State of the Republic

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  )