“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.” (KHALIL GIBRAN)
Collapsing any nation does not require the use of atomic bombs or long range missiles. It requires lowering the quality of education and allowing cheating in the examinations by the students. Patients die at the hands of such doctors. Buildings collapse at the hands of such engineers. Money is lost at the hands of such economists and accountants. Humanity dies at the hands of such religious scholars. Justice is lost at the hands of such judges.
Since Education is the only tool, weapon through which our mode and means of prosperity and development, success is lying on. But it is deteriorating day by day, the pandemic has led our system of education towards unending and incomparable disaster. The students are suffering immensely, ruthlessly, and this sign of deteriorating education is the worst form of denouement and our valley is leading on front lines. While on one hand, world is locked down from previous two months. But on the other hand Kashmir has been suffering from it since from previous nine months, the worst ever hit region in the whole Globe at drawbacks of looming education. We are running short with all possible equipments and avenues to upgrade our education system, the continuous lag, delay, and inappropriate grudge did not yield us desired goals. The outcomes and results of this pandemic is leading all intellectual minds towards a rare sort of mental breakdown where we may sustain covid19 but would not prove our capacities of ideal thinking.
Although some of the think tanks may plot planning of imparting education on various online apps via zoom classes but would never yield utmost outcome on ground level. This strategy could not prove the appropriate substitute of real classrooms , where teacher is supposed to teach on rational and practical grounds, where students reveal actual and desired inputs and outputs of learning and teachings. Even when there is no access to 4G internet services, then it is mere a futile exertion. Loss in education is a worst loss and is irrepairable and with passing of time it dents nation very badly and it couldn’t be get back on track with same speed and magnitude.
The burning world is full of tension , anxiety, depression, as it seems that the pandemic has taken the oath of eliminating all humans from the world map. Collapse of education is also not less than a pandemic, a catastrophe in making. The future of nation is lying on the shoulders of nations youth, only if they are intellectually sound and rationally educated. But what, if they are lacking it as a whole, leading its national progress in damn sort of failure.The national grades and ranks are based on the foundation of sound execution of education and all the milestones have been acquired only, if having this all. Collapsing and deteriorating education in our valley could not yield us any fruitful result, and day by day it is lagging.The collapse of education is the collapse of a nation.
Covid19, as if, going to relieve us on one special day, what about if as education is collapsed? It is a million dollar question. It may be sound like that the people are not thinking about education right now because they are battling against deadly pandemic. But I bet you, it will cause us a severe intellectual and rational damage. Especially our valley which is front line racer in collapsing of education. The huge loses in business, trade and commerce, agriculture and economics could be survived, repaired but collapsing of education is irrepairable . The valley has been in tough times for a long period of times and this has degraded our standard of education. Our students are unable to focus on levels of strong and healthy competition in education system. The overall standard of education is at an huge stake and is at the verge of deterioration.
At present, when the world is combatting covid19, Kashmir is suffering from dual pandemic, covid19 and the collapse of education. As it is commonly said, that if you want to ruin a nation just put away its youth from education. Same is being experienced in this region, the youth have been barred from intelligence and are too far to achieve their rational and legitimate goals. The collapsing of education in the valley led its inhabitants to the darkness, where people are not able to decide rational and irrational. The people are not decisive, their level of ignorance has reached the sky, they have become superstitious. Our strong foundation has been ruined by putting us far away from education and it is degrading at an alarming speed, the standard and excellence is too falling prey of below standard par level strategy. How long we shall suffer this sort of collapsing education?
To end this deadly pandemic in the valley, I solemnly take the concentration of the intellects to come forward and excel this collapsing education. The intelligent quotient needs to be enough strong to overcome all this collapsing system of education in Kashmir. We want our students to reach unlimited standards of success, not by cheating in examination but by putting their nerves out and excel in real education standards, and making our Kashmir proud of the nation. I bet you, if we all perform honestly and contribute on rational thinking and on practical grounds, determined self services to the motherland, the level of education will not halt us. The timely approach will save our collapsing education system.
It is commonly said, better late than never, the educational think tanks need to collaborate their strategy to upgrade this deteriorating and collapsing of education level in the valley and need of the time is to regenerate possible and better avenues. There are various, let them think!
Finally I quote the great Aristotle, “The Roots of education are bitter but it’s fruit is sweet.”
The writer writes on current issues and can be reached at eijazmir2192@gmail.com
