No Questions Welcome?

What kind of educator does not want its students to ask questions?  

Any self-respecting teacher would be thrilled to have students who are eager to learn, care about societal issues and want to ask questions.  

Teachers may feel anxious when faced with tough questions.  But teaches who care would certainly prefer to have students who want to debate rather than students who disengage. A good teacher is happy to see students becoming better and smarter and wiser than oneself.  One may feel somewhat lost, but gratified at the same time.  

So, what kind of government official in charge of the education system would tell its students that they are supposed to only memorise what they are told, that they are not supposed to form their own opinion, that they are not supposed to question what they are told?

Students, and adults, who do not ask questions, who cannot think independently, are not likely to be able to innovate, to tackle problems as they arrive - such as the coronavirus pandemic, the wicked problems that challenge the world.  

Such a society is not likely to survive.  And whose fault is it?  Not the students’.