Institutes have become too big, hold significant financial, legal and human resources. They should serve as platforms on behalf of the student fraternity. They should take up the matter legally and lead the protests to bring about systemic reforms. Will Forum IAS do so?
Issues in the ORN are known to everybody here (rents, illegal construction, waterlogging, naked wires, women safety…) , but what are legal mandates and Safeguards, students and parents are unaware of this. As the full page ads of institutes are published, there should be a detailed explanation on legality of such issues, as awareness for the students residing there, as a caution for the parents wanting to send their children there, and as an eye opener for the authorities.
Clearly, the institutes have become profit making machines, churning out crores each month. A big portion of profits should be shelved out for the welfare of students, as a social responsibility. Students are migrants in search of dreams. Hostels and libraries be constructed for the poor and disprivileged. Will Forum IAS do so?
- Access to teachers be democratised. We need guidance and support at each step. But here, teachers don't really care for it.
- Mindset shift is the biggest need of the hour. Education has come to be seen as a money game. Two considerations can be seen here,
Start by cleansing the mindsets, and separate the profits aside when running the education institutes.
Education be seen as imparting knowledge, developing intellectual capabilities in students and shaping their personalities, and not just preparing them for rat race.
Coaching institutes should consider themselves as a major stakeholder in the education policy of the country.
And finally, fees for the MGP be reduced.
