Reflections

( from the CNNIBN website) This is reblogged from the aalatimes.com newsletter. It speaks volumes about the state of medical education in India Why private medical colleges should win the NEET case Dr K R Kone (A Private Medical College Teacher ) I want the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) fiasco to be over early. I have so much stakes in this that I demand the honourable Supreme Court to validate the truism that justice is blind and wear its blind mask even tighter to give a judgment in favour of private medical colleges. This is a sincere request from a teacher in one of the private medical colleges. Let me explain why: 1. Our salaries became static because of NEET but our bosses are profiting a lot. If the NEET issue keeps on burning, the private medical colleges show the scare of the exam and drive all the petrified mediocre students to pay even more money towards capitation fee. It has already started happening. The MBBS fees increased by 30-45 per cent a...

Logos of the principal political parties of Malaysia It is Election Day in Malaysia this Sunday. Elections here are held every five years and luckily for them, both state and federal elections are held together on the same day. Only one state has its elections out of synchrony. This election is being touted as one of most significant in Malaysia’s history. There is a real possibility that the ruling party, the Barisan National will be voted out in what will be a huge upset. This coalition of parties has been ruling Malaysia in several avatars since independence and now the time has come, according to many, for the opposition to be given a chance. In the last elections which were held in 2008, there were many surprises. For the first time ever, The Barisan National (BN) lost control of three of the most important states of Malaysia: Selangor, Penang and Perak. Later defections, probably fuelled by huge infusions of cash, led to the regaining of Perak , but the other two states as ...