The recent attack on Indian students in Australia gained a lot of Media coverage. In fact what is being said now is that these attacks have been happening since last one year but since the media gave it coverage, it came into limelight. Whatever may be the fact but all this thing brought a new fact into limelight: number of Indian students going abroad for further studies. I was shocked to read that around 4.5 lakh Indian students go abroad each year for further studies. What a huge number.
These numbers disturbed me and it made me think as to why these many students go abroad each year. What if the crores of Rupees that these students pay to these foreign universities would have helped our universities grow. It forced me to ponder over the issue as to why so many students go abroad each year.
The main reason for these many students flying abroad is being cited as our own Education system. I do agree that we have some world class colleges and universities in form of IITs, IIMs and many more such reputed college but these colleges don't have the capacity to serve the number of aspiring students that graduate each year. Moreover our education system is also very rigid in certain aspects. There is this system in which you have to study for 3 or 4 years for the stream you have chosen. Add to this the fact that if you have chosen science then only you can pursue Medicine or other subjects (In countries like US a student of maths can pursue Medicine if he/she wishes). The quota system did not help much either and in fact worsened the situation.
If you see the ratio of the number of students to the number of colleges then we dont have sufficient colleges to cater these many students. For this also we dont have anyone else but our government to blame for. For opening a college or university you need to complete N number of formalities, get N number of permits and N clearances from the government.
I will not say that only Government has to be blamed for these numbers. Out of all the countries: US and UK are the most preferred destination for Indian students. I do agree with the fact that US and UK have some of the best colleges in the world but the reason for them being preferred destinations has more to do with quality conversion rates (Dollar, EURO and Pound) rather than quality education.
I saw an show on NDTV channel and this was the view of the Educationalist that sparing 1 or 2 universities hardly any Australian university has better education than our colleges. I googled for the top 100 universities of the world. US and UK had the maximum numbers but I was astonished to find that there were only 2 colleges from Australia. The mentality of most of the students going abroad for further studies is to earn money and get settled there. That is the reason why Australia, New Zealand, Singapore or for that sake European countries are preferred more over country like Japan who has better universities, education and technology. There will be some people with the view that for going to US or UK you dont need to take up any language courses but you need to learn Japanese but just like our students to get quality European (Pound & Euro) education learn French, German or Spanish languages, learning Japanese will not be too difficult for them.
Our Education system and our own morality needs to be shaken up to stop this brain drain in the name of Globalization.
These numbers disturbed me and it made me think as to why these many students go abroad each year. What if the crores of Rupees that these students pay to these foreign universities would have helped our universities grow. It forced me to ponder over the issue as to why so many students go abroad each year.
The main reason for these many students flying abroad is being cited as our own Education system. I do agree that we have some world class colleges and universities in form of IITs, IIMs and many more such reputed college but these colleges don't have the capacity to serve the number of aspiring students that graduate each year. Moreover our education system is also very rigid in certain aspects. There is this system in which you have to study for 3 or 4 years for the stream you have chosen. Add to this the fact that if you have chosen science then only you can pursue Medicine or other subjects (In countries like US a student of maths can pursue Medicine if he/she wishes). The quota system did not help much either and in fact worsened the situation.
If you see the ratio of the number of students to the number of colleges then we dont have sufficient colleges to cater these many students. For this also we dont have anyone else but our government to blame for. For opening a college or university you need to complete N number of formalities, get N number of permits and N clearances from the government.
I will not say that only Government has to be blamed for these numbers. Out of all the countries: US and UK are the most preferred destination for Indian students. I do agree with the fact that US and UK have some of the best colleges in the world but the reason for them being preferred destinations has more to do with quality conversion rates (Dollar, EURO and Pound) rather than quality education.
I saw an show on NDTV channel and this was the view of the Educationalist that sparing 1 or 2 universities hardly any Australian university has better education than our colleges. I googled for the top 100 universities of the world. US and UK had the maximum numbers but I was astonished to find that there were only 2 colleges from Australia. The mentality of most of the students going abroad for further studies is to earn money and get settled there. That is the reason why Australia, New Zealand, Singapore or for that sake European countries are preferred more over country like Japan who has better universities, education and technology. There will be some people with the view that for going to US or UK you dont need to take up any language courses but you need to learn Japanese but just like our students to get quality European (Pound & Euro) education learn French, German or Spanish languages, learning Japanese will not be too difficult for them.
Our Education system and our own morality needs to be shaken up to stop this brain drain in the name of Globalization.
very true yaar.. the quota system is the biggest obstacle our students face and that is one of the reasons why they opt first for a foreign university rather than a better Indian college, because they know that they would not get an admission even though their percentages are much higher than the people getting in the reservation quota and these people are in better financial condition also. Another reason is the higher status provided to NRI's in India. I have seen number of shops where they display that we have separate AC showroom for NRI's. I always see this sign as the sign Britishers used to display when India was under their slavery: "Dogs and Indians are not allowed." It is the affinity to serve the foreign nations which has been weaved into the genes of some Indians which cannot be taken back at all. So even though we make the universities world class and the quota system removed, until we stop giving importance to foreign-return people and product, it is not going to improve. So jalsa karo!! Happy Blogging!!!
ReplyDeleteSir jee its ture……
ReplyDeleteBut my view “ GYAN” on this is three things will do some
1.We (youth) has to take part in the politics , rather than blaming the politicians.. This is good that more young and IIT and IIM are coming in politics. So first is , we have to change.
2.We have to end up this discrimination on basis of caste. We have to end this quota system
3.We have change are mentality that we can only earn and grow in US, UK and Australia.
But one more thing I want to say is we can not say that Australia is doing this …. We are first in this , as in our country we only this to our people … north Indian , south Indian… people are ready to divide existing state in more no of states…..
God Please give this people some Gyan…..
Heheh … cheetaa..
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