What Sibbal Is Upto?

Indian education system, both at the school level as well at higher levels, has always been controlled, rather than guided by, bureaucrats and politicians, both at times pretending as scholar-intellectuals. Time and again new experiments are taken up, with results never verified.
Mr. Kapil Sibbal is the Terminator Part-n. He is hell bent to make Indian education what it should never be - making teddy bears out if kids; keeping them always in suicide queue as and when they face a failure in their life for the first time, may be aroun age 24!?
It is understood that the word Graduation originated from the word Grading. Thus the word Graduation implies that it is a method of grading the people in a given society on the basis of their knowledge, intellect and skill by some capable institutions or authority. Examinations are only a method for graduation.
What Mr. Sibbal wishes to do is that all the methods of grading be either fully removed or so diluted as to be practically redundant. Is it not amazing that all the organisations take their own exams/tests to select skilled people, no one relies the ability of a University or a board in graduating the people.
First Mr. Sibbal commanded - No exams at schools, and even if exams are there, no marking and percentage shown in results, then no homework no projects, no beating and scolding.
I very well remember beaten by my teachers even when the whole class made a mistake. I used to be annoyed from him. But today I have great regard for them, because whatever I am today, I am due to their wooden rods and sticks. Not that I think beating is compulsory, but it should neither be a crime.
If you are not taking exams you and the child both do not know what the child is ignorant of. If he or she is just being promoted to a next higher class, he or she never feels like learning.
Giving grade in schools is equally confusing. Two children, who could be more than 10 stages apart in percent-based marking system, might just be only 2 grades apart! The loosers feel happy but what about winners? Should we design our Education system with the loosers in mind or with the winners in mind?
Recently Barrack Obama acknowledged that Indian and Chinese students are smarter than the Americans.Sometime ago a similar statement was given by George Bush. The reason to this new found mental bankruptcy is the outcome simply of their experimenting. They had started with grade system in their schools much earlier. Now they are paying the price. We should have learnt not to follow them much earlier.

The Hypocrisy of Our Politicians

Todays newspapers at Raipur screamed in their headlines about a bar-feud that involved a local Shiv Sena leader. This leader, Dhanajay Parihar, is basically, and more of, a criminal. He was behind bars in a murder case, though acquitted lately. These days he is busy capturing the cable business at Raipur and uses his goons for the purpose.
He has started a restraunt on the outskirts, and is known for its pub, bar dance (in the name of DJ) and flesh trade as the media reported.
Saturday night's story was a little different. Some engineering college students were in the restraunt to celebrate a birthday party. They had their stint at the pub and were now at the (so called) DJ where allegedly they tried advantage towards the bar girls. A feud started and soon Parihar with others reached there and the students were thoroughly treated.
Unfortunately for Parihar, one of the students happened to be the son of Mr. Prabhat Jha, an MP from Madhya Pradesh and also the state head of the MP BJP unit. The son promptly reported his powerful father and the action was taken at Raipur. The police amazingly reached the site even as the action was on. Parihar with his henchmen was arrested and th Court sent him to 14 days' Judicial Remand.
But the real story is not this. The story dates nearly a year back. Vijay Mallaya, the liquor baron of India sent a bottle of wine to each of his MP colleagues, to celebrate New Year. Prabhat Jha was one of the recipients who not only refused the gift from Mallya, but also admonished him for the overture, that did not conform to his Indian culture, Indian ethos and Values.
Did Mr. Jha even once asked his worthy son even once, what was he doing in a pub and a dance bar at nearly mid-night? Did this behviour conform to his Indian ethos, culture and values? Or was the previous overture of Mr. Jha was intended to merely hog the media Headlines.