It is clear this is not a normal situation and many believe that higher cost of admission and education and families’ poor financial condition were mainly to be blamed. The government is claiming phenomenal development at all level including huge pass out rates in public exams but the reality is that most people are failing to fit their socio-economic condition with the new situation. The huge drop out rate just party explains the big loopholes under the shinning billboards throughout the country. It is a big setback and the government can’t sit the hands crossed without telling the nation why so many students did not apply and whether the government will have contingency plan to bring most such students back to the fold of academic life.
This year more 14.31 lakhs students passed the SSC and equivalent exams under 10 Education Boards. Among them 13. 05 lakhs applied for admission in colleges. This admission process will end on June 5 with the final result of the successful applicants and names of colleges for admission.
It is a chronic problem of our education system that students who feel eager to get admission in a particular educational institution find it difficult. It is almost big admission war. The online admission system is also working to provide options to one of out of 10 colleges for admission and some discipline is coming back. But the massive drop out to admission to higher education level is a new phenomenon and quite shocking to the nation.
We don’t believe that those who opted to be out of the admission process are poor and mediocre students; there may be many who may have good results and become good professionals in the future. In our view poverty or any other reason can’t be allowed to destroy lives of so many students. There must be public debate and experts should identify real reasons for the setback. We may also suggest the government may start special funding scheme for those failing to continue study out of their families’ share bad luck.
