Super 30 Experiment For Assam, Game of IIT Entrance

Super 30 has been catching attention of politicians for quite long time. Bihar's chief minister Nitish Kumar has been permanent feature in almost all the functions that is organized by Super 30 director Anand Kumar. The real fact is that the politicians start running after the things which attracts crowd and specially the crowd of down trodden, poor, destitute and those who are living at the fringes of the society. Recently several students from poor background made into the IIT under the tutelage of Mathematics Wizard Anand Kumar. One can imagine about the kind of students who made into the IIT through Super 30 by the fact that one of the successful students used to sell Toddy (intoxicating alcoholic drink).

Super 30 has been creating dream like stories for poor and backward in the state of Bihar. This is the section which participates in the election wholeheartedly and votes according to the interest of their community or caste. Just like the plank of secularism, super 30 has got the full potential of becoming a plank for politicians to remain afloat in the murky waters of electoral politics. Thats why politicians who rarely prefer to give their time for important assignments are flocking to have meeting with Anand. In last few months Anand has been in news for meeting the top politicians like Manmohan Singh, Kapil Sibbal, Tarun Gagoi and Nitish Kumar. One can imagine the clout of this person with the fact that he not only met these persons but he also suggested amendments in educational system specially IIT Entrance Exams. This feat is almost impossible for the top businessmen, politicians and off course the professors who are working at IIT. As top political leaders rarely give their time for personal meetings.

Even leaders like Gagoi who shouldn't have any business with super 30 in Patna wants to have a institute in the state of Assam based on the same prototype. The number of IIT seats are increasing in leaps and bounds thanks to the policy of educational branding. There is more than lenient reservation for OBC, SC and ST by government of India. Don't get surprised if we hear that even the super 30 Assam is getting 30 out of 30.

My question is what is the main requirement:

Increasing the number of coaching institutes like super 30 or increasing the number of educational institutes which promote quality education and discourages rote learning.

We all know that entering into IIT might be tough but the quality of education they provide is not among the greatest in the world, this fact is implicit as most of the engineering degree pass outs of IIT rarely pursue their Post Graduation from IIT. It is a well know fact that engineering graduates of IIT mostly go to US for their higher studies and those who want to leave the field of Engineering try their luck in UPSC or CAT.

Improvement of Education in Bihar - Mirage or Truth

There was lot of hue and cry over development of Bihar in a recent BJP conclave at Patna. However, there was not a single honest leader who felt ashamed about the problem of electricity, crime, lack of educational institutions as a matter of concern. As far as development is concerned only die hard suporters of BJP and Janta Dal U would make such claims. Otherwise people in the state of Bihar are as insecure as they were earlier. Almost all the universities in the state get the media limelight for wrong reasons. Sometime there is sacking of VC or somtimes students go berserk when they are not allowed to cheat in the exams.
But the problem is the leaders in power are hobnobbing with media in projecting positive image. The universities are going down to hell but the ministers are shamelessly attending the felicitation functions of coaching institutes. Candidates who have completed there B Tech or Engineering Degree from IIT rarely get the kind of limelight which is enjoyed by the students who somehow manage to enter the prestigious Indian Institute of Tehnologies, courtsey reservation system and rote learning under the tutelage of alleged Math wizards.
I am really sorry to say but the fact is if there are real wizards of Mathematics in Bihar then why don't they work in the field of Rocket Science instead of teaching 10+2 students. The fact is these coaching institute directors have become wizards just because of conspiracy of print media. The media in Bihar is friendly towards Government and they rarely scrutinize the behavior of the ministers and local administrative officers who are turning the city of Patna into hub of coaching institutes run by greedy entrepreneurs with little ethics.