Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary school to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough learning practical skills. Do you agree or disagree.

According to some, theoretical aspects of studies are given too much emphasis in all phases of education, be it in elementary or college when, compared to

practical side

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the practical side

. I strongly agree that

this

is a rising issue and consider conventional teaching methods and imbalance between theory and hands-on experience to be the root cause.

To begin

with, a number of teaching institutes consider traditional methods of reading, writing, and memorizing as the prime, quality education.

However

,

this

is

also

the reason why a physics graduate,

for example

, is unable to change a

simple light

Accept comma addition

simple, light

bulb and

likewise

a mechanical engineer is not confident enough to change a car tyre. All of these point to shortcomings of conventional teaching methods, where practical experience is of lesser focus during the scholastic years. Another point to consider is that an imbalance between theory and practical aspects can have a detrimental effect

in

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on

a youth’s future.

For instance

, many accounting graduates nowadays have to spend a year or more doing internship or voluntary work to acquire the hands on skills that are essential for their career prospects.

This

is largely due to an existing imbalance between a course’s theoretical and practical aspects;

such

as having only one session per week to implement all the theories taught and learnt the entire week.

That is

to say, not enough.

Hence

, many fresh graduates suffer as the result of

this

trend, which is quite different than what the real world expects of them, In conclusion, overemphasis on imparting facts to students,

instead

of hands-on experience, can have a quite

detrimental impact

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a detrimental impact

on their future and career prospects.