Wednesday, October 21, 2009

ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair bemoans poor quality higher education

Business Standard carried this news article by PTI:
ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair, who is to retire by this month-end after an illustrious career at the space agency, bemoans that the country's higher education system is not up to the mark, churning out graduates only for routine jobs.
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Nair said if the quality level is not up to the mark, then one would only get people for clerical or routine jobs.

For reading the full article, please click here.

Mr. Nair is talking about the quality of the 12.4% who are going to college. To quote Mr. Mohandas Pai's (Member of the Board, Infosys) article in The Business Line, "greatest human tragedy in this planet is being played out in India".

How can we make everyone realize the urgency of this matter?

What can we do to prevent this tragedy?

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