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Need to reform education system

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                  Some days ago I was chatting with my friend who lives in USA. We were discussing on the education system. I got to know lots of things about the US education system. When I compared the US education system with our Indian education system, then I realized that there are huge deficiencies in our education system.                   Let me share the US education system with all of you, which I got to know fro m my friend. In the US, the core curriculum consist of the English language and literature, one foreign language, mathematics, one social science subject and one elective subject in a year. They have wide options for choosing the elective subject ranging from world history to accountancy to computer programming. The US education system more emphasis on project works where students work in a group and present the group work in classroom. Not more than one science subject is offered in an academic year. Usually, biology is offered in