How to bring down a system - The College

Well, I am writing an imaginary story, any characters resembling someone or something is purely a co-incidence.

I am fed up with the techniques I get to know every day from different sources on how can someone screw up an established system, so I decided to prepare a garland of these flowers which I will knit one by one. Here is one of the few flowers. You can use a knife to cut potatoes in kitchen, or to cut your own veins. The same rule applies to this story.

5. The College 

I had promised to write a contrary view to my previous post last month. Yeah! a month passed, this time I was actually busy with something more important than this blog. May be the title for this would have been "The Engineering College", but I am sure this is the case in many other colleges as well. 

Recently, I was traveling to Delhi, where conversation with a couple of guys reminded me of my engineering days. I promise, this is not the incident that took place in train!

It was after my graduation, I was working for a company in 2012. Quiet a hot Monday it was, yes I remember! My work place was in an engineering college; I had a colleague (no names, sorry), came to office much disturbed and visibly quiet angry. I did ask the reason, and this is something she narrated it to me in her words. Off course I have added the tabloid effect.

 

Only three main characters.
Colleague - the hero, but no dialogues. 

Girl 1, Girl 2 - full frame

Boy1, Boy 2 - side actors for chores.

Story goes like this, my colleague took the college 40 seat bus, she was lucky to get the last window seat. 2 girls sitting in the immediate front seat were discussing something very serious - Their placement. (Which means they were  final year Btech Students.)

Girl1: (at window seat) Yaar, my interview was very bad, that guy asked all Questions which I never heard. 

Girl2: (so much excited) result?

Girl1: (angry face) Only 4 got selected. Lottery pick may be, last time also they had done same, none of the seniors in my department were selected.

Girl2: (reduced charm) Haa yaar, my department also same story. 

Girl2: (Quiet excited) you know I had been to interview on saturday. only 10 of us went till final round.

Girl1: (sad  perhaps!) Is it the same company, which took only one?

Girl2: haa yaar, I was thinking at-least 3-4 would make to that company.

Boy2: (from no where) That guy is my friend. He told me, "it was tough".

Boy1: Computer science, lost its value. market full down (concluding remarks).

Girl1 to boy2: (quick Taunt) even you had gone their na? what happened to you there? 

Boy2: (face became tomato, turned away) nothing!

same effect to boy1, he also became busy nodding his head to an ear-piece, god knows if it was actually making noise in his ears.

Girl1 to Girl2: (stressing) what happened?

Girl2: Are yaar, in interview, they started asking me technical questions. Most of them I never heard off. 

Girl1: (listening keenly) then?

Girl2: then what?.....  rejected. 

Girl1: oh, hard luck. 

Girl2: (angry) I dont know why these companies come and waste our time, full day was wasted. "If they wanted technical only, then, they should have gone to any Diploma College, why they come to engineering college and waste our time? "

.....And, they continued talking for next 20min till they reached college.

My colleague (surprised, stunned, now words). 

It is these type of people who can bring down a system. 

This attitude of a student, is not developed only in schools and colleges, but it comes from home. Parents are also responsible. Education has already hit a low, over that if parents don't do their job of taking care of their children;'s attitude, then it will lead to my next post " - The Home".

How to bring down a system - The School

Well, I am writing an imaginary story, any characters resembling someone or something is purely a co-incidence.

I am fed up with the techniques I get to know every day from different sources on how can someone screw up an established system, so I decided to prepare a garland of these flowers which I will knit one by one. Here is one of the few flowers. You can use a knife to cut potatoes in kitchen, or to cut your own veins. The same rule applies to this story.

4. The School

It was a beautiful dusk when it was drizzling at my home town, we managed to get some pakoda and a glass full of tea. Sitting with me were of my friends, one of which was a teacher in a government primary school. so the interaction with him goes a under. 

 2 characters are me and sir.

News on TV, "10th results are out and ...% is the passing rate....."

me: Sir, when we graduated the passing percentage used to be near to 80%, now its shooting up near to 100. why?

sir: We used to study and pass, now its quiet easy.

me: syllabus is reduced?

Sir: yes, a lot. 

me: but still 100% result? 

sir: that is because most copy and pass.

me: i don't know, how can all get the copy chits. even if they get, they need courage.

sir: supervisor allows it. no courage needed.

me: even then, someone has to write it. all nearby photocopy centers are closed right. 

sir: well its not difficult to open a photocopy center and get the work done. 

me: hmmm, but question paper? or answers for what?

sir: that is available with the teachers involved in  opening the seal. 

me: why will they give out? corruption? 

(now he is almost pissed off)

sir: no, see... listen. when your increment in salary is dependent on the total passing percentage of students you are forced to this. 

Last time in English exam, passing percentage was least, all the English teachers were denied of their promotions and increments. Thats why we are forced to allow the students to copy. 

me: all supervisors do this?
sir: NO, only few.

me: (i didn't know what to say) then what is the solution for this?

sir: TRUST! 

Let there be a good minister who is from teaching field then some improvement can be seen. 

We work all day with the aim to make students life a better one, none of the governments recognize us, neither they trust us. 

Trust on the teachers is necessary, but most politicians don't understand this. they feel that tightening the rules make it better, Unnecessary rules and regulations screw up our entire education system.

me: Rules are also required right?

sir: Rules are required to select good people and induct them into the system. 

There should also be rules to kick someone out who is not good. But once recruited there is absolutely no exit policy now, until there is a criminal case. 

Trust us, we will make the future of our nation very bright. we really need good system now.I am sure we are capable of it. only thing is we need some space and respect.

(FULL STOP topic change....)

Well, again, this is leading to the system head. It is very unlikely that a sitting minister reads this post of mine. It is possible that some who reads this may appreciate the real problem. Few may rise to the level who can actually act on this. Someone could possibly become the advisor in any education department. See if you can do something about this problem. 

Everything cannot be pointed at the teachers and system. I will quote a contrast situation what is happening from the student's side in college in my next post.