CALIBRE OF INDIAN STUDENTS IS EXTREMELY HIGH

I am very much impressed by the Indian children / students as they are very brilliant;  you know in some countries like Japan, people say, if you ask two questions to a person at a time, he will blink.  You must ask him one after another slowly.  He cannot answer for your two questions at a time quickly.  But, we Indians, while doing some work, are able to answer any number of questions at a time.  In most of the countries, students are learning the Math Tables only when they reach 10.   That too, at 10, they know only up to 5th table;  but in Indian schools, at 12, they know up to 16th table, i.e. 16 x 16.  Some foreign Professors wondered on it when they visited our school by seeing the children are taught 16th table at 12.  

Recently Stephen Toope, President, University of British Columbia, reveals why there is a growing need for the Indian government to collaborate with universities abroad, in order to meet the academic needs of talented students.

He says: "We have a program called Global Link, which tries to take some top students from the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management and bring them in. But we're also looking at very strong undergraduates.  For the foreseeable future, I don't think India will be able to offer spaces at outstanding institutions for all the talented students because there are just so many of them."

Really it is a great news and every Indian can be proud on Mr.Toope's statement;  he says Indian students are brilliant and their calibre is high;  it is a good point our educationists should note:  we also must note what kind of education at schools we impart.

We present at schools only memory based education;  children don't get any creative education.  Morning to evening, the teachers, one by one will come to blackboard to teach;  it is only Teacher Oriented Education we are giving, not Student Oriented.  Students cannot question the teachers easily;  the teachers are given certain syllabus to finish off in a year, this makes the teachers always on the hot pan.  The teachers' work is just to finish off the portions;  they never bother whether the students understood what they taught;  if you ask, they say they don't have much time to look after all these as the syllabus is heavy and somehow the students should score marks;  most of the schools, parents and teachers never bother about the knowledge what should have been gained in the schools.  

This kind of very ordinary system of education is going on in our great country for the past 160 years.   No one has guts to change it, it is really pity!  Students don't have anything new in schools, same old one every year people follow;   That is why, the students in our country,  go to schools only on compulsion / without any interest;  our education is not practical oriented.  Even by giving this kind of education in our country, people like Mr. Toope appreciates that our children are great.  If at all our children are given a practical oriented education instead of Marks / Exam, please think, where our children would have been there now!   We fail to feed our children with proper syllabus;  our children are brilliant but we really don't give them what exactly they need.  Just for example you could see, by having B.E. degree at hand, people are working in Banks; (actually for banking services, just you need 10th std. maths enough); some study B.L. after B.E. ;  some with M.A./M.Sc. qualification,  appear for Clerical job in Govt. Departments.  Are we not ashamed on our education system ?

Whatever we study in our life, especially between 5 and 25, it should be very helpful to our life.  We cannot waste our precious time by studying something irrelevant.   I thank Mr. Toope for appreciating our students !  I assure you, you will find more brilliant or real brilliant students from India in near future.  Now only we started to realize on this point.   

Dear educationists of India, let us not take the appreciation of Mr. Toope seriously and stop our work.    Really we have to work a lot only hereafter.  

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SACHIN, PLEASE

Last week Sachin has given in an interview, said that he would play till he loves the game.  In an another occasion he said others need not give him any advice on his retirement.

Is it correct on your part to think such, Sachin ?

You are playing cricket, I think right from you were 3 year old kid.  Fine ?  Today you are around 40.  Surely you will like to play even at the age of 80 or 90.  But do you really want to play cricket for India even at that age ?     

You have achieved enough.  It is very difficult for others to touch your milestones.  Not only Indian but cricket fans throughout the world enjoyed your batting and appreciating your batting technique and they simply loved, not only the fans but also eminent players.  As a batsman, you have achieved maximum and make India very proud. 

What do you want more than this ?  Tell me consciously, can you give us the same excellent innings what you gave us and India some ten years ago ?  It is not your mistake, you must accept you are becoming old and you surely cannot give us beautiful batting again.   The BCCI has not so far dropped you from the side, but can you take advantage of it ?    I failed to understand why the BCCI has not come forward to advise you to take rest as the same BCCI has done it in many palyers’ cases hundreds of times.     I still remember the BCCI and the Selection Committee have not given enough chances to many players in India to show their mettle.    Many players were shown the doors when they failed to perform continuously for 2 or 3 times.   

But, the BCCI is very calm and quite now in your case and in your case alone, I am really surprised and wondered.     Dravid and Lakshman still can produce  great innings, but what they did, please note.    Can you play  as long as you love to play ?  What is the log behind it ?   Please think about the spectators and your great fans.   Take the examples the Australian Cricketers set.  When they are at peak form, they retire.  Are you not impressed by them ? 

You might have seen hundreds of cricketers don’t hang their boots till they are sent out or dropped out.   Are you falling in that category ?    Do you expect the BCCI to drop you ?  Should it  happen to you?  I will be sad if it happens to you, Sachin.  Apart from this, you know about the craze of cricket in India.  There are plenty of cricketers upcoming very fast in India.  Many are there to take prime spots in Indian cricket team.  People, who are aged, done enough for the country, played enough number of games / Tests for India should realize that their time has come.   Otherwise, we are depriving the opportunity for many youngsters.  Country is great than the individuals and their records. 

When you struggle to bat even against the weak team today, we feel really pity on you.  That too, you don’t come as an opener;   to facilitate you, your captain makes sufficient room for you to send you down the order.   Still you are unable to score runs, against average bowlers and in home pitches.    Do you need to play even in such a way ?  We, your good fans really don’t want this situation for you.     You please think about your fans.  We want to remember you always in a glorified manner.  Even in your last innings, you should have sparkled. 

It is really a high time for you to hang your boots, encourage the youngsters and help Indian Cricket.

I hope you would surely take my suggestion positively. 

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