DailyPost 238
A FIXED MATCH – BEYOND TRUST
However much might we have fun at somebody’s expense, undeniably all sensible people abhor media trails. Convergence of the roles of an investigator, prosecutor & a judge into a moderator / compere certainly has not been the concept behind the creation / sustenance of the media. In a similar vein, how are we so comfortable with one institution deciding the papers, curriculum, content, teaching pedagogy, framing of questions, conduct of exams and also evaluation. More often than not it’s one single professor decides the fate of his paper.
In simple terms, such concentration of power is not seen in any other activity of work, with near complete immunity, never been challenged in the public domain. Not denying that exceptional institutions & professors have performed well in the mandated structure mentioned above & continue to do the same, the vast majority have used this mechanism to cut corners both in quality & costs and have brought the complete professional educational system to an impending disaster.
The availability & quality selection of Human Resources for this system is a big question mark. With vast majority of such resources vested with such immense powers can be a formula to a mass academic & consequently a mass professional disaster. He decides the paper, content, method, questions & also evaluates. This system is conspicuous by the sheer absence of checks & balances. With managements on the financial kill this system is breaking into smithereens.
Total trust with inferior Human Resources & tangential agenda can never deliver results. The result is 95% can’t do coding, average business schools grads can be hired for peanuts & unemployability is at all time high. Present system may decimate our academics. Radical relook is a must. Accredited outside agencies can perform critical academic tasks.
VALIDATED QUALITY EDUCATION CANNOT BE IMPARTED ONLY BY QUALITY HUMAN RESOURCES & EVALUATION MECHANISM.
Sanjay Sahay