‘Wrong way to help children’: Narayana Murthy criticizes coaching classes

Narayana Murthy also expressed concern over the recent boom in the coaching industry in India. Observing the quick growth of this industry, he opined that the increasing demand for tuition also points out a deeper problem in India’s education system. He explained that this structure also points out that rote learning is being promoted/ used more than genuine learning/ actual understanding.

“The purpose of education is to learn how to learn,” Narayana Murthy said, while adding that education should focus on skills that can help deal with real world problems, such as observation, analysis, and hypothesis testing.

Earlier this month, when a 12-year-old had asked Murthy the cheatsheet to becoming like him, he had told the young boy “I don’t want you to become like me”.

“I want you to become better than me for the greater good of the nation,” he was quoted saying at the Teach for India Leaders Week.