The Challenges of Teaching Kindergarten in India

My nephew is almost three. Sidhant is mischievous and smart. Above all, he is the apple of our eyes. Sidhant will attend an interview for nursery soon. My sister's worries know no bounds. She is apprehensive that Sidhant will throw a tantrum, and all the hard work (of getting him remember poems, etiquette etc.etc.) will be lost.

Modern life has bought many comforts for us, but it has also shortened the span of childhood. Now a kid is expected to dance even before he has learned to walk. When he ought to be making stories out of his own imagination, (whenever it's Sidhant's turn to tell a story, he improvises the ones he has been told by me or other elders.) he is forced to cram and parrot rhymes whose meanings he doesn't know! A child is taught artificial expressions so that he can entertain the guests and parents can revel in the praise bestowed upon their child. Teachers also put the same pressure of their unreal expectations on students.
It is the nature of the children to be curious. But most of the schools in India prefer that children learn to be sheep that are to be hurdled. Rational thinking is discouraged. What ever the teacher says it is true. I remember once my mother corrected the name of Prime Minister of India (The book was old edition and a new PM was posted after the elections). Our teacher didn't follow current affairs or she wasn't happy with my mom's intrusion in her work, she told me that I am wrong. And I followed her word instead of my mother's.

Nursery classes in India are breeding ground for developing life-long, intense dislike for books and knowledge. Children are fed irrelevant facts. Can I ask what does it matter to a child if a seal lives in Antarctica or on Moon? Wouldn't it be practical to show him a picture of peacock which he is habitual to see around? At least he will get to know the names of birds and animals of his surroundings. But Indians have a fixation with everything foreign, names of so birds and animals are to be imported for sure.