Indian Parents Have Very High Expectations About Their Children’s Education And Careers
Subscribe to Times Of India's Youtube channel here: goo.gl/WgIatu An HSBC study on the hopes and expectation of parents on their children’s education brings out very some interesting insights on how different cultures value learning. According to the study the most important goal that Indian parents have for their children is that they build successful careers in their adult life. Also Subscribe to Bombay Times Youtube Channel here: goo.gl/AdXcgU Social Media Links: Facebook : www.facebook.com/TimesofIndia Twitter : twitter.com/timesofindia Google + : plus.google.com/u/0/+timesindia/posts 'Download TOI app on Android & iPhone and WIN free recharge coupon worth Rs. 50/- from Paytm - goo.gl/AvRYmM Times Of India's Official YouTube channel is managed by Culture Machine Media Pvt Ltd. An HSBC study on the hopes and expectation of parents on their children’s education brings out very some interesting insights on how different cultures value learning. According to the study the most important goal that Indian parents have for their children is that they build successful careers in their adult life. Asked to ranked three most important goals that they wanted their child to achieve as an adult 51% of the Indian parents choose successful careers, while 49% choose happiness in life, 33% identified a healthy life style, 22% wanted them to earn enough for a comfortable life and 17% rated fulfilling their children’s potential as the ultimate goal.However, parents in most developed countries did not give much weightage to successful careers.What is even more interesting is the substantial differences of opinion between Indian and other parents on the goals they have set for their children. Being happy in life was the ultimate goal of parents in more than a dozen countries. When it comes to choice of subjects the largest number of Indian parents wanted their children to study engineering which was followed by business management and finance.However, Indian parents emerge almost at the top when it comes to the higher education qualifications they aspire for their children.All this certainly shows that Indian parents have set the bar a bit too high for the children to easily match.
