Knowledge

Knowledge, a nine letter word which is an invaluable asset for many eminent scientists, scholars in the present technological world. But, for few it is a valuable one. Everyday we see it's usage and it's contribution to the mankind. It helps man in many ways from the time his journey of day begins to till he rests his day. Fortunately or unfortunately, to our surprise we see this knowledge has been outweighed in many terms by the present day people in innumerable ways. The outweighing of this knowledge is none other than the World's unconstitutional ruler: Money. One may be puzzled to see the outweighed item as money, but it is true to say that,from the small things of small people to big things of big shots, it has been marketed valuably with a price tag attached. For instance, the commercialiazation of education. Today, the fee which is being paid for kindergarten in private schools & play schools is more than sufficient for a postgraduation course in the past. The rationale is none other than to provide a good and better education to the children only at the cost of given price tag, if the said price is not remitted, the educational service is not available. Hence, education is not at the reach of people who are below the prescribed tags. The biggest surprise to the older folks is that once it was an invaluable asset, but today it has been turned into a valuable thing with the aid of money. I read it somewhere, "Knowledge is created by God and Money is created by Man, how can one replace the one created by God with the one created by Man."  Is it a viable thing to do? This has been proved viable in the present day world. "Higher the money earned by a person, more knowledgeable he is" this is the notable notion in the lips of the most educated,civilised,literate and illeterate people. Even the reputed companies hire the professionals with lucrative pay, packages with a profound knowledge. The lucrative pacakge is in lieu of their sound knowledge for the domain they work at. In this way knowledge has been commercialized in a sophisticated manner.

We should try to make the knowledgeable education at the reach of every person, with sound reforms and better implementation of the reform structure. Tandemly, we must eradicate the notion of outweighing knowledge with money by bringing the sense of altruism in the tiny deeds we do with knowledge. This can happen only when a larger forum addressed with its implications. The recent Yashpal committee on the Education reforms may bring some subtle change to the way knowledge is being treated by the folks of persent day.