Education and Government

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Education begins at home, and continues there for a lifetime.Why school and colleges, then? Why Universities?Those are places for advanced search. People need to know more than what they can attain at home.We describe those premises as campuses.Where knowledge is transferred. From those who know to those who do not- from teachers to students.

Here what role has a government in the process of imparting education to students? To children in particular? Government definitely has no authority over knowledge?But science has.Promoted by the available body of scientists in the state/country.Not politicians who control parties and government.The institutions are ‘interphases’ between the world at large and the student-capabilities, not governed by politicians at all.The government’s part is , I suppose, to promote circumstances to the maximum, and protecting human rights of students, staff and ’sponsors’ (management who provide and maintain infrastructure and staffing).

The course material used for education are to be most scientifically determined , and updated, by experts in the respective fields. No government is qualified for this part of the job. And, persons who ‘people’ the government have no genuine right to interfere in deciding the content of text books to be taught in schools/ colleges.

What the Government of Kerala is doing now is all but unjustifiable interferance in these areas. In democracy no ruling political party shall use power through steps to inculcate political views in a whole generation of students.