The Mystery (Chapter 1 of the book "The Hijack of Education")
The Mystery
“Education is the
manifestation of the perfection already in man.” – Swami Vivekananda
After about 12-14
years of teaching, I began to sense that education is not what it could have
been. I had read that education builds character and the students are the future
of the nation. Teachers shape the future. Thus, we teachers are the backbone of
the society. But, all of this was theory. There were lots of loopholes in the
system. Even the syllabuses seemed to misguide at places. The flaws were clear
even to an ordinary teacher like me. So, what was going on?
More interestingly, the
flaws seemed to go hand-in-hand. They were somehow related to one another, synchronizing
across different subjects. This suggested that the obvious mistakes were not
random, but the work of some intelligent mind. The syllabuses were flawed on
purpose. Who could have done this? Why would anybody play with the minds of the
children? Thus began my hunt for the culprit. My life changed from here.
The fingerprints of
the culprits were all over the syllabus. I began to look deeper and correlate
the fingerprints. What did these people want to achieve so surreptitiously?
Slowly, my mind began
to unravel the mysteries. As I grasped the essence of what was being done, I
gasped in horror and pain. My mind still revulses at what I discovered years
ago.
I gave up teaching and
started to write. I went to some places and tried to contact honest, selfless people
who cared for the world and dared to challenge the evil forces at play. Spiritual
people, social workers and social reformers, dedicated teachers, even youth who
were studying, people who cared for children- these were the people I was
looking for. I shared copies of my reports with them. It was an attempt to
spread the seeds and preserve my work, so that my understanding does not die
with me. After I had exhausted my resources, I took to writing a book. Seeing
that it would be voluminous, I decided to break it down into a series of books.
This is the first book of the “Educate and Empower” series. I am planning the
second book. It’s title would be “Suppressed Science and Hidden Technologies”.
You will find a part of the draft in the annexure.
I never thought I would
write a book. This is my first attempt, a desperate attempt to reach out to the
world, to keep the torch lit.
Actually, this is my
third leap of faith. The first two were when I resigned and started travelling.
I depend on the
goodness of people to spread the word, to make others aware of the situation so
that solutions can be found out. I too am progressing towards the solution.
But, the solutions will vary outwardly from one society to another. There can
be no one-size-fits-all model solution to this problem.
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