The recent headline ‘DNSU
alleges education scam’ in the News Papers of Nagaland could have NOT horrified many in the
education sector of Dimapur as the facts disclosed were a sort of open secret.
It is a shame that the well organized crime has been committed by a group of
people who are expected to preserve the dignity of teaching profession and safeguard
the welfare of the students and the society.
May be no one dared to open the can of worms due to the fear psychosis
instilled in the mindset of people. I am happy that the finally the right time
has come to wipe out the evil practice from our society. I sincerely appreciate
the NGO Child Line and the functionaries of DNSU for exposing the major scam
that silently jeopardized the academic career of thousands of students who have
been spending years of hard work in schools.
I do not like to go in to the
details of many unanswered questions and the roles of officials involved in
this dirty game and I am confident that our investigating agencies would
definitely look in to all the aspects of the scam. But I would like to high
light a very distressing factor of this whole episode to my friends. Whom do
you think could have approached these gangsters for indulging in the unethical
practices; the students? Never! I am sure that in majority of the cases it
should have been the parents and guardians! Many parents of today’s
materialistic society knowingly or unknowingly hamper the future of their own
children by encouraging indulging in unethical practices. Even many educated
‘over caring’ parents find it difficult to say ‘NO’ to their children and
accede to their unreasonable demands.
During my student life, I
remember parents of some of my lazy classmates approaching the teachers with
requests to detain their son for a year as promoting them to higher class
without the required knowledge would not help them to succeed in life. But now
incidents of parents approaching school authorities to make their (undeserving)
children pass and issue Transfer Certificates could be witnessed everywhere.
What kind of future society could we expect if we encourage our children to
indulge in unethical practices instead of preparing them to face the challenges
of life through honest ways? Attitudes and good morals cannot be developed in
the young minds through theoretical class room teachings alone. Parents and
Teachers should serve as examples to their children and that would greatly help
in inculcating the virtues of honesty in our children. Let me conclude my
writing by sharing an experience from my own life.
Few years’ back I went to buy
some stationery with my son (7 yrs old). When we went near a shop, he suddenly
pulled my hand and said, “Daddy, let us not buy from this shop”. I obeyed and
asked him, why? He said, “Two months back I & Mummy purchased some
materials from this shop and we had to give him a balance of two rupees as
there was no change available. But we didn’t come to this area after that and
now the shop keeper might feel that I have cheated him”. I patiently explained to him, “Of course you
have not cheated and the shop keeper might have also forgotten the incident. But
you have not forgotten the 2 rupees and you would definitely carry the feeling
of guilt for a long time”. I took him back to the shop and made him pay the two
rupees and say sorry for the delay. The expression of relief in my son’s face
made me happy and I am sure that he had learned a lesson for his life.
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