Isn’t education a little overrated?
Updated On: 29 October, 2022 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Lindsay Pereira
It’s strange that students at Allahabad University are protesting against a 400 per cent fee hike instead of simply quitting
If students insist on unnecessary things like affordable education, we should ask them to wait until our urban needs, such as the Bullet train, are met. Representation pic
A few students allegedly attempted to immolate themselves a few weeks ago, after Allahabad University decided to increase its fees by 400 per cent for every course taught. I was glad I stumbled upon this story even though it didn’t get a lot of attention in Bombay’s newspapers. I noticed the rest of the country not paying much heed to it either, which was rather heartening. I think the tepid response to the plight of these students stemmed from the possibility that we have finally turned a corner and begun to acknowledge how unnecessary a university education really is.
If young students are protesting, we should just let them. If they say society is being unfair to them, we should ignore them because they’re probably lying. And if they insist on unnecessary things like affordable education to better themselves and their rural communities, we should ask them to wait until our more important urban needs are met, such as that Bullet train between Bombay and Ahmedabad. It’s all about priorities, and I am strongly in agreement with the government of India’s refusal to give education too much importance.
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