02-02-2005, 10:38 PM
Wonder how the humanities side of our education system can be made more marketable. Sad state. India really needs to take care of the humanities side if it wishes to survive as a civilization.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Qualification MA-LLB-PhD, designation peon
Nilanjana Deb/ Bhopal
Dr Rajkumar Dwivedi, MA (political science) LLB, PhD in the "Political thought of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay", has earned the respect of professors and students alike of Hamidia Govt Arts & Commerce College. He is a peon at the college.
"Actually, I don't want to leave my present job and try my luck in a private job. Given my financial condition, I can't afford to do so lest things go wrong," he told The Pioneer. Since 1991, he has been requesting the state Higher Education Department every year to promote him at least to the clerical grade, which he says he is entitled to.
The Higher Education Department may not be paying heed to his request but the college authorities fully recognise his talent. Successive principals have found his impeccable drafting skills quite useful.
Says acting principal of the college Shobana Bajpayee Maroo, "He is dear to everyone in the college and very efficient. I have been observing his work since he joined the college... he strives hard to complete his work and his attitude is very positive." However, his perseverance and hard work have not been able to win him the promotion he so dearly wants. Dwivedi Ji, as he is known in the college, is quite popular among students.
A native of Majhiya village, Satna district, Dr Dwivedi says that he always wanted to study hard. He is the son of a marginal farmer and completed school braving immense odds. At the time of his marriage he was just a higher secondary pass while his wife was already a graduate, now a double postgraduate. Still unemployed, she is planning to do a BEd so that she can get a teaching job.
Dr Dwivedi recalls, "Just after completing my higher secondary, I applied for a job and got the job of Peon at the Hamidia College. Thereafter inspired by my wife, who had already done her Graduation by that time and the environment at the college, I decided to take up my studies again and then there was no looking back. Earlier I was working on daily wages but got regularised in the year 1991."
"When SC Verma was a Principal at the college, one day he asked me to complete some pending work that had been there since the past 4-5 years and I could complete it within an hour," he recalled. The principal was so pleased that he promised him to forward his application for promotion. He tried his level best to get my promotion done but there was no response from the Government at all.
Rajini Gorowala, Assistant Professor at the college said, "Nobody treats him like a peon and he is respected very much by all the teachers and students of the college alike. As far as his promotion is concerned that is something which cannot be done by us so we can just hope for the best for him."
Dr Dwivedi having completed his doctoral studies is still awaiting the Government to take a note of his qualification and promote him from the post of Peon at the Hamidia College of Arts and Commerce that he has been holding since the past 16 years.
Though Dr Dwivedi has failed to get the favour from the Government, but all the people in the college including the teachers and the students praise him and appreciate his contribution to the college. Perhaps that is the reason why Dr Dwivedi does most of the clerical work of the college instead of working as a peon in the college. It is not at all difficult to find him in the college as there is none in the college who does not know him.
Dr Dwivedi hails from 'Majhiya' village in Satna district and said that he always wanted to study hard and that was the reason why he received formal education at a nearby school right from his childhood but it was only after his marriage to Rekha that his ambitions soared high and he decided to take up studies again.
Initially, Dr Dwivedi had taken up the studies just as a hobby but later on the life in the city made him feel that education could also elevate his status in the society. Dr Dwivedi has made several requests for promotion and every year he submits his application to the Secretary Higher Education citing his case but alas no results have been obtained. Dr Dwivedi's wife also has a similar story, she has completed her Post-graduation in two subjects but could not find a job for herself.
Dr Dwivedi said, "I submit an application every year but do not have guts to leave the job because you see it is very difficult to procure such a safe job."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Qualification MA-LLB-PhD, designation peon
Nilanjana Deb/ Bhopal
Dr Rajkumar Dwivedi, MA (political science) LLB, PhD in the "Political thought of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay", has earned the respect of professors and students alike of Hamidia Govt Arts & Commerce College. He is a peon at the college.
"Actually, I don't want to leave my present job and try my luck in a private job. Given my financial condition, I can't afford to do so lest things go wrong," he told The Pioneer. Since 1991, he has been requesting the state Higher Education Department every year to promote him at least to the clerical grade, which he says he is entitled to.
The Higher Education Department may not be paying heed to his request but the college authorities fully recognise his talent. Successive principals have found his impeccable drafting skills quite useful.
Says acting principal of the college Shobana Bajpayee Maroo, "He is dear to everyone in the college and very efficient. I have been observing his work since he joined the college... he strives hard to complete his work and his attitude is very positive." However, his perseverance and hard work have not been able to win him the promotion he so dearly wants. Dwivedi Ji, as he is known in the college, is quite popular among students.
A native of Majhiya village, Satna district, Dr Dwivedi says that he always wanted to study hard. He is the son of a marginal farmer and completed school braving immense odds. At the time of his marriage he was just a higher secondary pass while his wife was already a graduate, now a double postgraduate. Still unemployed, she is planning to do a BEd so that she can get a teaching job.
Dr Dwivedi recalls, "Just after completing my higher secondary, I applied for a job and got the job of Peon at the Hamidia College. Thereafter inspired by my wife, who had already done her Graduation by that time and the environment at the college, I decided to take up my studies again and then there was no looking back. Earlier I was working on daily wages but got regularised in the year 1991."
"When SC Verma was a Principal at the college, one day he asked me to complete some pending work that had been there since the past 4-5 years and I could complete it within an hour," he recalled. The principal was so pleased that he promised him to forward his application for promotion. He tried his level best to get my promotion done but there was no response from the Government at all.
Rajini Gorowala, Assistant Professor at the college said, "Nobody treats him like a peon and he is respected very much by all the teachers and students of the college alike. As far as his promotion is concerned that is something which cannot be done by us so we can just hope for the best for him."
Dr Dwivedi having completed his doctoral studies is still awaiting the Government to take a note of his qualification and promote him from the post of Peon at the Hamidia College of Arts and Commerce that he has been holding since the past 16 years.
Though Dr Dwivedi has failed to get the favour from the Government, but all the people in the college including the teachers and the students praise him and appreciate his contribution to the college. Perhaps that is the reason why Dr Dwivedi does most of the clerical work of the college instead of working as a peon in the college. It is not at all difficult to find him in the college as there is none in the college who does not know him.
Dr Dwivedi hails from 'Majhiya' village in Satna district and said that he always wanted to study hard and that was the reason why he received formal education at a nearby school right from his childhood but it was only after his marriage to Rekha that his ambitions soared high and he decided to take up studies again.
Initially, Dr Dwivedi had taken up the studies just as a hobby but later on the life in the city made him feel that education could also elevate his status in the society. Dr Dwivedi has made several requests for promotion and every year he submits his application to the Secretary Higher Education citing his case but alas no results have been obtained. Dr Dwivedi's wife also has a similar story, she has completed her Post-graduation in two subjects but could not find a job for herself.
Dr Dwivedi said, "I submit an application every year but do not have guts to leave the job because you see it is very difficult to procure such a safe job."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->