Author :- Jaymala
I can never talk (or write) about Distance Education, and Sikkim Manipal University Directorate in Distance Education in particular, without giving a reference to my close friend Anand.
Anand comes from a decorous background. His father, now retired, worked in a land department. He is the issue of the three brothers. He had some belief from life, meet the way we have.
He enrolled for an engineering course as most of the people aiming for a corporate career in late 90s and early 2000s did.
He was doing substantially for himself chasing his dreams. But dreams hit a habit of turning sore especially when you are not watching.
His father was implicated in a corruption case (After a 3 year daylong legal battle, he was evidenced not to be guilty). His brother met with an accident. His youngest brother had to be sent to the village.
Anand started crumbling under pressure. His grades slipped. He was asked to repeat the semester. With no bread winner in the kinsfolk and he being the issue had to quit his engineering course mid way.
Anand went to Delhi. He took any employ coming his way. His prototypal employ paying him Rs 20 per hour. He lived in shabby conditions. Life had changed for Anand. But his dreams had not.
He slogged in Delhi for 2 years. By this instance his father was cleared of the corruption charges. His brothers were doing substantially again.
But, Anand was ease not a graduate. This was hampering his career progress.
In every office he tried, he was offered less than any person doing the aforementioned employ because he was not a graduate. He could not hit left his employ to do a full instance program. And moreover he was ease interested in the IT/ITeS sector.
At that instance he decided to enroll for SMU-DE B.Sc. IT program. He complete this 3 eld course in 4 years. He was able to instance it as per his own convenience as he even got the extra facility of online acquisition called Edunxt from their website www.smude.edu.in.
On 5th Spetember this year he complete his B.Sc. IT degree. By Diwali he had changed his job. Today his take bag is 12K.
Starting from 20Rs per hour to 12K p.m. is a journey he covered in 6 years. Come to conceive of it, it is a 25% year-on-year growth.
Now, Anand plans to do an MBA in systems from SMU DE. His condition may hit got delayed but it is ease on tracks.
This is ground I conceive DE has a very essential role to play in a nonindustrial economy like India. There may be jillions like Anand. Those who could not hit the kind of education they liked. But they are ready to work hard.
But they are experience their lives in constraints. Probably some of us could colligate to these constraints, but some may not be.
If Bharat has to embellish a super power then we need to support “such” people move up on the value chain. If we can develop our courses in a way which attain people like Anand more employable then I believe we would hit done our job.
I can never talk (or write) about Distance Education, and Sikkim Manipal University Directorate in Distance Education in particular, without giving a reference to my close friend Anand.
Anand comes from a decorous background. His father, now retired, worked in a land department. He is the issue of the three brothers. He had some belief from life, meet the way we have.
He enrolled for an engineering course as most of the people aiming for a corporate career in late 90s and early 2000s did.
He was doing substantially for himself chasing his dreams. But dreams hit a habit of turning sore especially when you are not watching.
His father was implicated in a corruption case (After a 3 year daylong legal battle, he was evidenced not to be guilty). His brother met with an accident. His youngest brother had to be sent to the village.
Anand started crumbling under pressure. His grades slipped. He was asked to repeat the semester. With no bread winner in the kinsfolk and he being the issue had to quit his engineering course mid way.
Anand went to Delhi. He took any employ coming his way. His prototypal employ paying him Rs 20 per hour. He lived in shabby conditions. Life had changed for Anand. But his dreams had not.
He slogged in Delhi for 2 years. By this instance his father was cleared of the corruption charges. His brothers were doing substantially again.
But, Anand was ease not a graduate. This was hampering his career progress.
In every office he tried, he was offered less than any person doing the aforementioned employ because he was not a graduate. He could not hit left his employ to do a full instance program. And moreover he was ease interested in the IT/ITeS sector.
At that instance he decided to enroll for SMU-DE B.Sc. IT program. He complete this 3 eld course in 4 years. He was able to instance it as per his own convenience as he even got the extra facility of online acquisition called Edunxt from their website www.smude.edu.in.
On 5th Spetember this year he complete his B.Sc. IT degree. By Diwali he had changed his job. Today his take bag is 12K.
Starting from 20Rs per hour to 12K p.m. is a journey he covered in 6 years. Come to conceive of it, it is a 25% year-on-year growth.
Now, Anand plans to do an MBA in systems from SMU DE. His condition may hit got delayed but it is ease on tracks.
This is ground I conceive DE has a very essential role to play in a nonindustrial economy like India. There may be jillions like Anand. Those who could not hit the kind of education they liked. But they are ready to work hard.
But they are experience their lives in constraints. Probably some of us could colligate to these constraints, but some may not be.
If Bharat has to embellish a super power then we need to support “such” people move up on the value chain. If we can develop our courses in a way which attain people like Anand more employable then I believe we would hit done our job.
