The creation of our IITs—the institutions of premier
technological education of India—mostly in 1950s and1960s—became a reality due
to the proactive vision of the founding fathers of our country. The quality of general education during 1950s
and1960s even in other less-reputed instructions was of very high standard. The
quality of education has come down due to the mushrooming of substandard private
engineering colleges. Only a very small
fraction of these colleges cares for quality of education. The rampant commercialization of education
has been eating into the vitals of our academic institutions. There was a time we had academic celebrities
among the IIT faculty. There are umpteen
coaching centres to guide students to secure top scores in any examination—without
proper understanding of the subject! How
can academicians—mere products of such institutions—undertake original
research? How can they spot talent in
students and nourish it and bring out world-class innovative work?
from: Suryaprakash Rao Mothiki
Posted on: Jul 16, 2012 at 19:32 IST
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