Better to be students than donkeys.

 "There is another new disease among children - that of going abroad. The child enthusiastically wants to go abroad, sees a new dream, but there is no assessment of which institution or country he is going to," said Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar. Why do 78% of wealthy Indian parents risk their retirement savings to help their children go abroad? ABP. "We run nine schools, with a total of about 2,700 students. About 20% of our students do not achieve foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by grade 3, and 6% not even by grade 5. Earlier, 40% of our students were not achieving FLN by grade 3, we had to work hard to bring it down to 20%, and we seem to be stuck there," wrote CEO of Azim Premji Foundation Anurag Behar. And yet, "Simply put, our schools are better resourced and supported than most schools in India, other than the elite ones that make up 1-2% of the total." Even in the elite schools students are being sabotaged by 'grade inflation'. "Simply put, grade inflation involves awarding higher grades than students really deserve through artificially heightened schemes." After schools had been closed for two years due to Covid, and "despite the evident learning gaps," "CBSE classes 10 and 12 boards in 2021 showed a pass percentage of 99.04% and 99.37% respectively, and those scoring above 95% jumped to 38% in class 10 and 81% in class 12," wrote John J Kennedy. "Grade inflation in India is a consequence of competition between Boards." "Colleges select students based on their marks in Board exams" and Boards compete in awarding higher marks to their students to give them a chance of getting a seat in college, wrote Sridhar Rajagopalan. According to the Economic Survey of 2023-24 "51.25% of India's graduates are deemed employable." According to the Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS), "youth unemployment (15 to 29 years) has declined from 17.8% in 2017-18 to 10% in 2022-23," while according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), "the unemployment rate for youth aged 20-24 soared to an alarming 44.49% in early 2024," and 29.1% of graduates are unemployed compared to 3.4% for those without formal education, according to the International Labor Organization and Institute for Human Development. India Today. Even the coveted IITs are not immune. IIT Bombay "has managed to place just 75% of its students through the campus recruitment process this year." The lowest package fell from Rs 600,000 to Rs 400,000, wrote SS Mantha & Ashok Thakur. Mr Dhankar cannot understand that children rushing abroad without "assessment of which institute or country" is an investment for the future. The vast majority pray they do not have to return to India and will do anything to stay abroad. That's why thousands of Indian students queued outside Tandoori Flame restaurant in Canada to work as waiters or service staff. HT. Those who cannot pretend to be students, pay $30,000-$50,000 to people smugglers and risk their lives across dangerous routes to get to a foreign country. In 2022-23, 96,917 entered the US illegally, up from 8,027 in 2018-19. CNN. They are called 'donkeys' (wikipedia). Politicians have access to taxpayer money. That's why they don't understand.