In many schools today, education is heavily focused on quantity rather than quality. This is evident in the way students are burdened with thick textbooks filled with lengthy and sometimes unnecessary topics. The aim seems to be to cover as much content as possible, rather than to ensure deep understanding.
However, quality education means providing relevant, age-appropriate, and meaningful content that matches the mental development of students. It means teaching in a way that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and practical understanding, not just memorizing information for exams.
Right now, we are not reviewing the actual needs of the students’ minds or the requirements of the modern age. We are not asking: What kind of learners does the future need? Instead, we continue with old curricula, outdated books, and traditional memorization-based methods.
Worse still, we criticize students for poor memory or low performance, while the system still demands that they memorize large amounts of disconnected facts. This is a contradiction. If we want better results, we must focus on less content, but with more depth and purpose.
Quality means reviewing textbooks regularly (every 2–3 years), reducing overload, and updating materials to reflect current realities and future skills. It also means training teachers to shift from “content delivery” to engaging and meaningful learning experiences.