With almost all of us trying to succeed in this race of life, some of us spend a lot of time and money on receiving the best college education in order to gain a degree. Others feel that they need to start working and gaining real-world experience out of it sooner.
An IAS officer shelled out his thinking about how your struggles and experiences take precedence over your degree in terms of education. Here’s the tweet:
Your degree is just a piece of paper.
Your education is seen in your behaviour, along with your struggles and experiences.
— Jitin Yadav, IAS (@Jitin_IAS) June 29, 2021
The tweet sparked a debate among desis online. Some people reasoned why they agree with the notion suggested:
Indian education is just a test of memory.
Student scored 90% not necessarily well behave.
Student scored 35% not necessarily misbehave.— Pawankumar N Surwase (@IamPawankumarS) June 29, 2021
Real education starts when one enters the professional life. With each day unfolds a new learning experience.
— Shrabani Banerjee (@bani23b) June 29, 2021
True sir even clearing UPSC didn’t qualify you as a awesome citizen, humanity in you defines it
— Yadu Saxena (@SaxenaYadu) June 30, 2021
And this can be said in the context of India because our education system is completely different from that which is necessary for us to survive in real life.
— Jitesh Mahawar (@jiteshtiger) June 29, 2021
Completely true. The degree is just a piece of paper in India. You can purchase degree of mbbs, b. Tech, mba, phd , llb or any degree if you have money. You get https://t.co/XRa0vfraYN, mbbs and do irrelevant job. So, degree is just showpiece.
— Manish Ranjan (@manish_r_patna) June 30, 2021
It is more important to have kind behaviour towards all than having a good degree.
— AMAN VASHISTHA (@AmanVas21863227) June 30, 2021
Two relevant quotes I can remember
1- educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all
2 – education that does not mould the character is useless— Lakhansingh Rathore (@LakhanDRathore) June 29, 2021
I would really appreciate if beaurocrats understand same
— Manoranjan jha (@Manoranjanjha4) June 29, 2021
Others were skeptical of the advice:
By this logic , we really don’t need degrees for being doctor your so called gyan and experience will serve the purpose … imagine to get treated by them
And I guess this post itself speaks many things 🙂— Maharshi Garg (@MgMaharshi) June 30, 2021
No..that’s not true..my piece of paper mentions 59.49% bcz of this .51% I am not eligible to apply for NIPER, ICT and any foreign university.
— Rj Saharan (@SaharanRj) June 29, 2021
That’s after they have seen your degree.
Let’s be honest, none of the fortune companies recruit based on the latter.
Ofcource, longevity is based on the latter one.
— Rajdeep Gajjar (@Imrajdeepgajjar) June 29, 2021
But Sir, Degree is counted as Qualification in all servicing jobs.
Nobody know us personally at interview, they only look at Degrees and work experience.
Degree is not just a piece of paper. It’s very important document for getting good job.
— Bhavya Sharma 🇮🇳 (@bhavyasharma) June 29, 2021
I totally agree to your second part!!
But brother, degree isn’t just a piece of paper. It includes hardwork, patience, struggle and many more!!
Be realistic!!! Don’t just go with the Instagram quotes and all of that!!
Stay safe and take care.
— Pranami Hazarika (@PranamiHazarik7) June 29, 2021
These quotes are far from realities..
Though it appears nice but it doesn’t encourage one to work hard and study well.
विद्या धन उद्यम बिना कहो जु पावे कौन ।— Shivam Srivastava (@ShivamS75653261) June 30, 2021
But sir due to degree u r here & most of ppl listening to u…it’s hard truth but real truth
— CHANKI NAVODAYAN🇮🇳 (@chandanchanki02) June 29, 2021
More practical answer would be – ” Aspiring for degree is not important But aspiring for mental skill is more important as the degree would follow thereafter !!”
— Subhash Agarwal (@Subhagar76) June 30, 2021
What’s your take on the debate? Tell us.
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