Some 'Educational 'Thoughts...!

written and posted by nikhimenon....

Twenty five years have passed ever since I cosmetically disfigured my mom with an ugly lower abdominal Caessarian Scar.In all these twenty and a half decades of   life in this planet, I had made it a point not to start a single day by spending time on any of the Malayalam dailies.(Though my mother attributes it to my inability in reading   malayalam kkottu aksharangal ,the exact reason is something else..!) .But a 9*10 Tasveer depicting  my 'ex classmate 'pre occupied  with a bamboo stick in his right hand (which at the time of the snap was all set to crush the skull of a 'poor human being', dressed in 'khakhi' with a metal plate pinned close to his chest pocket claiming him to be a pretty soul  working with the Kerala Police)compelled me to break my oath. The footer of the Photograph said 'it was a protest by the Kerala state students ' Union against the suicide of a Self financing college student .( Though my mind could nt stop wondering whether i had indavertently stepped into a time machine and travelled some years back to reach the year 2004 ,when an engineering student had committed suicide by jumping from the top of a private engineering  college and the thousand other theories that surfaced there after about the probable causes of the 'suicide': My doubts were soon cleared by my mom who said that this time the protest was against the death of a 'Nursing' student. ).Anyways 'the human being ' in me urged to call my 'ex friend' and extend my helping hand to him.(obviously he would have been facing charges for 'injuring a police oficer in duty' and it requires no genius to figure it out that he needs help !)


The telephone made that irritating 'Queaking noise' and rang for more than one minute in the other end of the line and it got automatically disconnected after that.I tried again (though i could visualise in mind,the pic of my  friend ,lying in the Local police station Lock up ,beaten up to pulp , wearing a Torn under wear ,blaming himself for all these jhagada: obviously it made no sense whatsoever  to think that he will actually pick up his home land line number!). But to my dismay,somebody actually picked up the phone this time and it was my friend himself.He was elated, and in such a happy mood as if he had won a Super Lotto jackpot or something.He said

" മച്ചൂ,നീ അറിഞ്ഞില്ലേ,എന്റെ സമയം തെളിഞ്ഞെട......." 
The jovial mood  in his voice and the excitement with which he delivered each word which was quite evident,made me think about his mental status.It's quite natural for a human being to get  disturbed after so much of mental turmoil.He must be in some kind of 'weird ' delusion.The police might have tortured him so much that he lost his orientation in relation to space,time and person.....I let my imagination run wild.... But soon I was proved wrong..The fact was that after that incident, he had turned to be a star over night.After all, he is a 'brave student' activist who belongs to a party which is inquisite enough to find out the dirty hands of the United states behind issues ranging from 'the missing of a sanitary pad 'from a woman's hand bag to a 'case of obstructed labour',who fearlessly fought against the iron fists  of the self financing Nursing  College management who somehow resulted in the suicide of the student..In a state where the courts and the law would take months to figure out what made the girl suicide,it's the perogative of every 'true' student activist to protest against the 'killer'managements....!Any ways,the guy seemed extremely happy about his new found celebrity status and deliverd a short speech over the phone citing  6 important points regarding the educational system in the state of Kerala...I am posting them here and  enlightening my dear readers too....

1. All the problems in the Educational sector in kerala can be either directly or indirectly related to the Private Self Financing Lobby in the state..For instance,the lack of water supply in Govt.Medical College,Thrissur is due to the over use of the water supply by the other two private medical colleges in the same district.

2.The private Medical colleges are at par with the Govt.Colleges when coming to the Number of patients visiting the OPD as well as the IPD,but the real issue is the exceedingly High free structure in these Private Colleges.
3.All the Government colleges in the state are well equipped ,and this has helped us(the student activists like me) to devote our entire time in working for the upliftment of the private college students.
4.All the student suicides in the state can be either directly or indirectly related to the Private /Self Financing Management and the cause must be in evitaby ragging.The government must stop spending extra time and money probing into these cases.
5.The students have every right to use mobile phones according to their wish and every student should be awarded atleast one mobile phone with camera during the time of admission to the college as it is a good 'ediucational' tool.

6.Student strikes and agitation mean 'bunking' from classes and 'destroying Public Property'.



written and posted by nikhimenon 2009











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