{"id":4062,"date":"2009-10-20T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2009-10-20T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T09:42:00","slug":"open-letter-to-kapil-sibbal-re-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/open-letter-to-kapil-sibbal-re-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Kapil Sibal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Mr Sibal<\/p>\n

I have always thought that the IITs are the glowing successes of India’s educational system. Equally, I believe that the regular schooling system, including the Class X and Class XII boards, are #FAIL. <\/p>\n

That is why I am rather surprised at your ministry’s proposal<\/a> that it be mandatory for IIT entrants to score at least 80% in their Class XII board exams. They already have to work hard enough for the JEE, which seems to have served its purpose for generations now. Why add to their stress?<\/p>\n

It’s been reported<\/a> that your reason for doing this is “to squeeze out the hundreds of coaching institutes who thrive by selling hope to unrealistic aspirants.” But why do those coaching institutes exist in the first place? It is because students find the existing education system to be inadequate. So why not fix that first? The coaching institutes won’t have a reason to exist then.<\/p>\n

You must have heard of that old cliché, If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.<\/i> Mr Sibal, what you’re trying to fix ain’t broken. Yet.<\/p>\n

Regards<\/p>\n

Amit Varma<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

More open letters here<\/a>. And some essays by me on our education system:<\/p>\n

Our Unlucky Children<\/a>.
\nFund Schooling, Not Schools<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Mr Sibal<\/p>\n

I have always thought that the IITs are the glowing successes of India’s educational system. Equally, I believe that the regular schooling system, including the Class X and Class XII boards, are #FAIL. <\/p>\n

That is why I am rather surprised at your ministry’s proposal<\/a> that it be mandatory for IIT entrants to score at least 80% in their Class XII board exams. They already have to work hard enough for the JEE, which seems to have served its purpose for generations now. Why add to their stress?<\/p>\n

It’s been reported<\/a> that your reason for doing this is “to squeeze out the hundreds of coaching institutes who thrive by selling hope to unrealistic aspirants.” But why do those coaching institutes exist in the first place? It is because students find the existing education system to be inadequate. So why not fix that first? The coaching institutes won’t have a reason to exist then.<\/p>\n

You must have heard of that old cliché, If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.<\/i> Mr Sibal, what you’re trying to fix ain’t broken. Yet.<\/p>\n

Regards<\/p>\n

Amit Varma<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

More open letters here<\/a>. And some essays by me on our education system:<\/p>\n

Our Unlucky Children<\/a>.
\nFund Schooling, Not Schools<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,41,15,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDear Kapil Sibal - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/open-letter-to-kapil-sibbal-re-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dear Kapil Sibal - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear Mr Sibal I have always thought that the IITs are the glowing successes of India’s educational system. Equally, I believe that the regular schooling system, including the Class X and Class XII boards, are #FAIL. 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