Sir,
Apropos, ‘Colleges without infrastructure’ (DE July 16, 2013) you have rightly highlighted the plight of newly opened colleges in the State.
In case of newly opened colleges in our State political considerations are prominent rather than academic compulsions. The result is-colleges without infrastrucure.’
Central Govt has started collecting education cess on income tax. Money so collected is disbursed to the States with good intensions. But the academic colleges at tehsil level and below are not going to help the students in countryside. The higher education should expose the students to wider experiences in the field of education which leads to the development of the personality of a scholar apart from knowledge. Academic colleges are supposed to produce scholars. A person, who is not exposed to outside world and gets the aacademic degree at his own place will not prove to be a successful person when exposed to the outer world.
It would have been better, had there been training institutions offering training in agriculture , horticulture, floriculture, apiculture, sheep rearing, dairy farming, poultry farming, fish farming, rabbit farming etc. etc. in place of academic colleges. This would have helped the youth to improve their economic condition and also develop the countryside.
Those interested in academic advancement may come to well established colleges. The State has established separate hostels for students from Ladakh. Some more hostels can be established for the students from far flung areas.
A graduate from ill equipped college may not be able to come upto mark in comparison with outside world. Thus well intentional effort may go waste.
Yours etc…..
A. Singh
Digiana
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