Hi Avinash, how to read full news in indian express? when I read any news it ends in between at the words 'contnd...' How to read after continued? mark
On 7/3/13, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Many of us appeared for NET held on Sunday gone by. > Now as we felt shocked at many questions during the exam, our views > has been echoed in an editorial in The Indian Express. > Hope better sense prevail among question-papers preparers next time. > http://www.indianexpress.com/news/epic-fail/1136803/0 > The UGC's test for entry-level university teachers reveals sexist and > condescending assumptions > > The University Grants Commission has made some outrageous errors of > judgement in framing its examination for teacher aptitude in the > National Eligibility Test (NET). One of the multiple choice questions > asked: "At the primary school stage, most teachers should be women > because". This is a patently disputable assumption, and the choices > provided were all problematic, steeped in sexist stereotypes. The idea > that women teach children better than men is probably drawn from the > observation that, in many homes, it is a woman's responsibility to > provide early nurturing, to teach a child how to learn, and introduce > elementary ideas. This is not because women are especially talented at > it, but because men seldom take it up with enthusiasm. That women > "know basic content better than men" is equally condescending. The > unspoken extension would be, women teach children better with basics, > so that men can take over at the higher, more evolved levels? Another > choice, "can deal with children with love and affection", is also > about freezing gender roles, where women share and care and love, > while men compete and prod each other to greater achievement. It is a > crass reduction of human personality into two types. The most > appalling suggestion, of course, was that women make better primary > school teachers because they "are available on lower salaries". Even > if it was the wrong answer, it is incredible that it was even > articulated as an option by the body that regulates and oversees > higher education in India. > > The NET was devised as an attempt to standardise measures of quality > for entry-level teaching staff. It is no surprise that this aim has > been undercut — the aptitude test speaks for itself. The questions are > clearly open to subjective interpretation. Several of the answer > options provided could be credibly argued in an essay, but they may or > may not be what the test-setters had in mind. Some of the analogies > are bewildering — for instance, "bee-honey, cow-milk, teacher-?" The > options are: intelligence, marks, lessons, wisdom. The test reflects > the unexamined prejudices of those who drafted it. > > These bloopers are particularly egregious because they come from such > a powerful source. As a regulator of higher education, the UGC has > given itself the mandate to control curricula, to manage appointments, > to direct the flow of funds. It is alarming that this kind of dotty > thinking and illogic can pass among those who confidently dictate to > universities. > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > MPhil Research Scholar > Centre for the Study of Law and Governance > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi India > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Mohib Anwar Rafel M.Phil/Masters in International Law, Center for International Legal Studies JNU. Pursuing Masters of Law, at University of Delhi Phone: 09811767506, 01127666896 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
