Indian Education - Are we forcing our kids to grow up fast ?

Hi Folks,

Recently I heard one of my neighbours complaining about the so called standard of education. Apparently some of the questions for a 3rd grade for the exam were on the lines of - what is the new name of some airlines, status of metro rail system in india, etc ?

Are we forcing too much on our kids in the name of competition, standard and hampering their normal growth and development or should all this be really thrust on our kids ? Imagine the amount of books they carrry and the weight of their bags as against the single slate and chalk of those old days !

The count of suicide cases of kids is also increasing every day as they are not able to tolerate this pressure at school and at home. Where is all this heading ?

Lets know how you feel on this :

Education is best, no reforms needed
Education is worst, needs complete change
Education is good, certain weak/bad areas needs to be corrected.