Sure , we are all worried about the cancer of
corruption spreading thru the body of our Republic
Almost all political parties have made , "
Elimination of Corruption " as their main election plank
People of India are mad - and very angry - with the
corrupt politicians , bureaucrats , businessmen
etc
Corrupt politicians etc are " taking away "
our hard-earned money
But they cannot take these money with them when they
leave this world !
Nor can those who inherit these ill-gotten monies !
Someone has to finally " spend " these monies
, in this World itself , generating some employment , somewhere , sooner or
later , to produce goods or services
But what happens in cases where some persons " do not
give away " what they are supposed to give away ? - as opposed to " taking away "
what they are not supposed to ?
For example :
Teachers are supposed to " give away "
knowledge to students
If they fail to do so , what kind of corruption , would
that be ?
Knowledge - deprived children suffer for their entire
lives
That might cause their children and grand-children to
suffer, as well
After reading the following statistics ( DNA / 08 March
2014 ) , we should feel " frightened " ( - not just " worried
" ) , with the army of school teachers , who are " depriving "
our children of knowledge - a corruption of worse kind !
> MSCE (
Maharashtra State Council of Examination ) conducted TET ( Teachers Eligibility
Test ) in Dec 2013
> TET is
mandatory for aspiring teachers for schools in Maharashtra
> Just after
passing their own 12th standard exams , some 600,000 candidates appeared for
TET
> Only 5
% to 6 % passed the test !
If that was not " bad enough " consider the
following :
> MSCE exam
papers contained 37 questions which were
" Erroneous " !
> MSCE " Answer-Key " contained 18 " Wrong " answers
!
I would not be surprised if we come across similar sad
" State of Education " in other States , if they were to conduct TET
Is " Reforming Education System " listed in
the Election Manifesto of any political party
?
I doubt
May be the people of India are not mad-enough ,
angry-enough with the sad " State of Our Education System " !
* hemen parekh
( 09 March
2014 / Mumbai
)
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