Unaffiliated colleges and unwed mothers.

Come to think of it, I think there is a lot of similarity between unaffiliated colleges / institutions and unwed mothers. how.... well, i'll tell u.

the traditional models that colleges follow are that they get themselves affiliated to a university. this arrangement has many advantages i agree. but each university has its own systems. there are even private universities. the main grouse against universities are that they have too much of red tape. infact, the image that they have is that of a giant which has fallen down after gettign entangled in its own red tape. frankly, the systems stink ! more that facilitation they provide enough barriers to make a good man paraniod.

today's world is changing at a blistering pace. its almost impossible for a person to keep track of everything. but then , today, survival depends on how much you keep yourself abreast. the university system fails miserable at that. let me quote an example. java was once the hottest technology to hit the information technology scene. our colleges were still teaching cobol, fortran, pascal and maybe even morse code. suddenly there is this huge demand for java courses and the private institutes made a quick killing. then the university set its machinery iin motion to teach the students java. and well, it finally got included in the syllabus. but by that time, (it took a couple of years i guess ) java became 'cold' in the sense that people used it, but then the prominence was lost. so whatever the universities do will turn up like this. rotten situation. then comes the problems of exams. i know friends who have written their first year exams in the middle of the second year because the exams keep getting postponed. what do u say about that.

so the whole idea of breaking the bondage from university incompetence comes to the fore and a lot of new generation colleges mostly for management courses. the most famous being the IIMs - Indian Institutes of Management. totally 6 in number in India. these institutes arent affiliated to any university. they have set standards which are on par with the worlds best universities and institutions.

this was enough motivation for others to emulate them. but the sad thing that happened is the the quality factor came down with each new college. the main idea was to provide enough freedom to alter syllabi and provide latest topics. and conduct exams on time.

but not many people acknowledge the quality of these new-gen institutions. the people who pass out of these new-gen institutes are still at the receiving end of step-motherly treatment.

the new-gen institutes have a bastardly existence. there is no "Dad" to point to. its like unwed motherhood. its happened and you try to be brave about it. but be ostracised anyways. the ones that get away with it are the super rich. here the super rich are the A class institutes like the IIms XLRIs and others have no probs. the ones at the upper echelons never have to face the probs and pangs of unemployment and the trials and tribulations convincing that you are worth it.