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In the name and the interest of
human resource development, so many people, both from government and private
sector are leaving abroad for higher studies. Their posts are left vacant and
so are their chairs. Some (most spouse) find going abroad very irresistible
that they even retire from their job. This has not only created an acute shortage of man power in the
organization but has also over burdened the ones left behind.
For many, the ultimate goal of joining the
service is to get oneself certified with higher qualification. Here in Bhutan,
if not for our regular office chores, one thing that keeps the office goers
busy and preoccupied is the thing called the ‘further studies’ in developed countries. Evidently this is also one thing that keeps the organization like RCSC
busy and buzzing all the time. By looking at the sheer number of people leaving
for studies, one can very well draw an educated guess that the offices in our
country will soon be flooded with highly qualified people.
Critically speaking, a thing of
scholarship and further studies are as complex and as confusing as the procedure
itself. The predicaments need no further discussion because a thing of IELTS
and TOEFL requirement explains it all. However RGoB and GoI scholarship seem to
enjoy the exception to this rule.
By being Bhutanese, we are all
English educated people, yet we are granted no exception when it comes to
language requirements called IELTS and TOEFL certificates. This makes our
higher education a very cumbersome process for it involves lot of preparation
time and money.
Some people in the middle surely
seem to be profiting from our needs. To cite an example, those language tests
are being conducted in our country twice a year. Most of the people who take
the tests out of their necessity are charged an exorbitant and non refundable fee
of Nu.7000/- per tests. That is a lot of money for the tests which in the first
place is needless. Secondly, the test never guarantees one an admission to the
university and a scholarship. Thirdly, some even fail and are never granted
their deserving second chance. The funniest of all is that the test
certificates are validity defined. That certificate apparently tells us that
the language is also like technology which is subject to getting obsolete with
passing time. This is an act of insanity at its worst!
This is an unfair act of
commercializing education and many innocent people have today fallen in the
traps of those greedy people. They are indeed robbing our friends in the middle
of broad day light, right under the nose of our sleeping / passive authorities. We know
very well that those people mean nothing more, nothing less but business. If
that is the case then what is the amount that they have contributed to our
Government as tax? (For giving them an atmosphere, very conducive for business
with readymade customers)
If people going to Australia and
India (under the auspices RGoB and GoI scholarships respectively) are able to
pursue their studies with ease without the language certificates then why do
the other people (form the same background) need those senseless certificates? In
fact, we already know that we are already a nation that is too much into
English. Official correspondence and business deals in English, poetry lines
for lovers and letters neatly written in English to our illiterate parents are
some of the authentication to prove the statement here.
The concern authorities have
clearly neglected the case for a good number of years and it’s high time that
they boot up their initiatives to stop that rampant robbers. This will not only have
positive impact for our human resource development but will also positive
impact for the lives of those young, energetic and knowledge thirsty people in their quest
for knowledge and skills in the long run.
(Note: If I am wrong, please right me)
