UNSCRUPULOUS RESEARCHERS ARE LIABILITY ON THE NATION

UNSCRUPULOUS RESEARCHERS ARE LIABILITY ON THE NATION

We as a Nation have lost so much in the name of research that if we start totalling it up, the figure would probably be higher than the sum of all the scams put together. Therefore investments in research are the real drain of resources and precious foreign exchange. I am not against the funding of research or research activities but I am against the unscrupulous researchers who succeed in managing huge funding by confusing or convincing the uneducated but literate Politicians & Managers of R&D schemes. It is also seen that nepotism takes over in the absence of desired knowledge. 

The cobweb of these unscrupulous researchers around the honest & struggling researcher is much stronger than the cobweb of Darwin's bark spider who’s silk is the toughest biological material ever studied, over ten times tougher than a similarly sized piece of Kevlar.

Uninterrupted import of technology, equipment, instrumentation and software is the sufficient proof of what is highlighted above. As a matter of fact the unscrupulous researchers take pride in importing almost everything in the name of research.

This cheating must be stopped and can be done by creating a 'watch dog' agency consisting of scrupulous, honest and innovative researchers who are capable of reading between the lines. 

Accountability must be fixed and necessary action as deemed fit must follow. Else Research will continue to behave like a ‘Black Hole’ which will keep gulping the tax payer’s money without any tangible outcome. 

Intentions of the Government are not doubted but the people who are managing it have doubtful integrity. May God save the Nation? 

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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS BASED SELECTION PROCEDURE

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS BASED SELECTION PROCEDURE

Journal Publication based existing selection procedure of faculty has failed the education 100%. The existing system of assessment just can't deliver since it is also completely devoid of any  'Brainstorming'. As a matter of fact this system has been meticulously evolved by unscrupulous teachers who are basically the "Classroom to Classroom” teachers or simply the CLASSROOM teachers.

No ray of hope because the system is in the clutches of the people who themselves got benefited from it.

But how to start and from where to start is the thought of the day. Every student should take a pledge and it has to be followed strictly by all the institutions from KG to degree level. I am sure definitely the change can be brought in the system and it would be a turning point for the improvement in our education system. 

The wayout could be the petition we must start. Try and manage few lakh signatures and submit it to the Prime Minister for immediate action. Continue efforts and have faith in the God, someday we will succeed. Youth has to understand this since they are at the receiving end. They are the losers. May God bless.

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COPYING & MUGGING, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

COPYING & MUGGING, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Academic pundits start suggesting measures like:

1. Installing mobile jammers 
2. Increased frequency of ‘Flying Squad’
3. Strict invigilation 
4. Strict disciplinary action etc. etc.

Whenever, students are caught copying or using unfair means during the examination.

No one talks of the reasons / causes which are wholly & solely responsible for pushing students to copy openly and brazenly.

Above four points are just the symptomatic / temporary relief measures but the disease remains. What is this disease? Why that is our academic pundits never talk about it? Is it difficult to diagnose the disease? Are academic pundits really the teachers? The simple answer is big NO otherwise they would have easily identified and treated the disease instead of letting it become a cancer. These are the ones who are responsible for producing ‘paper certificate / degree holding school pass outs / undergraduates / post graduates’.

All those teachers in whose subjects students are able to comfortably copy are not the teachers in real sense. They may be good humans but definitely not the good teachers. The good teacher is one in whose subject students find it almost impossible even to write an ‘Open book test’. Why tempt the students, teachers must be confident of giving ‘Open Book Test’ to them?

Teacher is the one who ensures 'Brainstorming' in the classroom. Whose teaching is need based and realistic. Teacher is the one who knows 'Why & How' of the subject along with the general awareness. 

Action must be taken against the ‘So called teachers’ and not the students. Weed out such ‘So called teachers’ first at the earliest to put education system back on the track.

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