Saturday, October 3, 2009

Under-grads are NOT kids!

What the hell is wrong with the Environment I am living in? I've always loved the place wherever I was put up. But I am now making an exception. The present College Education & the Under-Graduation in South India is totally in a Pity-able status. As per the known facts, the reason why we have lesser R&D scientists & other 'should-be' Remarkable Personalities, is that they never really let the "Free Will" of a student to fly like the Kite. It's always trapped into a casing fully filled with Rules, Regulations & Restrictions.

Every human is definitely bound to Limitations, but these limitations should not bind the mind. Once we start binding it, we start restricting its growth. All exceptional Great ones we meet in India, are the ones who had the guts to break these rules. But why on earth do we want these type of colleges that restricts a girl or a guy from talking with each other. Aren't they making it even more uncomfortable for them to move on in their Working Part of their life? Restrictions are needed at times; but not as a rule to be strictly followed & monitored. It has been proven that only a free mind can bring out the best potential out. That's why the German Style of a University has a hit over the world. We have the Heisenberg, Einstein, & so more because of the free thinking environment they were lucky to have. Indians are a mark of wit to a few. But, that's only the few lot, who were able to cross the odds. Imagine, if the South Indian Private Colleges were to have a non-restricted Campus, how phenomenal could the outcome rise to?!

When I tried to find out as to why a South-Indian Engineering College Student is being levied with so many restrictions, I came across a few :

a) The fees is damn heavy, so this indirectly pressurises those who run it, to take responsibility of him/her.
b) The fees is still paid by his/her parents! This means your still under their control both mentally & financially.
c) In South-India, families are generally NOT very comfortable with love marriages. So, when they send their son/daughter to a college, they don't want their 'kids' to start thinking about a partner.
d) The culture & the Society is held at the Highest Position & they don't want any part of their reputation being spoilt.
e) The ones running a Private College is from a completely different Generation, having NO clue on what the Future Trend is going to be. They hardly understand why someone is into college education. They are almost clueless to differentiate between a college & a school!!

The whole point is,
"Why do you ever want to call it a college if you consider it as the next grade of School?!? I can very well stay there in a school to learn the same 'discipline', 'punctuality', & all such moral basics. He/She is 17+ & you still want to bring them up?
 Why don't parents, here, Question these colleges about this?
Are we not educating ourselves to learn on how to manage when exposed into the real world as in the working environment?
If not my curriculum, atleast the college's environment can help with it, right? The curriculum is completely OBSOLETE which would take nearly a decade to change! So, why not try changing the Environment?
Colleges can produce millions of 'Working Class' people. But how many of these type of colleges are ever going to produce 'Innovators', 'Trend-setters', 'Ideation Experts', ... Are they stimulating to put an end to the thinking class??
Is this the reason why, South India has lesser Entrepreneurs than the North? Are these Institutions curbing these free minds? Is it a dread? Can something be done about it?

I don't want my Successors to get into a deficit of exposure. Should someone running such an institution be educated or counselled? Academics are not everything, is it?"

The Basic Fundamental Reason of Existence of Education is at stake, isn't it?
It is supposed to be providing the base to provoke me to think, (Not to MUG), to analyse, to aid me understand things at a better pace & so on. Mind you, these are all that I will need for my Career & for my future uplift. When is this scenario in the South going to change?

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