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]]> By: Venkat Ramanan http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/10/05/a-modest-proposal-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Venkat Ramanan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/10/05/197#comment-396 Looks great! The suggestions if implemented could turn our country as literate as any other developed ones! but our babus and laloo must listen na! who will vote them again if people are literate and developed? people will vote for goondas and thugs only if they don't have any rationale to think and vote. so i bet, no politician (atleast "a typical indian" politician) would never take any step that would axe him but be developmental for the country. will any INDIAN politican put country's issues b4 his own welfare??? NEVER! sorry for making such a pathetic remark but am appalled at our condition. whom to blame?? Venkat Looks great! The suggestions if implemented could turn our country as literate as any other developed ones! but our babus and laloo must listen na! who will vote them again if people are literate and developed? people will vote for goondas and thugs only if they don’t have any rationale to think and vote. so i bet, no politician (atleast “a typical indian” politician) would never take any step that would axe him but be developmental for the country. will any INDIAN politican put country’s issues b4 his own welfare??? NEVER! sorry for making such a pathetic remark but am appalled at our condition. whom to blame??
Venkat

]]> By: Venkat Ramanan http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/10/05/a-modest-proposal-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Venkat Ramanan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/10/05/197#comment-397 A small typo - "no politician would ever take any step that would axe him but be developmental for the country" - Venkat A small typo – “no politician would ever take any step that would axe him but be developmental for the country”
- Venkat

]]> By: Alok http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/10/05/a-modest-proposal-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Alok Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/10/05/197#comment-398 Interesting stuff Atanu. Couple of thoughts: 1. What is the goal -- literacy, or awareness? The two are very different. Somewhere it is linked to my earlier question of correlating education (even primary) to economic growth, especially when the means of awareness and communication are shifting to audiovisual from written. Defining what is literacy and scoping it is important. I doubt if $100 of tution fee can cover upto primary education level. 2. Accepting the overall framework, all we need to add is a control mechanism. Otherwise, $100 out of $200 per person may land up in a bribe fund where certificates are issued to still illiterate people (note that it will be in everybody's interest -- the individual will get money, the private institute will get higher profits, and the government as a sponsor will get to show huge implementation in short period of time). Direct financial incentives are very strong -- so strong that they can corrupt. I do not have a ready solution to the above. However, some mechanism where the benefit of education is brought forth, rather than benefit of proving that i am educated, might be better... Alok Interesting stuff Atanu. Couple of thoughts:

1. What is the goal — literacy, or awareness? The two are very different. Somewhere it is linked to my earlier question of correlating education (even primary) to economic growth, especially when the means of awareness and communication are shifting to audiovisual from written. Defining what is literacy and scoping it is important. I doubt if $100 of tution fee can cover upto primary education level.

2. Accepting the overall framework, all we need to add is a control mechanism. Otherwise, $100 out of $200 per person may land up in a bribe fund where certificates are issued to still illiterate people (note that it will be in everybody’s interest — the individual will get money, the private institute will get higher profits, and the government as a sponsor will get to show huge implementation in short period of time). Direct financial incentives are very strong — so strong that they can corrupt.

I do not have a ready solution to the above. However, some mechanism where the benefit of education is brought forth, rather than benefit of proving that i am educated, might be better…

Alok

]]> By: Ravikiran http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/10/05/a-modest-proposal-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Ravikiran Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/10/05/197#comment-399 Are you planning to take up my question in any of the subsequent parts? Are you planning to take up my question in any of the subsequent parts?

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