Monday 17 March 2014

B2B- Back to Basics 1

 
One of the things I learnt from my days as an amateur sportsman is to 'Go Back to Basics' when things go wrong. If you are not scoring runs, get back to nets, have a relook at your stance, get someone to throw down balls at you, start playing forward defence, then the drive, play in the V and hit thousands of balls. And then go out and play a match, and see the difference.
 
This is true of business too. Whenever things go wrong, I do go back to the drawing board and see where I am deviating from the tried and tested plan. As one gets sucked in by the day to day work, one tends to start taking liberties with policies and practices, resulting in much regret.
 
It is time India, as a nation, stop talking about rubbish like Secularism, Communalism, Rights to ...........well! everything under the sun!!!, or even corruption.
 
We need to go back to the basics and start discussing about a few fundamental issues.
 
Every one agrees that Education is the foundation in which a society is built. It is ridiculous that we are earmarking less than 2.5% for Education every year. The Primary education is in shambles. The Government schools are rotting. The private schools have become money making machines. Less said about the University Education, the better. We are churning out graduates who lack the skills to be productive, and are unemployable. The hold of private educational businessmen mafia over this sector is so strong, that one cant even see a glimmer of hope. We need a total revamp of the education system from the primary level to the Ph.D level. We also need to give children more choices at the school and college level, and have to introduce the Credit system ASAP. Why should a child be forced to study Maths, Physics and Chemistry when he can jolly well choose Maths, Psychology and Business Administration or Music? Let him learn what he loves. Anyway, we hardly use 5% of what we learn technically in our Schools and Colleges in our job. So why not make learning fun............ to be continued

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