How to create a better school system

Every year, hundreds of millions of children enrol in public, municipal Indian schools, strictly following a set-out curriculum. This is normal, as every country sets up a curriculum that each public school has to follow. However, the issue in India is not what the children are being taught, but how they are being taught.
By interviewing people who used to be taught in the schooling system here in India, I found that the Indian education system is set out in such a way that children are constantly memorising dates, lessons, and various other pieces of text or information that they must regurgitate. There is no creative or innovative thinking involved. The fact that the Indian education system overvalues memorisation over innovation and originality is its biggest limitation. Memorising material simply isn’t going to teach children the skills they require to be successful.
I run a service club at my school, where my colleagues and I allow children coming from public schools through NGOs to explore their creativity by helping them build toys from recycled material. One day, as we were teaching, I approached one of the kids: “Have you ever done a workshop like this in school?” He laughed and said: “In school? Never!”