A huge sorry for the unavoidable break in our daily chat through my blogs! Well, since Tuesday, I have been down with fever and cold-n-cough, and, yes, the daily responsibilities such as teaching have to be prioritised in such a situation, right? I promise you though that this would never ever happen again, and the backlog to be completed by this evening would be some food for thought, and, as usual, I shall look forward to your response(s).
Did the title of our blog startle you? Given the current climate, more active than the ever threatening 'el niño', most would provide the most facile answer, right? And, the answer would be? Any guesses? No rocket science, right? Yes, right now, it is most fashionable to say that the government is responsible for the paper leaks.
I beg to differ though. My submission is that the government responsibility for paper leaks is quite negligible in comparison with the liability of the other stakeholders. Let me present these grandees one by one.
First and foremost, students are utmost responsible for paper leaks. Most, excluding the very few honourable exceptions proving the rule, always want the easy way out. They never ever want to study. Want proof? Come to any college campus. Biiiig classrooms would mostly be empty!
Their favourite teacher would be someone who teaches the least, but gives them huge hints about the "imp" questions. The night before the actual "paper", such students would mug up answers to such "possible" questions, and puke them up, of course, in writing, in/on the answer sheet! They pride themselves on such "distinctions", too! Some 'attitude', right?
Next, the parents are HUGELY responsible for the paper leaks. How many try to find out on a daily basis what their wards are up to, how many lectures they attend, what their behaviour patterns are? Why do parents send their children to tuition classes? Most importantly, why are they ready to pay for leaked question papers? A teenager possibly cannot pay up, forget lakhs, even thousands, on his/her own. Unless there is parents' tacit support, students cannot imagine paying up for leaked question/answer papers!
Last, but not the least, responsible are teachers and educational institutions! Why indirectly and/or directly let students know the probable questions? Instead, why not teach well, sincerely, thoroughly? Why the lust for money, when the UGC pays so very well? Why do junior colleges tie up with the tuition mafia? Why the greed for cent per cent results, somehow 'managed'? Countless are such questions, never ever answered.
Unless and until such basic issues are tackled, the rot of paper leaks will never ever stop. One minister may resign, another would join in. Yet the problem would continue ad nauseam, unless the basic issues get sorted out!
Pratima@ The government is after all a reflection of the society. A society which loves "jugaad", prefers chicanery over probity, price over worth, 'smart' over genuine would face, and deserves, (im)moral issues such as paper leaks ad infinitum.
Quote of the day: "I’ve yet to see an ad seeking “Professional Victims.” And I immediately thought, “If there are no jobs for people who have honed the skill of being the victim, why are we training so many people for it?," wonders Craig D. Lounsbrough.
Word, rather phrase, of the day: pass the buck To pass the buck means to shift the blame or responsibility for a problem onto someone else instead of accepting the fault within one's own self.
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