Why that is a big news you might ask.
But first let me talk about saving “precious” years..a mentality seen among Indians.
My cousin’s father is a director of emergency medicine in a hospital outside India. He had to struggle to get his degree recognized by various authorities, write the IELTS, PLAB etc. He earns a very good salary. But when it came to send his daughter for higher studies, he chose to send her to India. The reasons being
I hate the culture here ( where he works, but he obviously loves the money and other perks because he has been living there for the past 17 years and even applied for the citizenship!)
She doesn’t have to do pre-med, which will save her 2 years.
Her father also knew “how bad” the education system in India is and downloaded over 700 hours of lectures of Anatomy, Physiology etc and gave it to his daughter.
But unfortunately my cousin is living in a prison in India and will not be able to hear any of the lecturers her father spend hours downloading. The principal confiscated all the laptops and smart phones because ” the boys are watching porn”. Actually the principal didn’t use the word porn, he said ” inappropriate websites that would harm their ‘mental’ well being”
In 5 years, my cousin will be qualified to prescribe narcotics!, She will see children as young as 12 getting pregnant. She will deal with patients who have sexually transmitted diseases. She will have to take care of rape victims..
Instead of preparing her for the life as a doctor, her college is keeping in a bubble all in the name of a bloody culture.
Charaka ( ancient Ayurveda scholar) was supposed to have said “A physician who fails to enter the body of a patient with the lamp of knowledge and understanding can never treat diseases”
It is a shame that those who are entrusted with the job of guiding the next generation and help them to gain the knowledge and skills needed to do the job they are trained to are the ones that actually fail our children.
Idiots like the principal in my cousin’s college are found in most colleges in India, because no parent would stand up to them for fear of repercussions. There are no checks and balances , no quality assurance, no professional development in any of these colleges ! Parents keep sending their children to such institutions because they want to save money and two precious years and teach their children the ‘culture’..
The culture that treats 18 years old as prisoners..in a land that is known for Kamasutra!