Impact of Globalization on Primary Education

Globalization has impacted the schooling in India in complex and conflicting ways. The children today have more avenues for learning. There has been an upsurge in demand for English language learning; more popularity of international schools; need for revising the curriculum as per changing times; inclusion of internet and ICT in imparting the education.

However, at the same time, children face a highly competitive world today. Although the basic aim of education is to enable children to develop their potential, the globalization has put an extra pressure upon education system to create “winners” who would be ready to battle in the race for survival of the fittest. The curricula of schools have been revised to make them acceptable internationally and also include an unconventional component of “overall personality development” instead of rote learning; new ways of teaching; demand for quality infrastructure etc.  Last but not the least, students are seen now as customers of education services.