Random notes

What are the net results of the educational reforms being implemented in Kerala and elsewhere during the last 15 years? From my personal observations I would say that students in general have become extrovert and in a sense bold.They don’t have any inhibition in presenting their opinions and notions about almost anything under the sun.But on the other side there are some pitiable aspects.They are not at all ashamed to be satisfied with whatever little knowledge they have about a topic and to pretend as if their understanding is full and perfect.Their interests and attitudes have become quite peripheral and pretentious.The educational reforms ,it has become obvious, aim at creating a generation capable of floating freely without any serious concern about anything in a world controlled by the forces of free market.
The subversive changes taking place in the field of education have affected quite adversely all walks of social life in Kerala.The disbelief and tension swelling up in social psyche have made genuinely serious cultural activities and communication impossible. Except a very few NGOs no one is there to take up the burning issues in social life.NGOs have their own limitations.They are often controlled by unfair agencies whose real interests are always kept hidden.In Kerala which is considered a strong hold of left politics to be apolitical has become the ideal of a considerably large section of the people .