A Seventeen-Year-Old Unschooled Mumbai girl, Malvika Joshi,
approached Top Indian Institutes for Admission. Her Credentials? Three Times
Medal Winner at Programming Olympiad. And as
expected, it is deduced, as contended in Media, the
admission was denounced & refuted. Seems, the only reason was as she had
not Cleared the so called PATTERN (10th or 10+2 or
Whatever). But look, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recognized her
potential & not only the admission they offered to her but Scholarship too. Now that's True Excellence.
And there is an interesting story behind her. Her Mother was working
for an NGO who takes care of Cancer Patients. And when she discerned STRESSED children succumbing to such monstrous
disease, she pulled her child out when she was in 7th grade & started homeschooling,
where this child, whose dreams were later
scuppered by Indian Institutes, discovered the liking for Programming. For
her Mother, Happiness is more important than conventional knowledge (sic). And as stated by her Mother
in news projectors, she wasn't studying to get into any IVY league but was
just exploring her curiosity in Programming, which later MIT acknowledged, but never any Indian Institute except one in
Chennai which offered her Admission directly for Masters Course. And the Logic
behind refuting her the Admission? We all know, for Eternity shalt be same:
CLEAR THE PATTERN.
It's not only developing or poor lands who are Obsessed with this
PATTERN. After all, they have cultivated this theory through Developed Lands only.
But there is a difference betwixt comprehending exposition in verbatim & observing
any logic (in such cases, Command) carefully, in which, off course developing &
poor lands woefully crumbled. And as I am reading, they are Restricting the Age
Limit for Admissions too! SIGH!
This only demonstrates what kind of people are getting schooled or making rules & also reflects how the overall societal development is stumbling.
And obviously, if Top Institutes or Universities start admitting
people on the basis of True Natural Merit & Not on Marks or PATTERN, then how
we would justify the existence of coaching centers. Right? Never Mind!
© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016