i did tell you guys about a client of my sister's company who
visited with a guest and decided to invite himself to our bowling
session?
he was the minister of education then in bangladesh... who flew
in incognito to visit the client and have a medical check-up here
in singapore...
after a while, he kinda opened up after learning about us..
he then asked us how we think he should tackle the problems of
education in bangladesh as almost no one is qualified or know
anything academically anymore after a few generations of cheating
to get that degree...
he then candidly opened up that he was one of the fortunate ones
whose parents were rich and sent him abroad for his education.. his
family is old money and is therefore rich enough not to be tempted
by corruption which he knows is rife in bangladesh...
after a few generations of everyone cheating to get
qualifications then moving into universities, schools and other
places, these people who cheated do not know anything at all and
this is then inflicted on the next generation who earnestly go to
school, and find that their teachers are unable to teach them
anything since they know nothing... which then drives them to
cheat, or worse, the teachers teach them how to cheat...
this went on and on until as education minister, he found out
that the national university was basically staffed by functionally
illiterate people, and that all the professors there didn't even
have basic secondary school knowledge..
i hope we do not come to this.. as the cynical people out there
figure they want that piece of paper by any means necessary except
to earn it cause that piece of paper to become worthless
