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It
is through your website that I wish to convey to
the new Bihar Government of the urgent need to
improve the higher education. At present lakhs
of Bihari students migrate to Delhi, Pune,
Mumbai, Bangalore and elsewhere to get higher
education. That means loss of millions of rupees
to these states, but earned in Bihar. Had the
higher education been better, these students
would have spent their hard earned money in
Bihar. They would have bought books, registers,
pens, food stuffs, clothes and travel needs in
Bihar. Instead they are getting targeted by Shiv
Sena goons in Pune and anti Bihari feelings in
Delhi.
A simple improvement in higher education would
entail revised and updated syllabus, teaching
vacancies filled up, well stocked libraries and
labs, ample sports facilities, seminars and
conferences round the year, and fair and timely
examinations. Not a very difficult task to
accomplish. All it needs are funds and some
political will.
English must be made the medium of instruction
at all levels so that the average Bihari student
is able to enter the competitive world market in
IT. For that, it may also be essential to have
computer education at all levels. We can not
afford to miss the IT bus. Bihar with large
number of public schools breeds a good number of
students who can speak good English. Naturally
they can have the pie of BPO boom.
The new government will also have to set up many
medical and engineering colleges to stop this
drain to Maharashtra and Karnataka. The
beginning seems to have made when Birlas are
planning to open one engineering college in
Bihar, I know of some other educational barons
who would be interested in opening colleges in
the state. That must be encouraged and they must
be give hassle free one window clearance may be
at the level of Chief Ministers' office.
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While
I am not competent to comment on the
state of education in Bihar, I wish
to touch upon your opinion on the
emphasis on English. I was a medical
student at the JIPMER, Pondicherry
in the eighties. There were a
sprinkling of Bihari students. All
of them adjusted well to the
different academic environment at
the prestigious institute. Most of
them made up for their lack of
proficiency in English by sheer hard
work. Those fluent in the language
either schooled in Delhi or other
major cities and thrived in the
liberal academic climate then. Only
one, a dear friend I still call my
Bihari brother, had to drop out
because his English was so poor that
even after five years he still had
no proper grasp of the language
despite all the help we gave him. I
have often wondered if only he had
had the benefit of English medium
schooling.
For the record no Bihari or any
other student has ever been
discriminated in Pondicherry either
within the institute or by the warm
and friendly Tamils of Pondicherry.
As a Malaysian I can vouch for that.
Perhaps now is the time for the
competent education authorities in
Bihar to seriously implement English
statewide so that no smart Bihari
will ever be disadvantaged by merely
the lack of proficiency in one
language.- Dr Ignatius Joseph -
Dec. 19, 2005
I
am all for Biharis learning English,
but NEVER at the cost of Hindi. An
unenlightened approach to lap up
English can lead to lapping up of a
lot of nonsense that people with
hidden agendas have tagged along
with the English language. While
adopting winning qualities from the
Western world, concerted efforts
must be made to preserve the
wonderful traditions of our culture.
A culture where divorces are rarer
than the horns of an ass. A culture
that does not have to deal with the
debris of failed marriages and of
people living empty lives that
result from broken marriages.
Learn English, better than the
Englishmen - to earn a living. Speak
Hindi, to talk to a friend, to talk
to your spouse, your children and to
listen to radio and TV. Language is
a major part of a peoples'
character... And as we all
know.."... if character is lost,
everything is lost. - Arecee -
Dec. 21, 2005
Dear Nirmal jee, I do agree with
you. Revamping education will bring
Bihar into lightened track and
achieve the glorious past.
Bihar needs revolution in the
education sector, stop brain drain
and uplift poor and intelligent
brains of Bihar. Not only the
government, but NGOs, NRIs, Trusts
and industrialists should come
forward for building a new Bihar but
certainly government has to improve
law and order, good governance must
be achieved. Communication is not at
all a problem when we have good
education system. - Bibhuti
Bikramaditya - Dec. 21, 2005
Nirmal Ji is right and wrong. I
think we need a balance of English
and Hindi. Do not let go of your own
language but do impart more teaching
in English. - Vivek - Dec. 22,
2005
I read the comments of all the
people on this forum and wish to
highlight the following:
There is a culture of dowry so much
prevalent in Bihar that all the
educated who can talk in English and
hold high post in Govt. and non
government organisations who are the
so called the leaned elite take
pride in taking the highest amount
for his caliber.
It is better to posses some social
morality rather than to know English
acquire high degrees and then
succumb to the greatest evils of
society that is dowry.
The so called learned people of
Bihar state and their parents , I
swear do not posses an inkling of
remorse for asking for dowry and
then torturing the poor woman if her
father promises and then is unable
to provide.
This may be common in all states but
it is very rampant in Bihar.
There are people who also offer
dowry for instance a father of a
girl will offer high dowry because
it is his status symbol but what
about father of girls who are middle
class?
I must say that before we get down
to teach and learn English, we must
first imbibe social responsibilities
and traits which will help shape the
future of our state rather than
starting it up with English. -
Sanjay - Dec. 22, 2005
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