Mera Bharat Mahan...
India is great indeed. Almost all numbers related to India are huge. In any sphere.
The most recent are the losses due to Jat agitation and the time, energy and money spent on the JNU controversy.
India is not poor at all if you look at the numbers.. The kind of money we can mindlessly waste in these (and whole sessions of parliament being washed out), one would think we have money to burn.. And yes, they are literally being burnt in Haryana now (I remember the Vanniar Sangham doing something similar successfully during my high school days in Tamilnadu)
The point of this blog post is, right in front of our eyes, the standard of education of our educational institutions is going through a free fall. Our best institutions are nothing but a catchment areas for the overseas companies and universities where real research and (hugely profitable) creative work gets done. The students from these coveted institutes are given a hobson's choice and they inevitably become a cog in a big corporate machine, bound in golden chains, leaving behind their mother and motherland most of the times, and their heart weeping silently deep down, at least when they age. Most of them learn to convert this feeling into one of hatred and contempt to the place as well, but all that is besides the point.
The point is, are we blind to this fall in standards? We have just mentioned about the so called coveted places. The state of the institutions at lower rungs is dismal to say the least, and one that can wrench the heart of the witness who sees the plight and deception the poor students, more so their parents, are put through in the name of education.
It's already late... Before it becomes too late, we need to act as a country and raise the academic standards our institutions. The watch bodies such as AICTE have become mere bureaucracies now which just certify looking at buildings and computers, their tests and evaluations nothing more than a mockery of the purpose of exams. They are aimed at created more graduates, whether they know the subject or not.
We need stringent, common, and tamper proof evaluations. If the pass percentage is 10% so be it. If some colleges fail 100% so be it.. They will close in couple of years and that will be the service and duty of these monitoring/administering bodies. The management will run to all corners of the country, why even world, looking for quality faculty to redeem their 'business' and name. Education will survive, country will not be deceived in the name of education.
So let's talk about education in universities. Let's talk about results - not in terms of some worthless marks - but in terms of the benefits these universities and their students and faculties bring to the societies around them.
Unless we mend our education (and health care - which is a topic in itself) before time runs out, we will be bequeathing a mess to our progeny and giving a hobson's choice to them - both to the 'fortunate' to run away to more systematic places but leave the place that's dear to their heart, and to the 'not so fortunate' to toil and fight in a beautiful but messy place.
India is great indeed. Almost all numbers related to India are huge. In any sphere.
The most recent are the losses due to Jat agitation and the time, energy and money spent on the JNU controversy.
India is not poor at all if you look at the numbers.. The kind of money we can mindlessly waste in these (and whole sessions of parliament being washed out), one would think we have money to burn.. And yes, they are literally being burnt in Haryana now (I remember the Vanniar Sangham doing something similar successfully during my high school days in Tamilnadu)
The point of this blog post is, right in front of our eyes, the standard of education of our educational institutions is going through a free fall. Our best institutions are nothing but a catchment areas for the overseas companies and universities where real research and (hugely profitable) creative work gets done. The students from these coveted institutes are given a hobson's choice and they inevitably become a cog in a big corporate machine, bound in golden chains, leaving behind their mother and motherland most of the times, and their heart weeping silently deep down, at least when they age. Most of them learn to convert this feeling into one of hatred and contempt to the place as well, but all that is besides the point.
The point is, are we blind to this fall in standards? We have just mentioned about the so called coveted places. The state of the institutions at lower rungs is dismal to say the least, and one that can wrench the heart of the witness who sees the plight and deception the poor students, more so their parents, are put through in the name of education.
It's already late... Before it becomes too late, we need to act as a country and raise the academic standards our institutions. The watch bodies such as AICTE have become mere bureaucracies now which just certify looking at buildings and computers, their tests and evaluations nothing more than a mockery of the purpose of exams. They are aimed at created more graduates, whether they know the subject or not.
We need stringent, common, and tamper proof evaluations. If the pass percentage is 10% so be it. If some colleges fail 100% so be it.. They will close in couple of years and that will be the service and duty of these monitoring/administering bodies. The management will run to all corners of the country, why even world, looking for quality faculty to redeem their 'business' and name. Education will survive, country will not be deceived in the name of education.
So let's talk about education in universities. Let's talk about results - not in terms of some worthless marks - but in terms of the benefits these universities and their students and faculties bring to the societies around them.
Unless we mend our education (and health care - which is a topic in itself) before time runs out, we will be bequeathing a mess to our progeny and giving a hobson's choice to them - both to the 'fortunate' to run away to more systematic places but leave the place that's dear to their heart, and to the 'not so fortunate' to toil and fight in a beautiful but messy place.
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