Admissions: Media playing the name game
FAISAL AHMED IKRAM
When the CBSE announced the results for class XII, students who had until that time been nervous about their results, had a new attack of nerves.
"Will I get into that famous college they show on TV?" is a thought that assailed their minds. In their anxiety to get into the college of their choice, students even forgot the course in which they were seeking admission. It did not matter if they had not even a slight inclination towards the course - what mattered most was that they were a part of the "in" crowd.
This attitude is not entirely the students' fault. The media coverage given to admissions in Delhi University (DU) makes them forget that there are other good universities. These include the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Milia Islamia (both central universities) and a host of other deemed-to-be universities in the capital offering good courses with competent faculties.
However, young and impressionable minds often get influenced by the continuous media attention paid to a particular university. Instead of giving unnecessary coverage to the trends of campus life, the media should be more informative. Instead of covering just one university, it should educate aspiring students about the various courses offered by different universities. Knowing which university is renowned for which course is more important than which canteen is more "happening" and which is not.
The media should act as an informative medium to the students and help them choose a better career for themselves, and not function as a commercial entity whose sole aim is catch eyeballs.
When the CBSE announced the results for class XII, students who had until that time been nervous about their results, had a new attack of nerves."Will I get into that famous college they show on TV?" is a thought that assailed their minds. In their anxiety to get into the college of their choice, students even forgot the course in which they were seeking admission. It did not matter if they had not even a slight inclination towards the course - what mattered most was that they were a part of the "in" crowd.
This attitude is not entirely the students' fault. The media coverage given to admissions in Delhi University (DU) makes them forget that there are other good universities. These include the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Milia Islamia (both central universities) and a host of other deemed-to-be universities in the capital offering good courses with competent faculties.
However, young and impressionable minds often get influenced by the continuous media attention paid to a particular university. Instead of giving unnecessary coverage to the trends of campus life, the media should be more informative. Instead of covering just one university, it should educate aspiring students about the various courses offered by different universities. Knowing which university is renowned for which course is more important than which canteen is more "happening" and which is not.
The media should act as an informative medium to the students and help them choose a better career for themselves, and not function as a commercial entity whose sole aim is catch eyeballs.
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