Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Indian Youth not Educated Enough for Employment
Youth from several Indian states are "not educated enough for employment" as per the market demand, a study released Saturday said.
The findings also indicated that "most youth were neither adequately educated nor equipped with vocational skills".
"Just two in every five young men (40 percent) and one in every three young women (33 percent) had completed secondary education...(and) one in every 12 young men and one in four young women had never been to school at all in the country," said the study conducted under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The findings also indicated that "most youth were neither adequately educated nor equipped with vocational skills".
"Just two in every five young men (40 percent) and one in every three young women (33 percent) had completed secondary education...(and) one in every 12 young men and one in four young women had never been to school at all in the country," said the study conducted under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The study titled 'Youth in India: Situation and Needs' assessed the situation of youth in six states - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu - between 2006 and 2008, involving over 58,000 youths in the age group of 15-29 years.
Around 44-52 percent of men and 36-48 percent of women in Maharashtra and the southern states of Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu had completed 10 or more years of education, compared to 30-38 percent of men and 13-18 percent of women from the other states.
"Basic education can be very important in helping people to get jobs and gainful employment. This connection, while always present, is particularly critical in a rapidly globalising world in which quality control and production according to strict specification can be crucial," Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said at the release of the study.
Around 56 percent of men and 68 percent of women surveyed were interested in acquiring vocational skills to help employability.
The study was carried out by the Population Council, Delhi, and International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai.
Courtsy:-Silicon India
Friday, February 12, 2010
Youth Participation in National Change
In India More than 60 % of population is under the age of 18-30, so called young Generation. But still we don't have any good policies for youth.Good governance” is rapidly becoming a popular demand. Enlightened citizens know that only good governance can rid our nation of our poverty, illiteracy, crime, corruption, filth and squalor.Specially young Generation you and me can raise voice actively for banning all these illegal practices in India.
It is said that good governance is too serious a subject to be left to politicians. That is why, people of our country have to get involved to bring about enlightened governance and consequently, the much needed national change.
To make ordinary people see the connection between their participation and their nation’s progress however, is the challenge. And to make them see that they will individually benefit vastly if their nation is on a path of progress and prosperity through good governance, is an even greater challenge.
Yet, unless they see the connection, their involvement in our nation’s political transition from rotten governance to good governance is impossible to obtain. Unless they get a compelling answer to the common and powerful failing, “what is in it for me”, their involvement will remain elusive.
Illiteracy and poverty are two excellent tools to ensure that ordinary people never see the connection because they remain in a grinding struggle for daily survival that the big picture is not even conceivable.
In this world these are the 2 basic need of people.One, redressal of the immediate problem on hand - which means that NGOs, activists, humanitarian agencies, pressure groups and good Samaritans stay vigorously involved in a nationwide campaign to educate and feed the hundreds of millions of disadvantaged. And two, the rest of us roll up our sleeves and urgently get to work on ensuring that our nation’s administrative systems begin to work again and the root of the problem is itself eliminated. That needs systemic change from the top of the administrative machinery, which only good and enlightened governance can initiate.
Pause on the dimension two for a moment. In a democracy like India, the nation’s administrative systems are constitutionally controlled by the politicians because our constitution empowers them to govern; and the rest of the administrative machinery is subordinate to the politician. System failures at every level can therefore be easily caused by the politicians, whether through incompetence or crookery or both. That is why, the greatest burden of responsibility for misgovernance rests with the politicians, although you can argue that there are others in the administrative value chain who must share the blame for the pathetic state of our nation.
While the NGOs, humanitarian agencies and good Samaritans are well upto the task, the government clearly has no motivation to educate the people. This disinterest is frequently labeled “does not have the political will”. And why should they – after all illiteracy breeds poverty and poverty allows control through purchase of votes. So the government’s lack of political will is understandable.
But that does not make it right.
To create the political will, to start a nationwide literacy campaign, you need new politicians - actually a new breed of politicians who are progressive, educated, enlightened and patriotic. Fortunately, there are millions of Indians who meet the bill. Such Indians need a new political platform to engage in the nation’s political process, a platform that is dignified, safe and constitutional.
Logically then, “rolling up our sleeves and urgently getting to work on ensuring that our nation’s administrative systems begin to work” can only be done if you participate in the nations affairs politically.
It is said that good governance is too serious a subject to be left to politicians. That is why, people of our country have to get involved to bring about enlightened governance and consequently, the much needed national change.
To make ordinary people see the connection between their participation and their nation’s progress however, is the challenge. And to make them see that they will individually benefit vastly if their nation is on a path of progress and prosperity through good governance, is an even greater challenge.
Yet, unless they see the connection, their involvement in our nation’s political transition from rotten governance to good governance is impossible to obtain. Unless they get a compelling answer to the common and powerful failing, “what is in it for me”, their involvement will remain elusive.
Illiteracy and poverty are two excellent tools to ensure that ordinary people never see the connection because they remain in a grinding struggle for daily survival that the big picture is not even conceivable.
In this world these are the 2 basic need of people.One, redressal of the immediate problem on hand - which means that NGOs, activists, humanitarian agencies, pressure groups and good Samaritans stay vigorously involved in a nationwide campaign to educate and feed the hundreds of millions of disadvantaged. And two, the rest of us roll up our sleeves and urgently get to work on ensuring that our nation’s administrative systems begin to work again and the root of the problem is itself eliminated. That needs systemic change from the top of the administrative machinery, which only good and enlightened governance can initiate.
Pause on the dimension two for a moment. In a democracy like India, the nation’s administrative systems are constitutionally controlled by the politicians because our constitution empowers them to govern; and the rest of the administrative machinery is subordinate to the politician. System failures at every level can therefore be easily caused by the politicians, whether through incompetence or crookery or both. That is why, the greatest burden of responsibility for misgovernance rests with the politicians, although you can argue that there are others in the administrative value chain who must share the blame for the pathetic state of our nation.
While the NGOs, humanitarian agencies and good Samaritans are well upto the task, the government clearly has no motivation to educate the people. This disinterest is frequently labeled “does not have the political will”. And why should they – after all illiteracy breeds poverty and poverty allows control through purchase of votes. So the government’s lack of political will is understandable.
But that does not make it right.
To create the political will, to start a nationwide literacy campaign, you need new politicians - actually a new breed of politicians who are progressive, educated, enlightened and patriotic. Fortunately, there are millions of Indians who meet the bill. Such Indians need a new political platform to engage in the nation’s political process, a platform that is dignified, safe and constitutional.
Logically then, “rolling up our sleeves and urgently getting to work on ensuring that our nation’s administrative systems begin to work” can only be done if you participate in the nations affairs politically.
Progressive Indians who feel strongly that good governance is the need of the day must stand for elections, win, sit in Parliament and ensure systemic change is quickly brought top-down so that poverty and illiteracy are rooted out. So Choose the right people in Politics,that can give us better governance and growth.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Higher Education System In INDIA
The present system of higher education does not serve the purpose for which it has been started. In general education itself has become so profitable a business that quality is lost in the increase of quantity of professional institutions with quota system and politicization adding fuel to the fire of spoil system, thereby increasing unemployment of graduates without quick relief to mitigate their sufferings in the job market of the country. So, the drawbacks of the higher education system underscore the need for reforms to make it worthwhile and beneficial to all concerned.Even we have Highly qualified degree or professional degree (MBA, PHD,Mphill, Engg, Doctor)still we are less employable ability.
Competition:
Next to China, India is the most populated country in the world. Naturally there is too much rush and competition in every field. So, rush to technical and higher education has increased as scope for arts and science has become lesser and lesser due to lack of reforms and up gradation in the Courses structure & materials according to the developments of the world. Also, qualification in higher education gives added advantage to face successfully competition in the job market.
Purpose of Education:
All round development of personality is the purpose of education. But the present day education is neither imparting true knowledge of life, world and helping one stand on one’s own leg nor improving the talent of a student by which one can achieve laurels in the field one is interested. So, combination of arts subjects & Computer Science and science and humanities or literature should be introduced so that such courses could be useful for the students to do jobs after recruitment in some companies which would reduce unnecessary rush to higher education.
Right Course of Action:
In India more than 250 Universities controlling somewhere 7000 - 10000 collages of various courses churning out millions of graduates seeking jobs in vain due to lack of employ ability, communication skill & entrepreneurship quality. In Tamil Nadu State of India alone (from 2000 to 2006) more than 600, 000 students are hunting for jobs without hope due to political rivalries and lack of investments in job generating manufacturing units and companies.And day by day the number of institutes or colleges are growing in all parts of India, In Maharashtra alone not less than 1000 institutes are present, but we can easily identified how many of Qualitative institutions are present.So Called Pune is very famous of "Oxford of East" This is one side of the picture.
On the other side, all want to become Engineers or Doctors or Computer specialists in IT or Software, which is beyond the reach of many and also, all cannot shine in such a line if not suited later on. So, to overcome disappointments in the working life clear appraisal of one’s Self is necessary before pursuing a course of action.
For that not specialization but general education covering all subjects (arts, science, literature, technology, agriculture and defense studies is very essential.
After education, tour to all the places in India and world as far as possible with the cooperation of government is necessary so that one can understand about people, culture, arts, literature, religions, technological developments and progress of human society in the world.
Basing this knowledge one should have a vision of one’s future life and work in the world and decide about the future course of action, i.e. whether to go for higher education or do job suitable to one.
Finally, based on knowledge only vision of the future life and work can be had; based on this vision only a broad ambition can be fixed for oneself; and based on this ambition only one can lead interesting life doing satisfying job to do remarkable achievements in some field in the world.
Competition:
Next to China, India is the most populated country in the world. Naturally there is too much rush and competition in every field. So, rush to technical and higher education has increased as scope for arts and science has become lesser and lesser due to lack of reforms and up gradation in the Courses structure & materials according to the developments of the world. Also, qualification in higher education gives added advantage to face successfully competition in the job market.
Purpose of Education:
All round development of personality is the purpose of education. But the present day education is neither imparting true knowledge of life, world and helping one stand on one’s own leg nor improving the talent of a student by which one can achieve laurels in the field one is interested. So, combination of arts subjects & Computer Science and science and humanities or literature should be introduced so that such courses could be useful for the students to do jobs after recruitment in some companies which would reduce unnecessary rush to higher education.
Right Course of Action:
In India more than 250 Universities controlling somewhere 7000 - 10000 collages of various courses churning out millions of graduates seeking jobs in vain due to lack of employ ability, communication skill & entrepreneurship quality. In Tamil Nadu State of India alone (from 2000 to 2006) more than 600, 000 students are hunting for jobs without hope due to political rivalries and lack of investments in job generating manufacturing units and companies.And day by day the number of institutes or colleges are growing in all parts of India, In Maharashtra alone not less than 1000 institutes are present, but we can easily identified how many of Qualitative institutions are present.So Called Pune is very famous of "Oxford of East" This is one side of the picture.
On the other side, all want to become Engineers or Doctors or Computer specialists in IT or Software, which is beyond the reach of many and also, all cannot shine in such a line if not suited later on. So, to overcome disappointments in the working life clear appraisal of one’s Self is necessary before pursuing a course of action.
For that not specialization but general education covering all subjects (arts, science, literature, technology, agriculture and defense studies is very essential.
After education, tour to all the places in India and world as far as possible with the cooperation of government is necessary so that one can understand about people, culture, arts, literature, religions, technological developments and progress of human society in the world.
Basing this knowledge one should have a vision of one’s future life and work in the world and decide about the future course of action, i.e. whether to go for higher education or do job suitable to one.
Finally, based on knowledge only vision of the future life and work can be had; based on this vision only a broad ambition can be fixed for oneself; and based on this ambition only one can lead interesting life doing satisfying job to do remarkable achievements in some field in the world.
Free to opt Courses:-
In this modern world or competative age we are still opt traditional subjects like arts , science , etc. We need to choose other courses that will give us employability.Otherwise, the life of one will not be interesting but rather boring, monotonous and frustrating. This is mainly due to parental interference in the education of the children. Parental guidance is necessary but it should not interfere in the creativity or individuality of the students. Also, in spite of the obsolete type of education system, some are achieving wonderful things in Sports, Music, Dance, Painting, Science and Technology in the world! This is only due to the encouragement of the parents and some dedicated teachers in the educational institutions.
Higher Education:
Higher education is necessary for one to achieve excellence in the line one is best. But one should be selected for higher education on the basis of merit only. Further, fees for education in general should not be high; especially, the fees for higher studies should be within the reach of every class of people in the nation.
Quality Education:
In any nation education is the basic necessity for the Socio-Economic ddevelopment of the individuals and the society. In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt. authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country like India as government alone is helpless to do so.
That is the way people’s quality of life can be improved and also, the nation can economically compete with the developed nations of the world. So, private educational institutions can give higher education to all irrespective of economic status of the students. As far as quality of education is concerned it should be under the control of a central institute such as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the respective Universities concerned(UGC).
In any nation education is the basic necessity for the Socio-Economic ddevelopment of the individuals and the society. In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt. authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country like India as government alone is helpless to do so.
That is the way people’s quality of life can be improved and also, the nation can economically compete with the developed nations of the world. So, private educational institutions can give higher education to all irrespective of economic status of the students. As far as quality of education is concerned it should be under the control of a central institute such as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the respective Universities concerned(UGC).
Finally, education should be for the flowering of personality but not for the suppression of creativity or natural skill. In the globalized world opportunities for the educated people are naturally ample in scope. As a result business process outsourcing (BPO) activities have increased competition in the world trade leading towards the production of quality goods and their easy availability everywhere in the world market. That is the way the world can be developed for peace, prosperity and progress by able and skilful men
World Class Education:
Indian government is not giving priority to the development of Standard in education. India should aspire for the international standard in education. To achieve that goal it should adopt uniform international syllabus in its educational institutions.
Many National Universities like in the USA, UK, Australia, etc. allow studies in higher education for foreign students in their countries and through correspondence courses as well. In the same way India Universities of world class education can also offer courses of studies to foreign students taking advantage of the globalization process.
World Class Education:
Indian government is not giving priority to the development of Standard in education. India should aspire for the international standard in education. To achieve that goal it should adopt uniform international syllabus in its educational institutions.
Many National Universities like in the USA, UK, Australia, etc. allow studies in higher education for foreign students in their countries and through correspondence courses as well. In the same way India Universities of world class education can also offer courses of studies to foreign students taking advantage of the globalization process.
Some FACT (Education System):-
They simply see the private educational institutes as a source of revenue. Quality of teachers and infrastructure in these private college is very very poor. As a matter of fact, the teachers are not paid even their full salary. In any nation education is the basic necessity for the socio-economic development of the individuals and the society. In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt. authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country like India as government alone is helpless to do so.
But for last some years, it is being observed that that education system in India has eroded a lot. Main reason for that is the privatisation of higher education in India. Now, technical indtitutes and medical institutes are merely another business venture for the promoters. They simply see the private educational institutes as a source of revenue. Quality of teachers and infrastructure in these private college is very very poor. As a matter of fact, the teachers are not paid even their full salary. Apart form that, the cost of education is also rising spirally. Now, the higher education has become a distant dream for the middle and lower middle income group. In fact, the education, whether primary or higher should be the responsibility of government.
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