THE TAIL TO WAG THE DOG: Higher Education in India

This is picture of dog (yes, you guessed it right!), photographed, edited by me, sometime last year. Deepan (Our college senior) won an election and his most beloved critics and opponents did this inhumane act on an innocent dog.

The other day i was reading Imagining India by Mr Nilekani and on some page i came across a very interesting phrase "the tail to wag the dog". The acquitance of author used the comment to allude how state govts in India have grown and are now enforcing coallation dynamics and shackles on policies.

Well needless to say i liked the phrase and i looked it up. And as if this was all fate ;), i already had a pic saved in my mobile for this very phrase. So for a topic, close to my heart the Education system I've this pic for the general consideration. On the left are the policies, the people who either enforce or follow them at the cost of others and on the right is one of scores of Indian grad (read the unfair elitists, who take the lionshare of benefits).

The culprits include authority, Students, Creamy layer in Quota dynamics (benchmark defined a notch or two below all accomodating Govt. Standard).

In the name of quality, nothing but eye-wash and mediocrity are served. The students have in general little interest in anything but money and are inclined to do anything for the same, sacrificing interests at the altar. It is a moot point disussing quota, we know it, they know it but it is what it is. Everyone is in for the short haul, take their cut and get out. And the education hub is just a eyewash for global economy. But at the root is the core Indian drive: paise ke liye kuch bhi karega (Anything and everything for money), be it overtime or superficial degrees, the general madness for popular courses.

Reforms are light years away, not because the committees that have been setup are OK with the present but because we, the consumers, the providers want the status quo.