Editorial
After the exultation over good HSC results
Addressing the uphill task of admission
A large number of HSC examinees emerging as high performers in academic results, to many this has signified a certain improvement in the standard of education at the higher secondary stage. The achievers, the institutions and the boards could feel upbeat because of it. There is, however, a downbeat for a large majority of those passing out, especially in two categories: those who could score between GPA5 and GPA3.5 and the whole rest of others who just scraped through with lower grades but accounting for a higher pass rate overall.
Now comes the question of admission to pre-graduation level which is going to present a highly competitive scenario with an inherent element of frustration as an intake capacity deficit stares in the face of the successful youngsters. As against the pass figure of 5,33,369, the number of available seats is 4.37lakh.
The differential between total number of admission seekers and the capacity for intake is not apparently formidable but the problem begins when the students go after better run and institutions offering professional degrees consciously avoiding colleges under the national university. As a result, large number of seats in the latter go vacant. The answer therefore lies in raising the standards of the majority of the colleges. This is a formidable challenge. The sought-after public and private universities might think of double shifts but given their shortage of trained teachers and still limited facilities, this will amount to leveling down their quality of performances.
There is a panacea that is seldom prioritized in the national education planning process. It relates to setting up strings of vocational, technical and other gainful trade related institutes all over the country. Happy as we might be over high pass figure, the rate of failure is also substantial. Many who are seeking admission may be disappointed in their efforts and thrown off-course. All of this points to a certain wasteful dimension of the education system which needs to be addressed if we are not swell the ranks of educated unemployed and depressed youngsters. The answer is provided by grooming up most of the post-HSC students through institutes of gainful employment and pursuits linked to job markets, both existing and projected, catering for demands that are both local and overseas.
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