education in indian education system

We need lot of improvement. Education system in India is run by government. 
India has a great elementary education system established during British rule - which miss out Local Touch and again unfortunately the emphasis has always been on Math and Science. 
Unlike the west where students are encouraged to participate, most Indian schools just shove the course work in a rather subjective manner. 
Similarly for Higher education (Professional courses) education quality is not good due to lack of competent faculty and research.
Indians are no less smart than any other group. Indians are poor because they lack freedom to act, to perform to the best of their abilities. Bureaucracy rules in the Indian school system. Who is allowed to run a school, what is to be taught, who is allowed to teach, how much a teacher is to be paid, who is allowed to attend and for how long, who must be allowed to attend, how much can be chargedall these things are bureaucratically determined and no freedom of choice is permitted. The system lacks freedom and the not so surprising effect is the system is dead.
So we need to liberate and free the Education system from clutches of government and reverse the 'Brain drain -one-way migration of those who form the cornerstone of a modern economy, namely, top-class highly educated researchers and teachers, and who not just make the university but are the university. Ultimately they are the ones who train the thousands of bright young men and women who go on to build society in all its aspectssocial, commercial, political, and educational. It is time for Indians to build world-class schools and universities.
I would like to see more emphasis on critical thinking as a part of social science. Unless students are taught to question and debate they will remain slaves to the system when they grow up. And thats been the irony of our system.
It is proved that by liberating Industry from clutches of government - out Businesses are now competing with world same way when Education system is freed. Government need to support -poor students either giving them subsidy or Loan but not run the system.