Reservation
The way Government has tackled reservation issue reflects that it is not the people of India but the political equations what rules on nation.
Definitely India has still to do a lot for the welfare of poor people of lower caste and fair gender. Students coming from rural areas need to struggle for competing with the urban students. Parents of these students can not provide the facilities such as ‘good schools’ or ‘costly coaching’ or even a place to study at home. Beside this, women are still made to believe marriage as the top most priority compared to education. Regardless of caste and religion, the major factors responsible for the situation are economic condition and awareness. Thus any quota system, to benefit the son/daughter of an IAS of a particular community, is not going to help any downtrodden.
Though OBC except creamy layer itself means the people those belong to the backward class and with annual income less than 2.5 lakh, what will Government do with people having fake income statement? Any person who is not paying his actual income tax can get the statement, since it is not a big deal in corrupt bureaucracy. I have seen people of higher class and income groups with fake caste documents. So, persons who are already taking the advantages of loopholes will be the ones whom our Government wants to serve. Another important question: can an economically weak person bear the expenses of higher education for their wards?
The next dilemma is that these kind of special benefits reach to the top layers of the particular community or group. A rural quota serves the wards of Sarpanch who is aware and can generate the requisite document easily; on the other hand children of Bhumihar farmers are still dropping out of school to earn the meal for their home. Most of small villages in India are based on homogenous caste divisions. So, it is kshatriya who is working as a bonded labor in another kshatriya’s field. Yes, in some parts of nation condition is really bad, but government has never tried sincerely to uplift these people- deaths due to malnutrition is strong evidence. And in urban areas we hardly bother about the castes/ religions of our neighbour, colleagues etc.
The other major issue what makes this debate essential- what lies next for the students who will get the admission through quota. I have seen some reserved category students who got admissions through this system but left midway because they were not able to cope up with the load of higher studies. So this political treat to a class did not help its peoples but added their frustration and wasted their 1-2 years. Also, do all the leftists want to prove that studying in the IITs and IIMs is the only target of an Indian, not the farming or craftsmanship?
The best suited example is of Punjab. In the past, the state government provided different quotas to benefit particular groups- rural, minority, NRI, 84 riot victims, militancy victims, militant wards etc. People spend a lot and bought degrees for their wards but due to lack of the adequate opportunities and skills now most of them are running to abroad and doing odd jobs.
I am not able to understand why government has turned down a very genuine demand of students of setting up an apolitical review committee. Our government who has set records for setting committees for all scams, riots etc. in past is showing this much reluctance, hard to believe! It was the internal divisions of Indian society which led to the loss of freedom again and again in the past and current Government is implementing the same policy ‘Divide and Rule’ to lead many sects of the society – OBCs, SCs, STs and minorities etc.
In my view to raise the level of lower groups in society, Government should take these initiatives:
Scholarships: Instead of providing money to the pilgrims of a community, if government will put whole sum as the scholarships for the students specially women of that particular group, we all will appreciate the move. But the final decision of any scholarship should not be fixed by any political figure/ party.
Primary Education: Still this country has the biggest force of child labor and brides/ bridegrooms. Most of poor students leave the education midway because nobody in their homes realizes the value of education. The poor infrastructure along with the absent teachers makes the condition worse. There is indeed a strong need to make the syllabus more interesting and flexible for the students in the poor area. Though state governments have some liberty to change the curriculum, they are using this just to add regional languages and thereby, increasing the load on an ordinary student. I wonder, in education sector some NGOs have done great job in last 5-10 years as compared to the Government in last 50 years, especially if you compare the expenditures done.
Thanks
Definitely India has still to do a lot for the welfare of poor people of lower caste and fair gender. Students coming from rural areas need to struggle for competing with the urban students. Parents of these students can not provide the facilities such as ‘good schools’ or ‘costly coaching’ or even a place to study at home. Beside this, women are still made to believe marriage as the top most priority compared to education. Regardless of caste and religion, the major factors responsible for the situation are economic condition and awareness. Thus any quota system, to benefit the son/daughter of an IAS of a particular community, is not going to help any downtrodden.
Though OBC except creamy layer itself means the people those belong to the backward class and with annual income less than 2.5 lakh, what will Government do with people having fake income statement? Any person who is not paying his actual income tax can get the statement, since it is not a big deal in corrupt bureaucracy. I have seen people of higher class and income groups with fake caste documents. So, persons who are already taking the advantages of loopholes will be the ones whom our Government wants to serve. Another important question: can an economically weak person bear the expenses of higher education for their wards?
The next dilemma is that these kind of special benefits reach to the top layers of the particular community or group. A rural quota serves the wards of Sarpanch who is aware and can generate the requisite document easily; on the other hand children of Bhumihar farmers are still dropping out of school to earn the meal for their home. Most of small villages in India are based on homogenous caste divisions. So, it is kshatriya who is working as a bonded labor in another kshatriya’s field. Yes, in some parts of nation condition is really bad, but government has never tried sincerely to uplift these people- deaths due to malnutrition is strong evidence. And in urban areas we hardly bother about the castes/ religions of our neighbour, colleagues etc.
The other major issue what makes this debate essential- what lies next for the students who will get the admission through quota. I have seen some reserved category students who got admissions through this system but left midway because they were not able to cope up with the load of higher studies. So this political treat to a class did not help its peoples but added their frustration and wasted their 1-2 years. Also, do all the leftists want to prove that studying in the IITs and IIMs is the only target of an Indian, not the farming or craftsmanship?
The best suited example is of Punjab. In the past, the state government provided different quotas to benefit particular groups- rural, minority, NRI, 84 riot victims, militancy victims, militant wards etc. People spend a lot and bought degrees for their wards but due to lack of the adequate opportunities and skills now most of them are running to abroad and doing odd jobs.
I am not able to understand why government has turned down a very genuine demand of students of setting up an apolitical review committee. Our government who has set records for setting committees for all scams, riots etc. in past is showing this much reluctance, hard to believe! It was the internal divisions of Indian society which led to the loss of freedom again and again in the past and current Government is implementing the same policy ‘Divide and Rule’ to lead many sects of the society – OBCs, SCs, STs and minorities etc.
In my view to raise the level of lower groups in society, Government should take these initiatives:
Scholarships: Instead of providing money to the pilgrims of a community, if government will put whole sum as the scholarships for the students specially women of that particular group, we all will appreciate the move. But the final decision of any scholarship should not be fixed by any political figure/ party.
Primary Education: Still this country has the biggest force of child labor and brides/ bridegrooms. Most of poor students leave the education midway because nobody in their homes realizes the value of education. The poor infrastructure along with the absent teachers makes the condition worse. There is indeed a strong need to make the syllabus more interesting and flexible for the students in the poor area. Though state governments have some liberty to change the curriculum, they are using this just to add regional languages and thereby, increasing the load on an ordinary student. I wonder, in education sector some NGOs have done great job in last 5-10 years as compared to the Government in last 50 years, especially if you compare the expenditures done.
Thanks
posted by Deep @ 11:03 PM
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