A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

It is rightly said that 'knowledge is power', and education is a peremptory way to achieve it. Education helps in gaining knowledge, which inturn helps in building a better society and hence a better nation. Education not only helps in moulding an invidual character but also imminently contributes towards the growth of the nation. The importance of education at an individual level and at a national level is uncontested. The curriculum, being the source for the knowledge, is very important for the education.

Practically its not possible for a single curriculum to inculcate all the divisions of sciences, arts to equal extent. The students will have to undergo the same curriculum irrespective of their interest, which deprives them of their volition to choose the curriculum they want to pursue. This approach may even result in oppressing the latent talents of the kids. A kid who is interested in architecture, will end up studying sciences, which is not only a time waste but also killing his interest. On the whole, the nation will be developed only on certain areas which the single curriculum points towards. Where as on the other hand, lets try and understand the impact of having discrete curriculums which aim at various areas of education. In this case, the kids will remain focussed at their areas of interest.

This not only gives the necessary freedom for the child to nurture in their specified areas of interest, but also gives a strong base for the kid to grow further in their desired areas of interest. The nation on the whole will also grow holistically covering all areas of knowledge.

Hence, I opine that students/parents should have a choice in selecting the curriculum which are in-line with the students interests. This helps both at an individual level and also the nation as a whole.