New class system
As we look around us today we see that there is a lot of discrimination and it seems there has been a new class system established. Sometimes we are the ones on the receiving end of this, but many a times we are perpetuating it knowingly or unknowingly. Discrimination does not have to be racial or on the basis of caste, but it can be on any basis, if you consider yourself or any one person better than the other for any reason other than ability of performing the same job it is discrimination. Today this discrimination is being perpetuated under the name of Educational Degrees. Education and the teaching institutions started off being the places where one could go to learn the skills required to get jobs. But today it has transformed into becoming a branding order.
Let me take the example of India and the Management graduates from the reputed Indian institutes such as IIMs, Bombay University, etc. Managers from these institutes are automatically considered to be better skilled than the managers who have learnt their management skills from the industry itself or even the managers who have attained the same education and degrees from distance education. A fresh MBA graduate from these management institutes would be paid more and also is more likely to get a better job than a Manager who has been performing well at the same job for 2-3 years.
Discrimination during hiring
Skill is no longer the key factor in getting employment in white-collar jobs. One should have the right degree from reputed institutes to get these jobs and it does not matter if you have gained the knowledge needed to execute your responsibilities by experience or studying on ones own. Employer either are not confident anymore or interested in investing effort in evaluating the candidates for a job. Initially the reasoning proposed was that degrees are used as the basic criterion for filtering the numerous candidates applying for jobs, today this has become the norm.
Discrimination during assessments
This discrimination can be seen even after one lands a job. Appraisals are a process of evaluating existing employees on their performance during the course of the year. Appraisals also means upgraded salary package, which definitely are awarded on the basis of what the same person might be entitled to at the competitor's firm.
Role of Alumni
Alumni initially started as way for students to keep in touch with their classmates and be able to give something back to their Alma Mater. Today it is being used for mentoring, networking, and also for promoting hiring from ones Alma Mater!!! Why discriminate students getting educated from other institutes and ensuring help to your own Alumni? Isn't this discrimination?
Social hypocrisy
The jargon of Equal opportunity is being dished out an incredible frequency by the society. But this is mere lip service as there is no opportunity available for poor individuals who do not have the access to the funds required to get themselves branded by reputed institutes, but have gained the same or at many times better education. There are innumerable skilled candidates who have for some reason been unable to put themselves through expensive institutions to get the degrees, but have gathered the requisite knowledge through hard work and dedication.
A degree from reputed institutions and not education has become qualification criterion for employment. Being self-educated, degree from non-reputed institute, or distance education degrees are considered equal to stigmas. Such candidates are automatically considered not as good as the ones with degrees from reputed institutes. The society thus has not eliminated discrimination but has merely moved to a different form of discrimination.
Basic Criterion should be evaluation exams or certifications (similar to GMAT, GRE, CAT) which available to everyone, these can determine if the candidates have the requisite knowledge for the job. But since this takes effort from companies while hiring, they are not used.
Let me take the example of India and the Management graduates from the reputed Indian institutes such as IIMs, Bombay University, etc. Managers from these institutes are automatically considered to be better skilled than the managers who have learnt their management skills from the industry itself or even the managers who have attained the same education and degrees from distance education. A fresh MBA graduate from these management institutes would be paid more and also is more likely to get a better job than a Manager who has been performing well at the same job for 2-3 years.
Discrimination during hiring
Skill is no longer the key factor in getting employment in white-collar jobs. One should have the right degree from reputed institutes to get these jobs and it does not matter if you have gained the knowledge needed to execute your responsibilities by experience or studying on ones own. Employer either are not confident anymore or interested in investing effort in evaluating the candidates for a job. Initially the reasoning proposed was that degrees are used as the basic criterion for filtering the numerous candidates applying for jobs, today this has become the norm.
Discrimination during assessments
This discrimination can be seen even after one lands a job. Appraisals are a process of evaluating existing employees on their performance during the course of the year. Appraisals also means upgraded salary package, which definitely are awarded on the basis of what the same person might be entitled to at the competitor's firm.
Role of Alumni
Alumni initially started as way for students to keep in touch with their classmates and be able to give something back to their Alma Mater. Today it is being used for mentoring, networking, and also for promoting hiring from ones Alma Mater!!! Why discriminate students getting educated from other institutes and ensuring help to your own Alumni? Isn't this discrimination?
Social hypocrisy
The jargon of Equal opportunity is being dished out an incredible frequency by the society. But this is mere lip service as there is no opportunity available for poor individuals who do not have the access to the funds required to get themselves branded by reputed institutes, but have gained the same or at many times better education. There are innumerable skilled candidates who have for some reason been unable to put themselves through expensive institutions to get the degrees, but have gathered the requisite knowledge through hard work and dedication.
A degree from reputed institutions and not education has become qualification criterion for employment. Being self-educated, degree from non-reputed institute, or distance education degrees are considered equal to stigmas. Such candidates are automatically considered not as good as the ones with degrees from reputed institutes. The society thus has not eliminated discrimination but has merely moved to a different form of discrimination.
Basic Criterion should be evaluation exams or certifications (similar to GMAT, GRE, CAT) which available to everyone, these can determine if the candidates have the requisite knowledge for the job. But since this takes effort from companies while hiring, they are not used.
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