As I have already reported, the hype of
the Kingsbury Forum of empowered women did nothing to further the cause of
women in Sri Lanka, especially those who are actually looking towards empowered
women to help those needing empowerment.
Ridiculousness of the Pledge for parity
is clear if you read the attached link!
So when Harsha says correctly, that
women who follow Higher Education but don’t work, are a cost to the Economy he
is right. Sudarshani says, it is the women’s right to study if she so wishes
but she can stay at home after that if that is her choice, is also right! So
where is it a problem?
Well as long as the poor people of the
Country pay for this higher education, and the person receiving it does not do
anything with it, there are two negatives. Firstly they deny someone else who
would take advantage of it from getting an education, and secondly, the State
cannot afford to pay for something that is not made use of. So what is the
solution?
The issue with Free Education is that
its value is NOT appreciated by most who receive it, and so in the Tertiary
sector at least, one would recommend, a token payment of say Rs5,000 a month,
until graduation, and if unpaid a debt to the state arises until they sign off
as either finished or dropped out. This will prevent those who engage in Student
Politics for 10 years from hanging around!
Sudarshani also exposed another anomaly,
as she is one who received free education to become a Medical Doctor, costing
the state over Rs10M, and she is now an MP NOT using her education. So should
she not repay the state the cost of her Education? I think she should, so she
can exercise her free will.
This is a super example of the reason
for payment, deferred or not, for Tertiary Education. In summary this was NOT a
topic for discussion at this forum, and should be reserved for a Policy
Framework, and that is why I said in by blog entry, that Politicians should not
have been invited, especially to speak.
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