Well, if my reader is expecting a film review, it will be very disappointing. I am not going to write a review. I only wish to highlight two things.
- Run behind excellence, success will follow
- The present education system
I wonder how practical it is. Is the Indian Education System really ready for this revolution? I am a student of law. I know people have this perception that law is rules and regulations, but I would like to emphasize that it is not so. Jurisprudence is something that is beyond rules and books. Interpretation is the root of law, and it is not books and rules, its application of mind. It is beyond the common read and vomit strategy. It is more about how you read a law and use it. The question is how many institutes imbibes this capability in the students, where as the reality is that without this capacity, a lawyer is backbone less!!!
My only doubt is whether we are really ready for the shift of education from books and exams to application and practicality. At least in fields of engineering like shown in the movie, it is possible, but what about law? What about humanities? What about encouraging student to take up something weird and allowing to experiment, even in law, or any humanities? I am sure there is no subject in the world that does not have scope for experimentation. The question is, are we ready?
A huge hue and cry is in place when Minister Sibbal announced that he wants to invite foreign universities to come and open their institutes here. the competition was too much, so it was felt. And thus, the solution that was thought fit was to advance our system, and not allow them to come. Funny, how a little competition in our own land shook the trustees and managements of Indian institutes. An look at me, here I am talking about a total shift in the education system.
The question is, as asked in the movie, DO WE WANT TO BE WELL TRAINED OR WELL EDUCATED???
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