Freedom from text books!

It is ironical that today libraries are lamenting on under utilisation of its resources. The reasons stem from our learning-teaching processes that do not promote global exposure. Even at the post graduate level of education we have prescribed text books. This stunts the growth of the learner and narrows the scope of intellectual pursuit. Forcing learners to read and refer as many authors and works as possible gives ample exposure to various points of view and enriches the learning process.

Getting away from evaluation based class room delivery to learner driven class room interaction will enhance the quality of education at all levels. The dependency of text books should reduce as we go up the ladder of education. Freedom from text book based education to thinking based learning is what we need.