Yes, this is a major point of concern for me not only in the field of engineering but also each and every school or college, be it a science stream or not, all we are focusing are is the theory, most of us haven’t even seen practically what we have been studying theoretically for years. This happens mainly due to lack of infrastructure and corruption. I recently learnt of a CBSE affiliated school in which there were no labs or lab assistants, nor a particularly rich library, neither a librarian. The teachers too hired were not B.Ed holders. Those who were, said that they are not paid at the scale which CBSE has prescribed, they were made to sign at false payment receipts and given lesser money. When the CBSE school Inspectors came to inspect the school they decorated the school with temporary labs, books and teachers like anything. The person who inspected the school was given “gifts” rather bribe like he was their saviour. This is the basic foundation of the students to becoming a FARZI engineer or a farzi person with a farzi degree. CBSE is trying to renovate the system by giving more weightage to practicals but I don’t think these are getting really affective as the teachers are still strained to complete the course which has been set up by them. I think there should be a dynamic or flexible kind of course which the teachers are free to teach. They should not be chained like the present ones are.
Now, that was all about the school part, I’d now rather come to the colleges. Most of these (mainly those which are state university affiliated ones) conduct practical exams like it’s just another day i.e. bring your books and copy the content into the practical copy, the external examiner is taken on a JOY ride on the meanwhile and given snacks or gifts. Talking about the results, my 1st semester results came just before the 2nd semester exams had started…now wouldn’t you like to say ‘WOW’. This year almost 14 universities in Uttar Pradesh technical Univ. sprouted out of nowhere, it doesn’t matter whether their students are placed or not. I’ve heard that almost 500 colleges in some or the other corner of U.P. are affiliated to the UPTU. I’ll check it on their website some day. These colleges in a hurry to take in more students develop infrastructure which will take much more time to develop than they think. Students here are packed into rooms which are much smaller than the size in which they should be made to live.
Yes, It happens only in India!!!
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