Britain Tips Malawi On How To Get Out Of Poverty In 25 Years

What can be done to stop terrorism?

There is not, and cannot be a simple straightforward answer to question on a topic as diverse as this. If there was- we'd know it already, and terrorism would be no more.To understand what the question seeks- first we must look at a few causes of terrorism. Once we understand the cause- the answer seems much more of a realistic possibility rather than an idealistic probability. Education - Nothing perpetrates terrorism as much as incorrect or incomplete education. Education first involves basic literacy, then progresses towards proper understanding of a person's own religion, then towards tolerance and understanding of other faiths and so on and so forth. The more you learn, the more you realize how similar we really are, despite our apparent differences.  Poverty - It is not a co-incidence that the rate of crime in poorer neighborhoods tend to be higher than those in richer ones. Perhaps access to larger sums of money links back to access to better education itself, or maybe it's the wealth gap itself that encourages crime. There are two kinds of poor people - ones that decide to die if they have no food, and others that decide to steal it from those that have way more than they need to survive. I've used food as an example- but this basic principle applies to many more wealth related commodities. Injustice - Justice is a requirement for every society to function properly. The offenders are bought to task and the good are rewarded. It ensures both order and mutual respect for one another. But justice is a subject that involves ethical and moral standpoints that can vary vastly from person to person. When injustice is dealt to a person- he is made to feel mutually excluded from society. This alienation of communities on the basis of the authority's version of justice can often be the starting point of an incentive to violent rebellion or terrorism. There are many more complex reasons behind the spread of terrorism, most of which are specific to particular regions or communities - but overall, the reasons I've mentioned above are in my opinion the most common.

What is wrong with the Indian education system?

Thinking.Science for intelligent ones.Commerce for “good in maths” students.Arts for weak students.Question papers.Bihar boards’ open cheating.Repeating the same questions from past papers. Leading to proliferation of “guidebooks” business.Clash of views.If your views don’t match with the teachers’, you won’t get desired marks.Long hauls.11000 UPSC aspirants on an average don’t make it in the interview. 2000 of them don’t find their place in the merit list. They have to go through the process again. They could have had easily filled any group B job.Mugging over understanding.“Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.”People writing XII boards mostly remember the solution of the question asked in their exam.Stickiness in thought process.Reforms are envisaged in 10 years. It takes 10 years to implement them.K. Kasturirangan to head panel on National Education Policy. He will suggest some fresh reforms. But alas, all those reforms will bite the dust.TSR Subramanian’s recommendations on Higher education are yet to be implemented.Last day hauls.“Ma’am told us these important topics. Learn these by heart. You will get good marks.”Sad part is that these persons really do top the exams.It leads to “Yes men” around teachers and professors.Vicious cycles.Intelligent—- Science—-Send to Kota—-Depressed—-Suicide.Commerce — Prepare for CA — Feels like not interested — ends up wasting precious time.Arts --Prepare for UPSC—not interested—- ends up wasting many years.Extraordinary delays.CBSE did some serious mistakes in this year’s results. Now, many students' marks are increasing. But college cut off won’t count those increased marks. These students miss the cutoffs of their favourite colleges.UPSC exams takes an year to complete the process. Many young years are drained into it.Things are beaten into the head.My friend’s sibling had started writing sentences. I asked him to write something. I asked him to write something in 5 different ways.He wrote the word “something” in five different fonts!When after few months, the teacher asked him to write something, he did the same. He was scolded by the teacher. He came to home crying.AImage: Don't Let Perfect Get In the Way of Progress.