A graduate from an inland premier education institute walked away with an atronomical salary package. The news made headline. Most awed, many grudged, while a few despised. Is counting trailing zeros in the salary package, the only criterion of judging the brilliance of a being? Is this the value of mind; Just a few green leaves?
The society is witnessing a trend. Unfortunately, a negative trend. Definition of being a careerist has narrowed down to one, who is successful raking tons of money. A student no longer aspires for a premier institute because his academic thirst will be quencehed. The institute assure a hefty pay package job in an MNC. That is the only thing that matters. A miniscule percentage of graduates opt for higher education. Of those who do, not many have inclination for research. To make the agony even more miserable, the same student - who strived hard to graduate from that premeier institute - opines with grimace, 'Uh! PG from this place? No way! It doesn't carry any worth. It's OK upto graduation. But PG, Oh Please! I can't risk my career with a PG from this crap. I need a tag from US, to highlight my resume.'
Why are we not able to cultivate a feeling of respect for our educational farmlands? No doubt, there are alumini from such premier institute who still respect, their erstwhile abode. They not only flaunt their institute, but also fund many of its researches, labs and facilities. Kudos to them. However, they are the persons who made into these institute on their own. They didn't use the cruches of pervasively mushrooming Coaching Classes. And mind you, that counts. Dropping out for a year, exclusively for studies to get into a premier institute, has become a fad. Those who get in; through their hardwork, consistent and determined efforts concentrated at their aspiration, it's a dream cme true. For those, who can not, coaching classes are always there. I have personally seen students taking two; even three years of drop, only to be successfully subsumed in a sub-premier institute. All this for one good reason. A lable from the premier institute, and your life becomes easy henceforth. Good job and loads of money. Simple as that.
Raking huge money is not bad. Having the potential and underutilising it, undoubtably, is a sin. But using a premier institute as a platform for all this is opportunism. Sounds ugly. Isn't it? No one cares.
Why one should?
We never taught them, to question, why and for what they are studying.
Should we?
The society is witnessing a trend. Unfortunately, a negative trend. Definition of being a careerist has narrowed down to one, who is successful raking tons of money. A student no longer aspires for a premier institute because his academic thirst will be quencehed. The institute assure a hefty pay package job in an MNC. That is the only thing that matters. A miniscule percentage of graduates opt for higher education. Of those who do, not many have inclination for research. To make the agony even more miserable, the same student - who strived hard to graduate from that premeier institute - opines with grimace, 'Uh! PG from this place? No way! It doesn't carry any worth. It's OK upto graduation. But PG, Oh Please! I can't risk my career with a PG from this crap. I need a tag from US, to highlight my resume.'
Why are we not able to cultivate a feeling of respect for our educational farmlands? No doubt, there are alumini from such premier institute who still respect, their erstwhile abode. They not only flaunt their institute, but also fund many of its researches, labs and facilities. Kudos to them. However, they are the persons who made into these institute on their own. They didn't use the cruches of pervasively mushrooming Coaching Classes. And mind you, that counts. Dropping out for a year, exclusively for studies to get into a premier institute, has become a fad. Those who get in; through their hardwork, consistent and determined efforts concentrated at their aspiration, it's a dream cme true. For those, who can not, coaching classes are always there. I have personally seen students taking two; even three years of drop, only to be successfully subsumed in a sub-premier institute. All this for one good reason. A lable from the premier institute, and your life becomes easy henceforth. Good job and loads of money. Simple as that.
Raking huge money is not bad. Having the potential and underutilising it, undoubtably, is a sin. But using a premier institute as a platform for all this is opportunism. Sounds ugly. Isn't it? No one cares.
Why one should?
We never taught them, to question, why and for what they are studying.
Should we?
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