as private sector is opening colleges speaking frankly for money and fame.there the students r the loosers . they wont get proper education , facilities as it is happening in various private sectr collegs in india.
so politician and businessmen should stop playing with students future,producing unskilled doctors,making patients life in trouble.
I am reminded of an article by the same author calling for privatising IIT's in "sulekha". The discussion that followed presented numerous reasons for "why IIT's shouldnt be privatised", and not one good reason supporting the article. I think the same applies here. We all know that, if 100 private colleges come up only 10 will be good. May be the writer, having been defeated in the other forum decided to bring up his ideas onto another forum. Problem in WB is the result of over intelligence showed by the communists. The same applies in the case of professional education scenario in Kerala.
The basic question that whether govt should run medical colleges or not does not require an effort to answer.It is the duty of the govt to provide quality education and also the facilities to the people who may not be able to afford costly higher education.Thae management of theinstitutes is a different issue.So long as polititians and officials keep on interfering in the system it can never be improved.also the reservation is a hurdle in quality managenemt
The author is right in every aspect. People who doesnt even know the ABC of medicine are allowed to administer a medical college, then what will be the consequence. Students lamenting for their career destroyed because of the idiocy of the administration. The form of government in India is as such, that each beurocrat thinks that he/she is apt to administer anything. The very basic principle of management is Delegation, Authority and Responsibility. "You delegate your work to someone and provide him/her with authority to fulfill his/her responsibilities." These three have both the control structure and can provide fruitful results. But it requires to shed some of your power, and how can you expect a power hungry, corrupt politician and beurocrat to do that. There is a saying, "Power corrupts and Absolute power corrupts absolutely". T
Many of the Points in this Article by Kak are valid. However the "Heading" appears to be an odd one! I am asking "Why should NOT the Govt. run a Med. College"?
To run a Medical College one MUST have an Hospital attached to it. The reverse is Not True. Many Private Colleges, be it Medical or Engineering are allowed to have their Quota of seats and they can fill them with a lesser criteria for Marks etc. Never a failed student is admitted and also NEVER with out Donation, in such cases.
But when it comes to the Govt. the Hospital belongs to the State and the attached College, where there is one, should not go about reducing the Mark Criteria. That privelege is to be left to the Constitutional Experts.
The best schools even in US are government run or government funded, directly or indirectly. Bring commerce into education and it becomes a joke. Like bollywood people calling themselves artists
Experience from Karnataka and others states which have opened their medical education sector to private enterprise have shown most of these run with only profit in mind. The standard of eduation and training is the last concern for them. Most of them employ doctors who are only on the rolls and are not available for teaching. The training is conducted by inexperienced untrained novices. Malpractice in examination is rampant. Noone dares to fail even the most incompetent student because they are taking money from him and failing him will be admitting to their incompetency. Opening medical education to the private sector will be opening the Pandora's box leading to devaluing of the profession and erosion of ethical and clinical standards maintained by the members of the profession.
It is true that Private Professional colleges are able to garner better resources.But often this resource(MONEY) obtained through (forced)voluntary DONATIONS(ofcourse in lakhs) goes into the pockets of the MANAGEMENT rather than into improving infrastructure of the college.The govt should make sure that atleast half of this voluntary donations are spent on improving infrastructure.The govt must also make it mandatory for all colleges to provide scholarships to economically backward students.Finally industry/academic mutual research cooperation is to be improved in India.This is how the West has developed.
Can't Agree
by C.N. Shankar on Jan 14, 2005 04:54 AM Permalink
I find it difficult to agree with this. In my own case I had to admit my ward in an Excellent Engineering College out side my State way back in 1990 all because he could not Qualify, locally, even after getting 90%. He was told not to try the entrance exam as there was ZERO chance of getting a SEAT even with 100 per cent marks in that Exam!
When I got a Seat through the QUOTA System we were asked to 'pay' by way of 'Donation' through 8 persons of Rs 5000/- each, ALL by DEMAND DRAFT Only. Each of these DDs were made payable to the TRUST.
We never ever felt that we 'bought' the Seat. One could only thank that there was some decent way out. It would not be out of place to mention that both my ward and the College are doing extremely well today.
There is a small issue which I think the author is missing. I am not sure about the competition in the Joint Entrance Exam but I believe like many other such examinations the competition and the cutoff percentage is very high. If the NRI medical students could get these marks and score this high in the JEE they could have qualified for many of the American / British Schools itself. I think instead of relaxing the demand of passing the JEE the cutoff percentage for the NRI student should be relaxed A BIT so as to maintain the quality and provide a level playing field. This system should take care of quota indirectly. The direct quota system almost always never works!
