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Vol. 4 :: No. 1 January,
2002 (Paush
- Magh)
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| No Pseudo-experts Please
Just a decade ago when Nepalese society was fumbling over ‘Cybertech’, one was almost considered a stupid for opting course in IT instead of opting other popular engineering courses. The scenario at present is completely upside down. It’s the Internet that turned the world into a global village, thanks to the technology. Nepal is now not aloof of this techno gift. It is a whim now to jump on the bandwagon of computer realm. Lots of software related as well as academic institutes are on the way to bolster the use of opportunity. But then there are serious issues emerging subsequently due the lack of policy, infrastructure as well as misguidance from Nepalese cyber pioneers. Effort from the government to lift the standard of computer education has proved to be inadequate as per the market demands. It may be either due to the lack of expertise in the row of decision-makers or they are simply not serious in the affair. Almost half a decade has been spoilt in the implementation of the proposal of a software park. However there is much consolation in the present budget that would create the infrastructure for solid ground of software development. It is more surprising that until recently even the National Planning Commission (NPC) didn’t bother to take this matter seriously. What we must learn from our neighbours is to divert our attention towards software exports because within a time frame of less than a decade, their main source of foreign currency has turned out to be software export. Obviously the Ministry of Science and Technology is supposed to take care of such matters but it is sad to say that this body was rarely active until last year. The government neither projected itself to invite the foreign cyber trade leaders, nor is it able to stop the brain drain. Every year a large group of qualified techno-savvies are heading towards developed countries causing the loss of genuine cyber strength of the country. It’s not more than a schizophrenic euphoria of those who produce the logic of earning foreign currency by such means. Definitely this is not going to be a healthy exercise for the country. Due to the negligence of the government, the computer institutes around are turning out to be engineering colleges! A serious thing about it is that no single body is paying attention towards the quality of infrastructure provided by such institutes. Newly opened universities are competing among one another to affiliate street colleges. It is noteworthy that 5 or 6 engineering colleges hire almost the same faces. Who would not doubt the quality of such technical schools, then? The brochures of such institutes are occupied with an impressive number of expertise. The government is the only agent responsible for not creating a strong body to monitor such malpractice. Passing the buck to the university is acting even more irresponsibility, but the universities are not clean either in monitoring the standard. Everything is being done on adhoc basis. International software standards are not followed by any of them. The market is heading towards a bad shape but just producing a crowd of pseudo-experts may lead to unemployment, frustrations and again, brain drain. |
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