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29 Jun 2023 14:51

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Money can get us academic qualifications also

In the 1980s education was very cheap and only people with merit could be able to obtain seats in colleges and universities. Those days getting admission for a PG course in any university itself is an achievement. Of course, those days also reservations were there. If a candidate was not getting enough marks there was no chance to get a seat. There were no private colleges and there was no management quota.

Over a period of time, there is change in the total system. Many private institutions have opened. Even in the government institutions, self financed seats are available for which the fees are high. If a candidate is having money, getting a seat in higher education in one or the other institute has become a guarantee. Once admission is taken getting the certificate, even if a little late, is assured.

So I am of the opinion that money can get you academic qualifications also.

#773976

29 Jun 2023 15:26

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Money can get a seat in some of the private institutions. I am very much doubtful about money getting a qualification unless the student resorts to illegal methods. Self-financing courses also admit students on merit but not money alone.

" Be Good and Do Good "

#773977

29 Jun 2023 15:47

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After a long time, I fully agree with KVRR Sir. Money can get admission in a specific course being offered by a private institution, but most of the time, it can't guarantee acquiring a degree.

(a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
(b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

#773978

29 Jun 2023 16:51

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What the author has indicated is not very surprising and we have to admit that that the money has a lot of powers not visible immediately but its inherent strength could be felt in the critical situations even in cases of procuring a seat of a reputed institution. This cannot be achieved for an ordinary aspirant devoid of money.
Now coming to the question of ultimate success in the said course is another question. At least to sail through this critical journey, some amount of efforts would be needed to achieve his success journey..

#773980

29 Jun 2023 21:07

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Some efforts may be required ultimately to get through the course, but sometimes we hear about money power helping in getting through the examination also. I heard in some universities PhD thesis is being written by the professors for a cost on the name of a student. I don't know how far it is correct.

drrao
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#773983

29 Jun 2023 21:56

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There is apolitical storm going on in Kerala about Fake degree certificates. It is alleged that a student leader, belonging to a prominent Students union organisation connected to ruling party, got admission for post graduate course in one of the colleges in Kerala producing an alleged fake degree certificate. The matter is under investigation and is subject of various cases. Only the results of a proper investigation can unearth the details like the extent and and spread and the people and money behind these kind of scams and frauds.
There is also another alleged matter of a Collège teacher producing fake experience certificate of teaching in a reputed Govt College, and producing it for a job of Asst professor post in another college.

Doctorates ,PhD, MPhil etc. were a matter of discussion recently due to their lack of quality and merit and doubts of undeserving and ineligible people getting such honours and certifications.

So we can naturally presume that money (and/or political affiliation) can facilitate many such things. The poor, hapless but genuine students and job candidates suffer.
Even in olden days also I had heard that there were some institutions or entities who facilitated pas certificates in various courses just by enrolling with them. But those were heard on the hush and not as blatant as nowadays.
Originality, hard work and merit are the victims now. Unfortunately this gains round now and even ordinary people have started resorting to such tricks and tactics.

#773984

30 Jun 2023 07:28

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There are many institutions in our country where students can get admission through the donation route or management quota and it is very common. What the institutions do is they will allot those seats based on merit cum donation amount and it will be made to appear as if it is also connected to the merit of the student in some way. But the fact is that if the student is not having good marks even then he can get admission by paying a high amount of donation.
Anyway, that is one part of the story and in most of the cases, the student simply gets a pass in the degree that he has got through donation. At times that might not be very helpful in getting a good job in the industry but in the business families that will be a satisfaction for the parents that their child has a degree.
As children in such families generally take up the family business so such degrees would not be useful for getting a job outside and may only be useful to some extent in matrimonial matters.

Knowledge is power.

#773994

01 Jul 2023 01:49

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If I delve deeper into this topic, it might feel like an unpopular opinion or might not be liked by many people but reservation is also one factor behind this. All the students studying in these private institutions are not necessarily fools, less qualified or very rich. Sometimes they are just general categories from middle-class families with average scores who, due to some of the flaws of the reservation system, are thrown into the hands of these private institutions.
It is a wrong perception that these students are from rich families.
I think the restructuring of the education system, reforms in the reservation system, the freeing of higher education and many such reforms are some of the measures that can be taken to improve the condition of Education in our country.

"It is hardest thing in the world to be good thinker without being a good self examiner"

#773997

01 Jul 2023 09:03

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Money may earn one an admission and he may or may not successfully complete the course, but the point is whether it can make him qualified. A person may get an admission to a course, in the management quota, by paying money, in the name of donation, or through some recommendations or by some other dubious means, but he can be said to have gained a qualification only if he can move forward and be successful in life only if he acquires the knowledge and skills that forms the vital part of claiming to be qualified.

I agree with Neelam that we cannot generalize all the students who take an admission by paying money. There can be different reasons for a student in doing so.

Regarding fake certificates, it has been around for a long time and it is nothing unique to India or our system of education. We get to see so many spam posts in ISC too offering fake certificates for different courses. Undetectable replicas of almost everything is available across the world and there are mafias who conduct this as a business. Even when someone is caught with replicas, especially of certificates etc, the originators, very often, escape from being caught. Most of the time, the authorities responsible for checking the certificates choose to put such cases under the carpet for obvious reasons. But once someone is exposed, due to various reasons, the chain is followed and the originators traced. It is an act which is not only a crime against a state but against oneself and the implication it causes is far reaching. Haven't we read about quack doctors and many them having roaring practice too?

That said and done, I doubt whether there is any point in obtaining an admission or buying a certificate if you do not have the interest to learn or the potential to be so qualified because you will never be able to prove yourself. So, take an admission by paying money only if you do not have any other way and you are passionate about joining a particular course. A fake certificate is, I would say, just another piece of paper which has the value of the money you pay for the same only but practically nothing else as a human being.

'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
-Aristotle

Money can get us academic qualifications also

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