Comments on: Education reforms - I

By: gautam

gautam — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:42:42 +0000

well i was just wondering what if major indian companies like tata,infosys,wipro,then top BPO’s, Top media & enterteinment companies etc etc started their own education institutions. IF this happens then it would be a lot more eaiser for students to choose and remain committed to a particular profession. Students will then have well defined career options. They can plan their future. Since companies provide jobs good students will be absorbed in the company itself. companies can save recruitment costs and also companies will have first hand knlowdege of every student and student also gets good industry exposure.students need not hunt for projects and internships and even companies can benifit i dont know if its a good thing or if its possible..sir if you think its a good idea you’ll carry it forward……

By: Priyanka

Priyanka — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:06:50 +0000

Education sector surely is in need for a major transformation.The course contents,it’s practicality, and more importantly the appraoch to deliver the knowledge to children both need to be redefined.
I understand that the above stated is a humungous task, but the process needs to be kickstarted somewhere..hoping the new reforms will take us a step further.
But an social audit of the various schemes implemented is probabaly somethng can be undertaken with immediate effect.The ambitious project Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan which recognises education as a right for every kid,but are the results really achieved.Only setting up schools is good enough??Its appaling to see that many kids from schools covered under this project hardly even know to read.So how do we ensure quality..accountability. we surely arent spendng crores of rupees to achieve nothing.
Review ..Revisit policies..Restructure the process constantly..only then can we dream of a truely literate India!

By: Jomon

Jomon — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:38:30 +0000

Dear Nandan,

Congratulations on accepting the role of Chairperson of Unique Identification Authority of India offered to you by the prime minister.

It’s great to see a successful corporate leader helping to build a new India.

Regards,

Jomon

By: Seema Bhatnagar

Seema Bhatnagar — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:06:26 +0000

Dear Mr Nilekani

I have been trying to find out how to contact you ever since I got to know that you are going to head the National ID Card scheme. I am Principal of a prestigious public school located in Delhi NCR. I would like to work in this scheme under your supervision & guidance. I assure you of un-matchable dedication and passion for my work. You must be in the process of forming your team for this mission. Please do give me a chnace to appear for an interaction. My email id seema_591@rediffmail.com. Please respond so that I may send my resume for your kind perusal.

By: Trailblazer

Trailblazer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:54:41 +0000

Power brokers make education reforms very difficult to implement.

You are right when you say that people in power wouldn’t like that.

We can just hope.

On a side note, Mr. Nilekani, there seems to be an impostor on Twitter who tweets through your handle https://twitter.com/nandannilekani. Please verify if this is you.

By: Chaitra, Harish

Chaitra, Harish — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:52:07 +0000

Hi Nandan,

We are very happy that you accepted the role of Chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India offered to you by the prime minister. Hearty Congratulations! Not many would venture into something like this which would require one to relinquish all that he has been/done for the last few decades. But you have done! And you have done it with a purpose to serve a better cause…
Infosys is a good example to indicate how systems with a strong base and clear values reach success. I hope you will lay a similar foundation for this national project and bring in some changes into the not-so-good Indian governance system which may eventually and hopefully inspire others to follow the path set by you.
We have always dreamt to do something to build the nation that brought us up and with you joining the Indian government with a vision for change has actually reinforced in us the desire even more strongly.
Here is an honest wish for your success. May you have the strength, support and luck to succeed in the endeavour.
All the very best wishes…

Best Regards,
Chaitra and Harish

By: Rahul Garg

Rahul Garg — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:43:36 +0000

See the idea on Gurudakshina at: http://imaginingindia.com/explore-and-discuss-the-book/explore-the-chapters/ideas-in-battle/higher-education/

By: sharmistha

sharmistha — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:58:37 +0000

Sir,
This is to my surprise that you have covered so many aspect of social, economic and political issues of our country. Sir, please look into the quality of technical education and the quality of engineers, mba a produced form the private colleges in India.You can make a change with your team. Regards

By: Dr.Kasi

Dr.Kasi — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:44:38 +0000

I am glad that you are taking over the position to implement “UNIQUE IDENTITY NO” to all Indians. It is a goog move and is very much required. Following are the major issues we may face in this implementation:

(1) Govt. insists on writing full of dad, family and his name. Generally this become too long and irrelavant.
(2) Please have a place where we can feed the name as he is generally known. My name in passport is Puthucode Rama Iyer Kasi viswanathan. But I am known in all records as P.R.Kasi viswanathan.
(3) Generally the people who prepare make lot of spelling mistakes and then the name itself become irrelavant. This could get much complicated to an uneducated person.
(4) If you are going to keep a photo, how are you going to change as and when they become old.
(5) Many people change their addresses often.
(6) If the card is lost, can we get a copy of this card within two days?
(7) If the job has to be done properly it should not be entrusted to Govt.officials. It should be given to private people or volunteers.
(8) Why not you employ educated retired people or housewifes to do this work, even as free volunteers.
(9) We are really worried that this also should not become another card without lost of mistakes.

Thanks

Kasi

By: Uday

Uday — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:15:51 +0000

I really wonder why are we not talking about the unproductive population that is getting added to the bottom of the pyramid?

All the ills of India is like a circular linked list(One pointing to other).

We don’t have systems which can manage a population. For instance - there are simply never going to be enough schools for the exponential increase of new students getting into the schooling system every year!

When there are no schools the population becomes unprodutive for the lack of skills…