What Are The Merits And Demerits Of Present System Of Education?

Several Merits of the modern standards of education are as follows :-

1) An extensive curriculum is followed in schools and universities which tends to develop and groom a student in all facets and applications required to succeed in practical life.
2) Students are acquainted with the practical side of things.
3) Standardized and calibrated systems are used for evaluation which tend to be impartial and gauge a student's ability to learn and memorize information.
4) Ubiquitous uniform systems are used to homogenize the experience.

Some Demerits are as follows :-

1) There's a lack of critical thinking and most students being churned out are drones who cram copious amounts of information without critically analyzing it.
2) Individual behavior is not encouraged and most are just blindly following the system.
3) The under privileged students tend to get neglected with respect to either the teacher's biases and lack of attention.