Everyone has the right to free education,
however
, allowing students to choose their own subjects to learn is still controversial. Some believe that colleges should select the subjects to be taught while some argue that students must be given free
to choose what they want to learn. Both these approaches have their own advantages and disadvantages and
this
essay would elaborate them in detail.
The main advantage of permitting students, to select their subjects for higher studies, is that they would be able to learn and understand it better.
This
would make them better learners, as the topic is of their own interest.
For example
, a student who has a keen interest in writing and enrols for a writing course would develop the aptitude for writing faster than the one who does not like writing.
However
,
this
aspect
also
has a negative implication. Allowing students to choice the subjects would mean that the
institutes
would have to hire more teachers and increase their resources to ensure that their students get the required tuitions.
As a result
, when students are made to choose, it would help them master the subjects easily while it would be very expensive for the schools to provide the facilities for the students to learn.
On the other hand
, when
institutes
draft their curriculum, they are in a much better position and could effectively utilize their resources and hire sufficient trained staff to tutor their students.
This
proves beneficial for the
institutes
as well as the students, since they would be getting a good quality education from these trained and experienced teachers.
For instance
, the Indian Institute of Technology is renowned for its education quality because of its highly experienced staff and well equipped laboratories and research facilities. But doing so would deprive the students of the opportunity to pursue their interest and because of
this
, they would not be able to acquire new skills or develop their talent which would help them in securing a job.
Hence
, when
institutes
chooses the subjects for their students, it helps the school administration to effectively utilize its resources, but at the cost of their student's opportunity to follow his passion.
In conclusion, both approaches have its own positive and negative implications. One helps the student to learn better while putting pressure on the school's facilities and the
second
approach effectively uses the facilities to better focus on its students while barring the students from following their passion.