This! Somehow we have made undergrad education in India even worse and cutthroat and utilitarian and grade chasing and job chasing than ever.
And we have a lot of public thought leaders randomly crapping on college education as a concept, citing Zuck and Jobs and Thiel etc.
And we have a lot of public thought leaders randomly crapping on college education as a concept, citing Zuck and Jobs and Thiel etc.
https://twitter.com/sibinmohan/status/1633816920364314625
Around the world, undergrad college education in this century has evolved towards a more Inclusive broad based learning oriented approach. For example, many top universities have made GRE, GMAT, and recently even SAT optional.
India has gotten even more JEErankish.
India has gotten even more JEErankish.
Yes! "Brand dilution" it seems.
America has like 100 massive high quality research universities with huge number of engineering and MBA seats. Population 33 crore.
But more than 6 IIT/IIMs in 140 crore India is brand dilution.
It's gatekeeping!
America has like 100 massive high quality research universities with huge number of engineering and MBA seats. Population 33 crore.
But more than 6 IIT/IIMs in 140 crore India is brand dilution.
It's gatekeeping!
https://twitter.com/sibinmohan/status/1633838926661287936?t=l0DO71356PEgUxdNT9EZWQ&s=19
India should have all least 100 IITs, IIMs, IIScs, and JNUs.
China has invested soooo much in quality education!
Our fellow just does extremely dangerous exam hacking public events. Uses some Sanskrit. Sends ABVP to beat up liberals. That's education policy in #NewIndia
China has invested soooo much in quality education!
Our fellow just does extremely dangerous exam hacking public events. Uses some Sanskrit. Sends ABVP to beat up liberals. That's education policy in #NewIndia
As sleazy as Xi is, he is making investments strategically. It is mind boggling, how much money China is pouring into education. Using money to get academics on their side to such an extent that America is filing espionage cases. He's at least trying to play 4D chess.
I totally agree, but having 100 of them means clearing entrance will no longer be as much of a big gatekeeping factor at it is now.
In US, sure, top colleges are really good but even the 100th ranked college gives you great education.
In US, sure, top colleges are really good but even the 100th ranked college gives you great education.
https://twitter.com/subbu_q/status/1633842315541512200?t=7riZUKFSnEHlqqL8bgyRxg&s=19
The fact that IITians still discuss their AIR (all India rank) decades later shows how creepily and unproductively gatekeeping the whole system is.
And I say this as a beneficiary of the IIM label. It really is mostly about clearing CAT and then getting a job 2 years later.
And I say this as a beneficiary of the IIM label. It really is mostly about clearing CAT and then getting a job 2 years later.
Our fellow is more interested in fueling anti reservation grievances rather than expanding capacity. He is more interested in playing favorites than building the nation.
His dudes literally attack universities! And are all over the Internet bashing humanities. And humanity.
His dudes literally attack universities! And are all over the Internet bashing humanities. And humanity.
My IIM label is just a result of CAT, a test designed to favor kids like me who have solved those types of tests before and who have the social or monetary capital for extra training and practice.
And they take pride in CAT being unpredictable. 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
And they take pride in CAT being unpredictable. 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
That IIM label helped me parachute into a nice PhD program in the US. Which is where I finally learned what actual real education and learning is.
Made me realize that JEE and CAT are almost dystopian bad as ways to select students for quality education. Like parody level bad!
Made me realize that JEE and CAT are almost dystopian bad as ways to select students for quality education. Like parody level bad!
If you were to give an educator in the West a brief to write a hunger games type dystopian script in a deeply flawed unequal world, to keep favoring the elites and the wealthy and keep the masses down, they would come up with JEE and CAT. One shot one score tests.
An actual national interest based education policy would first at least turn JEE or CAT into standardized tests that can be taken year round. And then make sure they are just one of criteria for selection.
JEE/CAT are more swayamvars than entrance tests.
JEE/CAT are more swayamvars than entrance tests.
But see, that is the problem! Why do we need high percentiles at all for MBA?
As a business academic, I can tell you that an MBA is a course that almost anyone can do! It isn't surgery or theoretical physics or piloting to demand high selectivity.
As a business academic, I can tell you that an MBA is a course that almost anyone can do! It isn't surgery or theoretical physics or piloting to demand high selectivity.
https://twitter.com/Lordv2491/status/1633846651122253824?t=MAc3FmMBgnQ96mT2js1EBQ&s=19
Engineering and MBA are both professional courses and can be done by almost anyone without a learning disability.
By randomly putting up these low clearance rate rankings and percentile based entrance exams, all we do is keep people out. It's like a reality show.
By randomly putting up these low clearance rate rankings and percentile based entrance exams, all we do is keep people out. It's like a reality show.
They can also be done by people with learning disabilities.
That's the thing. India has a completely wrong headed approach to education. It's still about "1% acceptance rate" and all.
It's basically an auction where social capital is currency. Why Kota prep industry exists.
That's the thing. India has a completely wrong headed approach to education. It's still about "1% acceptance rate" and all.
It's basically an auction where social capital is currency. Why Kota prep industry exists.
Precisely!
JEE CAT are basically education concierge services. Like first class in planes. Or fast lanes at Disneyland. If you have the capital, social or financial, you get preference!
Other countries are trying to go in the opposite direction.
JEE CAT are basically education concierge services. Like first class in planes. Or fast lanes at Disneyland. If you have the capital, social or financial, you get preference!
Other countries are trying to go in the opposite direction.
https://twitter.com/somehardik/status/1633848302897872897?t=MAc3FmMBgnQ96mT2js1EBQ&s=19
No, it really doesn't. It just gives them a veneer.
https://twitter.com/Lordv2491/status/1633851924704382985?t=gvr-7W0piHv9oUSyxJsINA&s=19
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