"Medical education is not completed at the medical school: it is only begun"
- William H. Welch
Many of us have a notion in mind that a fame institute name like IIMs, IITs, NIT or REC will bring a quality education in the state.
Yes it’s true this institute have special status and recognition both in national and in international level. I am not denying the fact that we will be getting better opportunities then the existing institute in the state.
But what I mean to say is just a simple, hope many may argue against my notion. The quality of any student can be create even though we are not part of IIMs or IIT or NIT, for example.
Manipur University has gain the status of Central University, what are the changes ,can anyone of us notice after getting this status.
I come to know the boundary wall fencing and hostel building become bright looks, the faculty get some increase in salary, as as central the institute gain certain grant.
But have anyone of us analyse the quality product after centralizing the institute. We can’t judge the quality of student in just building and boundary wall of the institute.
The system of education in the state remain same. If we are looking for quality product we must customized the system that suits to the present world. If I am not wrong many of the course syllabus remains same for so many year in the state.
But to a rapidly growth global world we need change accordingly to suits the present scenario. It may be a just gossip, I was told that Delhi University student got easy to clear the NET, JRF, Gate exam because their syllabus are same as that were asked in NET, JRF, Gate etc.
Once a young faculty from Manipur University said most student in our department cannot clear NET/JRF as the syllabus we are using today does not used in other universities. It’s a fact that we used the old syllabus, there is hardly change in the system or patern of examination.
After briefing the above system, let me comeback to quality education by name like IIT or IIMs or NIT. Suppose we bring IIMs in the state or IIT, does the education system will change? Perhaps a BIG NO, they will also function as like any other institute in the state.
Does strikes and blockade will be optional for NIT or IIMs or IITs, or do we think the faulty will come timely, do you think student
will be so punctual for the class. Not at all there will be same system prevailing as of now.
The politician will be there, the bureaucratic will be part of it, there will be so call student union election with lots of expenditure, there will be youth festival every week, cultural festival quarterly nothing beyond this.
Go and observe in any day, there will be no full attendance both from the student and from the faculty too. The professors came at any time and take the class at any hour.
In small department of around 20 student, you will image the professor donot recognized the student of his class .The rapport between the student and faculty is so distance even it may takes many days if to travel by fastest speed so call light.
But a true mentor must know each one individually. During my career as a student I come to know a Director of premier business school knows 1000s of student by their name individually along with their native place. This are the real mentor a faculty must have.
To bring a quality education we need to strive from both share holder and from stake holder. Share holder, here I mean to say the government and private body and the stake holder includes the student, parents, faculties and many social organization.
A proper rapport must be exist between these two holders and must also have intra rapport of the holders. Whatever institute we intent to set up, the quality will be as it is until we change the system of the education and also system prevailing in the state.
You must know we cannot give special concession to NIT or IIMs in terms of strikes and blockade. This is the main concern of paralyzing of education system in the state. You must know, every well system education system will have the number of hour or lecture to cover the topic. So a small change in the system will lead a big change to anywhere.
If we have to bring quality system of education, we can’t just bring by setting up premier institute like IIT, IIMs, we must create a system which can bring quality against the prevailing system. The well brand player of private education institute are not permitted to come in the state.
Many private educational institutes are leading far ahead then Govt or AITCE approval institute. They are well recognized in the market. Every corporate knows their brand.
For example institute like ICFAI, Manipal are very well recognized in the corporate market and many student are doing great in their career profiles. So a government must also encourage a welll brand private educational organization must come and function in the state.
We saw enough examples in the state that private schools are far ahead in terms of quality products then Government institute.
To that end I am proposing an agenda that can be summed up by three words: Momentum, UpGrade and Streamline. We must continue our Momentum in job creation and economic growth, UpGrade education in this tough budget period and Streamline that budget back into structural balance.
- Haley Barbour
* Joy Shaikhom, an HR Professional, regularly contributes to e-pao.net.
The writer can be contacted at j_shaikhom(at)rediffmail(dot)com .
This article was webcasted on 25th Sept 2007.
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