Passage 82

In English

Exorbitant fees are the main reason for the deterioration of values in education. One should not spend huge amounts in search of degrees. It does not matter if one does not secure admission to the course one wants to study. Students in the villages when asked, "What are you doing?" reply, "," (I am purchasing education) instead of saying, as they ought to, "" (I am studying). These days, even primary school education has become very expensive and one has to deposit twenty thousand in advance. Education is sold for money at all levels, from the KG (Kindergarten) to the PG (postgraduate), and indeed even to the Ph.D. level. How can one expect people who have thus bought learning at enormous price to ever think of using their learning for the benefit of society?