveling in the bus, we did not pay attention to the fact that one can learn the singular rule between the amount of fuel and the distance.

We do not have the style to teach the calculation of monthly, half-yearly and annual interest earned by opening a bank account of Rs 1,000 for each student.  Even the students who are going to calculate the interest by using formulas cannot calculate the interest rate calculated by the parents at home.

Even students who know how to calculate the area of ​​a given book are confused about how to calculate the area of ​​their classroom or book.

Mathematical problems should be taught in a multidimensional way, not in a single way.

The curriculum has many themes.  The teacher has to struggle to finish the course.  Therefore, the current course of each subject should be halved.

We are not going to draw formulas from examples.  There are artificial sources, mostly discovered by foreigners.  We use the same formula directly and solve two / four problems of practice, make the student do it.  In other countries, we are taught to find formulas, but we memorize formulas and go from formula to calculation.

Mathematics was taught abstractly, with no practical application, so many students are terrified when they hear the subject.

Hauguji of Science

The definition and theory of science is being rumored in the classrooms of educational institutions across the country.  Not all students have the ability to memorize.  However, in science, the definition of lamala has to be memorized.  The question paper is prepared to check whether the same definition has been memorized in the examination.  That is why science is frightening for many students.  Students who are unable to cope are feeling inferior and inferior in their abilities.

Science studies in college are limited to teacher writing notes and students memorizing.  Ask questions from there and pass.

So it is easy for those who can memorize to pass the exam, it is always difficult for those who cannot.  Two / four experimental examinations are also conducted in the college.  However, these classes are not meant to get students accustomed to new discoveries, experiments and research, but to be able to pass experimental exams.  Therefore, education in our country is far from research and invention.

There is no point in talking about science.  Science means research, thinking, contemplation, invention.  Our science education stands against invention, thought and research.

One hundred years ago, the famous American educator John Dewey commented on the science education of that time, saying, "Science education is more inclined to brainwash artificial subjects than to think, research and transform ideas."  .  We stopped at the same time.

School science reading is far from the use of daily life.  I have visited many schools / colleges.  I myself am a student and teacher of science.  Most schools do not have a laboratory.  Science colleges also have general laboratories.  Even where there is a laboratory, there is a 'practical' taltu type.  Students are not immersed in 'practicals' for new discoveries and inventions.  Even experimental classes in higher education are aimless.

Even after a hundred years, science and technology education has not been able to produce useful scientists and technicians in the country.  If we don't change the rattan of science and connect it with research, we will lose another hundred years.

With the establishment of Trichandra College in 1975 BS, science education has also started in Nepal.  Even after a hundred years, science and technology education has not been able to produce useful scientists and technicians in the country.  If we don't change the rattan of science and connect it with research, we will lose another hundred years.

We are unable to produce even the smallest items of technology.  After bringing the parts of the vehicles brought from abroad and assembling them, it has to be written as 'Made in Nepal'.  Foreign engineers have to be called in to survey the roads and railways.

If Chinese / Japanese experts have to be called for the exploration, study and excavation of Nepal's underground metals, gems, gems and petroleum, then what is the justification of studying science till date?

The study of international subjects has parasitized the country to this extent.

There is no Nepali scientist's name in science textbooks.  There is no science in Nepal.  Of course, scientists do not belong to any particular country, but the question is why influential scientists and researchers were not born in Nepal.

Science books are different from Nepali soil and climate.  It is natural for students to get bored while reading.  The textbook is full of periodic tables, chemical reactions, propane, butane, ether, Darbinism, Mendelism and many other unique facts.  Do you want to use them in Nepali?  Listening in class, knocking at home, writing in exams, then forgetting.  What you read will only work until the day of the exam.

Science education should have been made research-oriented and experimental by connecting it with the country's geology, climate, herbs, energy, forest, agriculture, technology and industry.

Little has been done about the herbs around us.  As many studies have been done by foreigners.  Hundreds of species of plants, including bitter gourd, horseradish, yarsagumba, basil, cisno, and kurilo, have been found to have important medicinal properties, but not enough research has been done on biology and medical science students.

The science class has failed to inform the students about the importance of such valuable plants and to make them more curious.

In today's education, temperament should be added, not pressure.  The burden of science and mathematics has made students unattractive to education.  Parents also give so much importance to mathematics and science without studying the interests and talents of their children that life will end if they do not get good grades in these subjects.  Do you know that your child, like Bill Gates, will invite his friend, who is called 'Talent' in class today, to get a job in his company?

Learning science and math is not education, it is just a collection of information.  It is a fraud committed in the name of education.  It is the murder of creativity.  It does not make a person.  Can't contribute anything to the country.  Only the democratic environment created in the school increases the interest of the students towards education.  Happily, educational institutions should be able to create an environment where they can learn at their own pace.

Otherwise, the burden of math and science will again kill tomorrow's potential national artist.  Deals with the cricketer who can win tomorrow's World Cup.  It will destroy the ground of tomorrow's famous mathematician and scientist.