IBM Leads in promoting IT related education in within India

The first and foremost requirement for any country to be successful is their youths and children. If they are educated, then the nation succeeds. By education, I don't mean everyone attending the classrooms or schools, but be responsible, be knowledgeable and be aware of surroundings.

These days, with the advent of IT, IT education is becoming part of most of the educational systems. IT education for children should not be limited to mere having ability to play games and remain in the home hooked up to the internet; nor giving them tools to help them complete their homeworks. But, it should be in such a way that the best can be brought of their young minds. What are they thinking, how well they behave?

I think, IBM is doing better than many other IT companies in India to promote IT education at multiple level. Some of my colleagues are taking personal interest to enable rural students in IT and I think that is a great work as long as the direction is right and out come is positive.

Need for better, cheaper and affordable education in India

Supreme Court has been trying hard to convey this to educational institutes, but it does not seem to bother the private educational bodies who are busy minting money and sharing the profit too with those who help them continue.

Making schooling free till 8th grade in government schools will do good a lot on rural areas, but that will not help maintain the standards in the education. That requires lot of work from the educational ministry and government. If teachers do not get incentives and salary in time, what will motivate them. If teachers do not upgrade themselves, they can not broaden the minds of young generation. That is why it is important for government to impose some rules on private (educational) bodies to give back to less fortunates.

The difference between priviledged and not so privilledged can be lessened by this form of social service. The examples are in the form of doctors. Doctors in India have to perform services in rural areas for some time in their careers, so why not teachers in so called private schools/colleges. Isn't this is their responsibility to raise to the occassion? Similarly, technical institutes like NITs and IITs must be encouraged to visit the villages to share their wisdom with children of those villages to promote education.