Recognizing that education is its only saviour, Japan spent 41% of its budget on education immediately after the war. It didn't try to find out the "downtrodden", the dalitaru, hinduLidavaru, alpasaMkhyAtaru in its population and foolishly rush 'em to the universities. [And I have reason to believe that atleast 90% of the money allocated was actually spent on education]. And the effect of this prudent move is clearly visible in Japan today.
That's exactly what is needed in karnATaka today. We have to spend a lot more on our education system, clean it up from the very bottom and create avenues for higher education in kannaDa. Once this is done -- and it will take atleast two decades -- and only two decades if done correctly -- the IITs will voluntarily reserve seats for kannaDigas! And we'll have institutes better than the IITs all over karnATaka, teaching technical stuff in kannaDa itself.
The Siddharamaiahs of karnATaka doesn't recognize this fact at all; and as I said in my earlier blog, UR Ananthamurthy is making a big mistake by clapping hands for/with fools.
It's healthy that we're seeing statements about higher education in kannaDa from the minister for higher education, D H Shankaramurthy. But we've seen a similar statement from Dharam Singh. In fact, it was replete with details as like 25 people each for Civil and Mechanical Engg, etc etc. What happened to that? It just slipped out of the spotlight. What's pitiable is the fact that the public doesn't question such things at all. Why will they question, when they are themselves stuck with the feeling that technical education means "in english"?
That's exactly what is needed in karnATaka today. We have to spend a lot more on our education system, clean it up from the very bottom and create avenues for higher education in kannaDa. Once this is done -- and it will take atleast two decades -- and only two decades if done correctly -- the IITs will voluntarily reserve seats for kannaDigas! And we'll have institutes better than the IITs all over karnATaka, teaching technical stuff in kannaDa itself.
The Siddharamaiahs of karnATaka doesn't recognize this fact at all; and as I said in my earlier blog, UR Ananthamurthy is making a big mistake by clapping hands for/with fools.
It's healthy that we're seeing statements about higher education in kannaDa from the minister for higher education, D H Shankaramurthy. But we've seen a similar statement from Dharam Singh. In fact, it was replete with details as like 25 people each for Civil and Mechanical Engg, etc etc. What happened to that? It just slipped out of the spotlight. What's pitiable is the fact that the public doesn't question such things at all. Why will they question, when they are themselves stuck with the feeling that technical education means "in english"?
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