Tuesday, 24 July 2012

The government should stop funding the IITs and the IIMs and, instead, divert the funds to primary education.


IITs and IIMs are India’s premiere institutes providing education in the field of engineering and management.

FOR THE MOTION

·         India is not a developed country with very high population; here literacy ratio is very less so government should concentrate on making more people literate rather than concentrating on small group of population.
·         Students from IIT IIM are moving out of India serving other nation's organization that is really awful as it results in the wastage of all the investment made by government towards educating these students.
·         India is a democratic country. And democracy can only be successful by achieving 100% literacy rate which is possible by concentrating on primary education.
·         Government should make a conscious effort to make more people literate rather than concentrating their sum on a small and confined population.
·         Spending huge amount of money on IIT & IIM is dividing the nation in 2 different communities one community is not even having primary education where other community is having higher education that will result in rich becoming richer and poor becoming poorer.
·         Students studying in IITs and IIMs can avail loans and can easily refund them because of the higher pays they are getting from their jobs after completion of the degree but that won't be case for poor children
·         The most of the people going for the IIT or IIM are self capable, so funds should only be used for those students which are financially backward.
·         IIMs and IITs are huge organizations and have enough money to cater to their needs and should instead help Govt. to put the money to the right use. After all spreading education is the real motive.

AGAINST THE MOTION

·         IITs and IIMs are India's premier institutes. They choose the creme of the country. Funds given to them by Government would only help them to be more recognized and impartial. These institutes have the long way to make their presence felt in the world's list of premier institutes
·         India is in development mode so need of these institutes is to promote our young talent to international platform.
·         Also, money invested by the government in IITS IIMS is very less as compare to money required in supporting primary educations. So the benefits earned due to investment of money in primary educations are much less as compare to losses caused by it.
·         It’s true that students from IIT IIM are moving out but the main reason for their moving out is lack of opportunities in India and also they are sending back money to the country and eventually that money is getting utilized in India itself thus increasing the GDP growth of our country.
·         Earlier fees at IIMs was less when compared to other B-schools but now the fees has been hiked and is more when compared to other top B-schools. The Govt. can use the money for improving primary education condition. For e.g., it can pay the fees of good but poor students in private schools or can bring PPP (Public-Private Partnership) model by funding for the poor students as private schools are never so keen on admitting poor students. This is a better option than forcing quota system
·         The phase of development through which India is passing, needs more reorganization of Indian talent pool, which is possible by providing better higher education for young Indians. There are lots of students who have skills and talent but don’t have funds. So for these students it’s a duty of a government to provide them these IIMs and IITs kind of places where they can upgrade themselves by investing fewer amounts of fees.
·         For democracy we need policy makers so we needs few people who are Indians who can create better systems for us IIT's IIM's producing such kinds of brains.
·         Students from other countries are coming to India so eventually revenue coming back to government pocket.
·         Funding to IIT IIM can be self financed but there should be proper mechanism and student should get scholarships in case of fees hike.


2 comments:

  1. The issue described in the above article is in pragmactic terms, a very sensitive one. It is true, that despite the prevailing institutes of higher education in the country,of international recognition, the overall literacy rate is exceptionally low, and in long term may pose a threat. Looking at the present scenario, economic as well as political, it is probably very true to say that lack of awareness among the people, the inability to choose a proper government, is a reflection of the low standards of education. If we ought to move out of this political parallysis problem, in the long run, the prime focus of the government, and the civil society should be to raise the standards of education among the people who are below the poverty line. However, it is very bold to make a comment, that directing funds from top rated institutes of the country, and investing them into primary education will relinquish the problem.Institutes like IIM's and other goverment funded Management institues, may be able to sustain themselves, but institues such as IITs need government funding to promote research and encourage more youngsters to give something back to the society.Not to put too fine a point on it, the task is hard one. Because despite the low literacy levels in the country, the number of students seeking admission for undergraduate courses is ever increasing. And to sustain a growing economy, there must also be efforts made, to support them as well.But it is not also fair to cater only to the education demands of the urban middle class. The best way to end this dilemma, is firstly increase the amounts of fund allocated to primary education.Secondly, one of the other invisible cause of the problem, is the lack of quallified teachers, willing to work in areas where education is desperately required.This can be probably be delt with by increasing the pay, or providing incentives and bonuses.Thirdly, more than a traditional form a formal education, we need to come with a course structure that allows people to be more informed and aware.The world has changed from analog to digital.Why shouldn't the technique employed to teach is also improved? And finally, encouraging more and more peaple to participate in the educational programs.The concept of mid-day meals and other prevailing schemes have run their course.It's time to inovate in new directions, and look at various possibilities, to meet the challenge.

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