It was 24th May. I got a call to visit the college as National Board of Accreditation has come to college for evaluation. Thinking so, if my Alma matter gets accreditation it is my pleasure; went to college. It was the first time I’m seeing college during NBA committee visit. The whole college transforms into some extra ordinary superior status where 90% is unrealistic. Along with few of my senior friends went to the college. When we entered the department our eyes could not believe whether it is a reality what we are seeing in the labs and department. Few senior lecturers were so busy to follow the committee member that he should not get a clue that this is a drama set.
Afternoon we were called to the seminar hall to interact with the committee members. There are alumni and parents of the students to tell their opinion about the college. The session started. It was parents to tell their opinion in beginning. It went like this- “I am happy because my daughter is happy in the college…. I can get all the information regarding my son in 5 minutes. So college is very good…. My son was not good at academics, after joining this college he became intelligent.” Members of NBA committee started sleeping. They started snoring when it came to old students. “I got a job in research institution because of the name MVJCE. (I told myself- for the same reason many did not get a job)…. I got my scores improved when I came to this college (might have learnt copying in exam)…. The road from Hope farm to college was very bad, now it is rebuild (hey lady, they came to assess the college, not Bangalore Development Authority)…. Even in recession we have a good placement…. Garden is very nice, so I could study well and got passed…. It is very good college because I did not get ragged…”
Don’t think it ended up there. There were some students who could wake up the committee members. A person started “I’m very happy to hear that other department is so good, at the same time feeing sad my department is very poor. Our lecturers are so dumb that they do not know anything; there is no transparency in appointing lecturers. Our lab equipments, if it is there, are at very poor conditions that we have to go to some other institutions to do our final year project. Placement office is so hopeless they do not know any other firms apart from Caritor, Wipro, Infosys, TechMahindra. It is just because they need in mass and don’t look for the specific branch. Even after submitting 102 Biotechnology Companies lists with address and phone number the placement office could not make even a single company to arrive at college campus.”
It was another alumnus; call him as ‘sun’ to start his sparkling speech. “My relationship with this college is pretty long as students for 4 years and as a lecturer for one and a half years. I was amazed see the improvements in 6 months from the date when I left the college to today, from nothing to everything in a little while. The knowledge of the lecturers is so poor. It might be due to the recruitment procedures. I should tell how I was recruited. I was interviewed by the professors of E&E and a botany lecturer for the post of reaction kinetics. Do they know the definitions of the reaction kinetics? How they could evaluate? ”
Government plans for the betterment of the country. In this regard the person who has to apply them plays a major role. The saddest thing is when such prejudice comes to education. It has already penetrated.
(The quotes are not in the exact words of the speakers)
