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From: ams@philabs.UUCP (Ali Shaik)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: colleges in India (all 263532 of them that is..)
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Date: Sat, 1-Mar-86 14:02:52 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  1 14:02:52 1986
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Subject: colleges in India

> There was some discussion a while ago about revamping the college
> system in India.  I think it is worth spending some time discussing.

> I think that the government should yank almost all support to
> universities.  This could be done slowly, in several phases till

> Come on face it, most of you from IIT will agree that there is
> a large percentage of IIT population geared to move to the U.S as
>
>  Sanjiv Singh

	There may be some scope for change in the college system,
	but yr. ideas seem simplistic: 'revamping', 'yanking' support,
	etc. What do you want the schools to do, Star Wars research? :-)

	I am (cough, cough) ex-IITM, and yes, large %-ages of grads
	do emigrate, and it's difficult to answer this because I'm
	one of them. But thats no reason to 'yank' money from the
	universities.

	Change may be necessary in the examination system, for instance.
	Exams once a year, where there is great incentive for the
	papers to 'leak' out, needs changing (but not to the frantic
	levels of testing one had at IITM!). 

	Ali Shaik       ..ihnp4!philabs!ams
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