Sundar velan CSM

(part 3) Students are very vulnerable when it comes to career decisions, so we need to tell them that, there is no one single route and first and foremost, in order to be succesful you don't need to get the best marks at the first attempt and at all times. That is an illusion, a successful career is different from a fulfilling life. We need to tell them to stay calm and focussed. This is paralell thought while the unjust brutal assault on peaceful protestors are going on in Delhi. I watch helplessly, looking to squeeze in a quick trip... but tied up from near future. Happy to engage virtually though

(part 2) It will be a challenge to convince students, (many may already be convinced) but those that stand to gain from a rigged system can't be dealt with. But students and their parents of they can take a stand that we'll take even a year off, but we will not participate in a rigged system. For this to be effective, there needs to be some more information about how the system functions, then more information on what the students face as interface with the system, like getting application forms, deadlines, procedures etc. Studying these in detail will arm us. The fundamental tenet of this will be a non-cooperation movement that will should hit the govt hard. How to make the impact the strongest is something that will depend on detail. But this is my sixpence as an idea. I am willing to counsel students on what are the implications of taking time off. What are ways in which their time can be productively used and how to navigate uncertainty how to think in terms of possibilities.

To Abhijeet Dipke and Party leaders of CJP, while the protests are ongoing, I firstly want to register my irrepressible angst against the government's apathy, the complete lack of credible leadership, the lack of fundamental tenets of basic human dignity which are again basic requisites of those who are entrusted to lead a country. They have gotten our country down to a low that we have never seen. (They'll talk about emergency, but a factual comparison will easily demolish it). Now coming to future action and what should be a target. Boycott the system. We take the help of consultants, experts in education policy - anyone in the field, compare centre and state level policies. For instance, Tamil Nadu state medical seats were allotted purely based on school final marks from 2007 (before which it had TNPCEE). A level playing field is the intent of any entrance exam. Until it is fixed, bycott NEET and ALL entrance exams. Why other entrance exams? Education is not one subject, all systems are interconnected.