Saturday, October 10, 2009

Education - not a hard core business

The assault on Indian students in Australia has become almost a daily news. I came to learn that not all colleges in Australia accept students on a merit basis. This is applicable to many institutes in the world If education is made a business , then children of affluent parents, who become aware of it, will no longer give a try to crack the best institutes and they will depend on their father's money. They not only become incompetent but also feel insecure to take critical steps in their professional career. They may enter some organizations but they will take the alternative path to grow which may not be always helpful to them.A few days ago I came to learn that many illegal immigrants entered UK through some bogus universities. If the aim is to gain quality education then instead of investing a huge amount of money in some unknown universities students can work hard to get into some decent institutes, I am not saying the top,to realise their dream.

Institute authorities must understand that making education a business of making only money will paralyse many young minds.Instead, if profit is the main goal then they should define profit not in terms of money but in terms of nurturing young minds.Speaking of India , a lot of homework has to be done to position India into the league of developed countries. To make this happen ,mere money game has to be eradicated from educational institutions.