<<<Is there anything that prevents Assam's education boards to be different from the rest of India?>>>
Plenty.
Take the now mandatory NET and SLET exams . You must pass these 2 Exams before you can teach at all--if that College or the University has to get UGC grants at all --and that's the only source for the 'UGC SCALE' fat salaries everybody wants.
And does the UGC differentiate between teachers of junior ko-ko-mo-mo or tricky insights into Numerical methods in Computation? A big NO!" Rule is Rule"
What's the sole criterion to be INDIA UGC NET SLET qualified teachers?
Patience, Child-Psychology, Clarity, Feedback,Simplification, Homily?
Forget all above. Only criterion =NET/SLET 55% +marks ,He/She could as well be deaf/dumb/Goonk!!
I did a bit of factfinding .
"100% Bogus" is the present Indian Education System.Class 1 through Post-Doctoral!
Just You Wait.
mm
From: Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ASSAMNET <[email protected]>
Subject: [Assam] From the AT -- Value education vs commercialisation
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:34:37 -0800 (PST)
A timely article.Though I don't quite buy the "indianise" part of reform (yoga, meditation etc.) proposed in the article, I also feel teaching moral values, ethics, and human rights via middle and high school text is important.If it is really and totally missing due to subjects like Math, English, Biology, Computers, etc., true education is not being provided by the schools. Is there anything that prevents Assam's education boards to be different from the rest of India?Dilip DekaGoswamiIt has been observed that the gradual lack of values governing the lives of the people is proving to be the root cause for degradation of the basic social fabric and foundation in almost all the civilized societies round the globe. Though peace is a much needed prerequisite for the development of any nation, and efforts are on to maintain the same, even by international organisations like the UNO, yet it has been seen that the problem of social turmoil could not be checked satisfactorily to the extent it should have been.![The Assam Tribune online]()
Guwahati, Friday, January 20, 2006
EDITORIAL
Value education vs commercialisation
Dbyendu
The gradual advent of cross border terrorism finally culminated in the growth of international terrorism a trend which is eating out the further possibility of peaceful human habitation on this planet of Earth. Hence, the education sector which is one of the fundamental necessary decisive factor, needs to be strengthened and scrutinised thoroughly and if this is done, then only we can expect of a terror free peaceful world and can conceive the idea of globalization on all fronts in the true sense of the term.
In ancient times, the Gurukul system was prevalent in India, where the pupils became disciples under the legendary shadow of the teacher, to obtain gyan (knowledge). This was the guru-shisya parampara (the traditional relationship between the teacher and the taught) of ancient India, and the pupils stayed with their Guru, till the learning process was over.
But things are changing now. As society is a dynamic element, change is inevitable. It is bound to occur in each and every society, and so is in the field of education too. But the question that arises is that whether the change is for good or otherwise?
Though one cannot deny the necessity of the coming up of these developments, yet the haphazard growth of these institutions also does not necessarily mean of offering any high quality education as such. Except a few notable ones, others are functioning or acting as mere money spinning machines. Since the urban population is increasing, this sort of change is inevitable. It is natural that the conscious parents and guardians want their children to be highly educated to make them fit for todays competitive world, and to meet this end, they seem to be highly pre-occupied in the business of admitting their pupils in some good institutions of any field. The institutions too, are more concerned to equip their students with the latest developments in their respective field of study.
The parents as well as the authorities, however, should realise that the main objective of their combined efforts, is to teach the children, the moral values of life, and not merely to assist them in securing high marks or percentage in the examinations. But sadly it has been found that the parents are more concerned only with the examination results and nothing beyond that. This has happened again because of the system that mark-sheet is the only mode of criteria for selection of jobs in higher courses.
Eminent scholar Dr PS Reddy of Gauhati University once said that education has come to mean all things to all people. To the merchants of education, whose number is swelling by each passing day, education is just an industry, a grand investment opportunity to manufacture degrees and degree holders. The indiscriminate growth of English medium schools, colleges, and coaching institutions is a case in point. The people today look upon education as a passport to lucrative jobs. Truly, to have a good value oriented environment in our society, we require reinterpretation of syllabus, and a curriculum which should strike a good balance between theory and practice.
It is found by-and-large that the concept of value education is a thing of the past, and that we speak of value education only in papers and in confined circles only. In reality, we do not practise what we preach. Situation has made us bound to compromise with the present day scenario of commercialisation on all fronts. In order to put a challenge against the growing trend of commercialisation, the genuine institutions should re-organise the entire school environment by including such subjects like yoga, meditation etc, so that these can divert the minds of the younger generation to develop a clear and at the same time a constructive, modern conception yet without uprooting the traditional values & ethics.
The coming up of a number of schools in the recent days, aiming to give a traditional flavour i.e. to Indianise their education, is a welcome move towards this effort in the context of our nation. To curb the ever-growing tendency or trend of commercialisation, an apex body like Regulatory Commission for education, should be formed. Though it is true that commercialisation is an all pervaded thing today, and that education without commercialisation will bear no productivity in todays fast developing world, (since vocational education is in great demand as it equips a person for taking a particular profession when the entire world is facing the crisis of unemployment), yet we should not allow it to the extent to rule the roost. In other words, the amount of commercialisation should be in exact proportion to that of vocational applicability.
The rapid industrial and technological advancement has developed this planet of Earth globally, but it has its adverse impact also, mainly in the environment sector. The coming up of industries has affected the environment tremendously creating a horror like situation, and the entire world is heading for a great disaster. Against this backdrop, it is of outmost importance that the school curriculum should be reconstructed by including such subjects like environment or nature science right from the primary level. This will definitely create an awareness for environmental preservation. Rapid industrialisation has again necessitated the inclusion of moral science as one of the school subjects. Development of information technology has completely revolutionised the world today by making it a global village, but its affects on the sociability of the childs personality is quite alarming. Hence, Moral Science as one of the compulsory subjects in the school curriculum is a must in order to inculcate social values in the minds of the young ones. If the words of Dr S Radhakrishnan, a civilization is built not with brick or mortar, it is built with men, their quality and character, is to be followed in letter and spirit, then we must strive to root out any alien or unhealthy influence which may affect our future generations badly.
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