It was just a heated discussion on the methods that the armed forces of India take to encourage more people to join. With a serious lack of officers, the army is doing a lot to get people to get interested. All that is written in different font is just something that I thought you should know.
Now to get some facts : Today Indian Army is functioning with 12000 officers less, Indian Air Force with 1124 officers less and Indian navy with 429 officers less. Quote from (http://www.proud2bindian.in/indian-army/312-why-india-shying-away-joining-indian-army.html)
To a question of Why should the youth join the army, this answer garnered the most votes - To get cheap beer, to learn a trade, to travel the world, to meet interesting people and shoot them. (http://answers.yahoo.com/) . Really sad.
What the army is doing ? To motivate youngsters to join defence forces, the Territorial Army flagged off a cycling expedition. (http://www.sify.com/news/indian-army-launches-campaign-to-encourage-youth-to-join-defence-forces-news-national-lbfnudcidga.html)
The army is spending a lot of money on newspaper ads and increasing incentives for the people to join the armed forces. But then its not enough, evidently.Not knowing enough facts (yet) Destiny decided to keep mum about the army but then realized that the same problems plague the education system and the talk quickly veered towards what wrong there. Here are her thoughts...
"Yes, the army is spending a lot on the full page ads it gives and the amazing incentives that an army officer enjoys (including the booze, though no one advertises that). The huge shortage the army faces cannot be for the good of the country in case of an emergency. A full page ad is well and good, but then only a few people read any newspaper (46% urban, 17% rural http://www.allindianewspapers.com/India-newspaper/national-readership-survey.html) and so not a lot of help there. With more public events, the army does get a lot of publicity but then a lot many go unnoticed. I suggest that instead of going all "look-at-us-we're-so-good-so-join-us", the army should get down to the grassroots. Serving your country is not a passion that a lot of Indians would choose over a bag of money. We should exploit this. Give a hundred bucks to students to put up posters and carry the message. They'll do it happily (with the perennial shortage of money) and also get introduced to what the army has to say themselves. Money should be spent on campaigns that target schools and let them know that jobs other than Engineers and Doctors exist.
This is just like the problem concerning the shortage of teachers in government schools. The amount of money that a govt. teacher gets is astronomical and they do much more than just teach in their respective schools. The government relies on them to do socially proactive jobs and so these teachers get to do their share for the country other than just training the next generation of the country. But then no one knows about it. Even if they do, then they decide to ignore it so that they can give high quality teaching at a public school for a measly 5000 bucks. Not that teachers should run after the money. But the govt.schools are having a serious dearth of teacher and these govt.schools serve the poorer sections of the country.
Again, people like me, who've always wanted to be teachers, should know these options exist. I know this through my dad. What about the thousands of teachers graduating every year and not knowing what to do? The major step here also lies in spreading awareness about what options (lucrative of course) that people have and what incentives the govt. gives. With only a few people aware, most who apply get in (raising a question on the quality of the service they can provide) and so a national resource is wasted. "
So, then, people reading this, its not about the army or the teachers. Its about what plagues our country and what we can/should do. Hope everyone does their lil bit. Namaste.
PS : Check this link out : http://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/spotlight_archive.php?id=27
Now to get some facts : Today Indian Army is functioning with 12000 officers less, Indian Air Force with 1124 officers less and Indian navy with 429 officers less. Quote from (http://www.proud2bindian.in/indian-army/312-why-india-shying-away-joining-indian-army.html)
To a question of Why should the youth join the army, this answer garnered the most votes - To get cheap beer, to learn a trade, to travel the world, to meet interesting people and shoot them. (http://answers.yahoo.com/) . Really sad.
What the army is doing ? To motivate youngsters to join defence forces, the Territorial Army flagged off a cycling expedition. (http://www.sify.com/news/indian-army-launches-campaign-to-encourage-youth-to-join-defence-forces-news-national-lbfnudcidga.html)
The army is spending a lot of money on newspaper ads and increasing incentives for the people to join the armed forces. But then its not enough, evidently.Not knowing enough facts (yet) Destiny decided to keep mum about the army but then realized that the same problems plague the education system and the talk quickly veered towards what wrong there. Here are her thoughts...
"Yes, the army is spending a lot on the full page ads it gives and the amazing incentives that an army officer enjoys (including the booze, though no one advertises that). The huge shortage the army faces cannot be for the good of the country in case of an emergency. A full page ad is well and good, but then only a few people read any newspaper (46% urban, 17% rural http://www.allindianewspapers.com/India-newspaper/national-readership-survey.html) and so not a lot of help there. With more public events, the army does get a lot of publicity but then a lot many go unnoticed. I suggest that instead of going all "look-at-us-we're-so-good-so-join-us", the army should get down to the grassroots. Serving your country is not a passion that a lot of Indians would choose over a bag of money. We should exploit this. Give a hundred bucks to students to put up posters and carry the message. They'll do it happily (with the perennial shortage of money) and also get introduced to what the army has to say themselves. Money should be spent on campaigns that target schools and let them know that jobs other than Engineers and Doctors exist.
This is just like the problem concerning the shortage of teachers in government schools. The amount of money that a govt. teacher gets is astronomical and they do much more than just teach in their respective schools. The government relies on them to do socially proactive jobs and so these teachers get to do their share for the country other than just training the next generation of the country. But then no one knows about it. Even if they do, then they decide to ignore it so that they can give high quality teaching at a public school for a measly 5000 bucks. Not that teachers should run after the money. But the govt.schools are having a serious dearth of teacher and these govt.schools serve the poorer sections of the country.
Again, people like me, who've always wanted to be teachers, should know these options exist. I know this through my dad. What about the thousands of teachers graduating every year and not knowing what to do? The major step here also lies in spreading awareness about what options (lucrative of course) that people have and what incentives the govt. gives. With only a few people aware, most who apply get in (raising a question on the quality of the service they can provide) and so a national resource is wasted. "
So, then, people reading this, its not about the army or the teachers. Its about what plagues our country and what we can/should do. Hope everyone does their lil bit. Namaste.
PS : Check this link out : http://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/spotlight_archive.php?id=27
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