Education & Nature

Education & Nature

I am not only talking about educating young students, college goers & the common masses about the importance of NATURE. But a step further.

Our Education system leads to producing en mass School Passes, Failures, Commerce, Art, Science Graduates and Engineers, Doctors, Managers & so on. We are country obsessed with success, degrees & depending upon the same the roles of these students in society is determined. So is their success.

Though we are now aware that its not the miscellaneous RELIGIONS, GODS or GDPs of various Nations will determine our & the future generation's peaceful existence. IT IS ALL ABOUT UPKEEP OF NATURE. MASSIVE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE & MORE HAPPENING DAILY. WEATHER CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, LANDSLIDES, SHORTAGE OF PURE & SAFE WATER, POLLUTION are just to name few which have fallen off from the reason of MAN PLAYING WITH NATURE- RELENTLESSLY!

Now what do I intend to say???? Our education system which mostly consists of books, curriculum & exams totally fails to link the education system with the upkeep of NATURE apart from teaching few lessons here & there. So, would it be a bad idea if the students are taught about NATURE in their Primary Classes and Post Primary classes they are given responsibility to plant and take care of certain number of trees; which are inspected by the teachers, validated and evaluated accordingly?

In the more senior classes the group of students are given tasks of Water Recharging, Building Small Dams, and off-course planting more trees !!!

This phenomenon should go up to the Post Graduate level of studies and the Degrees of the students should only & only given to them on fulfilling the criterion. & I do not mean just planting trees. That our politicians do very well; my intend is to ask these students to upkeep the trees planted by them.

Certainly awareness in the society about NATURE would increase in general. I took the basic idea from KHUSHWANT SINGH's book " THERE IS NO GOD!" & found it worth articulating here. My thanks to him.

True Story of an Indian Politician - Concluding part.

Thoughts kept on coming to him. The money he had spent on the elections? The pay backs he had promised? The future elections he had to fight?? All these thoughts were disturbing him.

He had nearly surrendered to the situation that the Principal Secretary entered the room with a big bunch of files carried by the peon. He started to discuss the various files with the Minister. Salary and allowances issues of Aanganwadi workers; NGO’s in education etc. Our Bhaiya Jee listened to everything with no apparent interest.

The Principal Secretary was an oldie. He guessed the mood of the minister and when the tea had been asked; slowly probed Bhaiya Jee – “ Sir, aap kisi gahan vichar mein hain ? Shayad mein kuch madad kar sakun ! “ Bhaiya Jee came out of his somber. Gave the equation a deep thought. Then in a very dead and slow voice, threw the question which was eating him up at the Secretary – “ Secretary Jee; yahan education ministry mein kuch khane ko nahin hai ? Aap matlab samajh rahe hain na ??

The Principal secretary had seen several new ministers. Also he was very helping nature. He smiled broadly and replied – “ Sir, yahan bahut khane ko hai. Itna jitna kahin aur khane ko nahin. Aur education hai, educated tarike se khaiye; haath bhi kale nahin honge. “

He added further – “ Government ki taraf sey schools mein roz bachchon ko khane ko diya jataa hai – aap kha jaiye. Kadoron mein hoga. Bharti par lakhon shikshak rakh lijiye- benaami-poori tankhwaah kha jaiye. Jitne school opening ki manjoori ke liye aate hain; unse jo bolo kha jaiye; classes badhane ki file pass karne ke kha jaiye…..”

“ All private medical, dental, engineering, management apart from their respective ministries can not open their shop without your nod – un sab ko kha jaiye. Partnership mein apne school college khol lijiye."

Listening to all this Bhaiya Jee started to enter the zone of happiness; he got relaxed now.

The Principal Secretary aware of the impact of his talks, closed the episode with one small filler – ‘ Sir, aap humpar bharosa rakhiye aur seva kaa mauka dijiye; kaam aur bhi bahut hain jaise school buildings ki marammat, transfers vagairah; par agli baithak mein. Abhi aap thak gayen honge !”

The Principal Secretary started to move; and just then Bhaiya Jee intercepted demanding his attention. Bhaiya Jee said “ Let me share with you, I could not complete my basic education due to family issues. Now I am The Education Minister of the State. It does not looks good that the Education Minister of the State has not got some educational degrees – could anything be done over this; in the larger interest of the State."

Principal Secretary smiled again and said – “ Yes Minister ! Within 7 days I will get some degrees & certificates registered in back date for you. The one you choose, I will personally get placed on your wall."

And he left the room. Bhaiya Jee suddenly metamorphosed in a real PIG in his chair !! 

True Story of an Indian Politician - Part 5

There in his constituency his chela – chapattis celebrated this great coming of their leader. In the capital Bhaiya Jee celebrated this salutation with his senior key person, sponsors celebrated at a large hotel in a private party; he ensured the choicest of food was served; booze flowed and the dancers summoned by his captains did their jobs well. Initially the dancers started with a seductive mujra but soon graduated to striptease; nude belly dancing and dancing nude over the laps of the guests. The entire atmosphere was extremely touching as all guests wanted to touch the gals here and there and wanted to take the evening further, then & there.

But as now our Bhaiya Jee was the Education Minister so he behaved in an educated way. He kept a young teenager to give him company and asked the rest of the guests to teach some lessons to the gals, taking turns as teachers are supposed to do! Period after period! 

Next day was Bhaiya Jee’s first day in the office! 

Bhaiya Jee was very anxious on this day since morning. Last days hangover was still there and the gal he had spent night with too have been taxing on his sleep. He was currently at the circuit house as allotment of his official residence was going to take time. The vehicle picked him up to the secretariat. 

Entire way he kept on experiencing nausea, a bit of fever and extreme palpitations! The reason as all we can understand is that even by this ripe age and having become an Honorable Minister he had not been to any office to attend to any formal work. Back home he used to visit his party office; for no actual work and otherwise used to visit the other offices of the District H Q  to get jobs done which he had taken from various resident citizens on contract. The later needed only his capacity to abuse, bully and bribe the govt employees.

Also he was very anxious & eager to know where will he find opportunities to eat !

After reaching the office, he was received by the Principal Secretary of the Education Ministry. He was an IAS officer of some 1987 batch; had some grey hair on a balding head, wore a safari suit and golden framed spectacles. He was known as a seasoned bureaucrat; and had worked after his stint as Collector of certain districts and at various levels in different ministries and board. People considered him resourceful and said that getting a position of his own choice in any ministry wasa cake walk for him. He himself aimed to be the Chief Secretary in two years and purchase two more villas in Delhi in his dummy relative’s name.

Bhaiya Jee was welcomed by the representative of the C M office, Principal Secretary, Upper Secretary, Under Secretary, Ministers Personal Secretary and other staff of the Education Ministry. His own people had reached directly. Formally garlanded Bhaiya Jee took his big seat across a mammoth table with a glass sheet over it. Lots of files over the table! He looked around; almirahs with glass doors filled with files surrounded him. In front of him was a watch and pictures of Gandhi and other diseased leaders around him.

When everybody left him; he looked around there was paper everywhere; files only. Nothing worthwhile to eat! His heart started to sink. Would he not get anything to eat here? Has his guru the CM had deceived him? Or he would have to be satisfied being a termite??

----to be continued-----