Monday, August 20, 2012

Where are the Parents? – Part 2 – Displaying total ignorance!



In an earlier blog entry, I was castigating the parents for not coming to many open fora, and demonstrations that have taken place in defense of the students who have suffered as a result of the Z score crisis, that has yet to be resolved, when the Government is particularly mired in a swamp of its own making, due mostly to the ignorance of their leadership of what it all means, and how it must be resolved.

In my view parents who spend a small fortune to educate their children in the state sector despite the supposedly free education system (here I do not wish to encompass the sacrifice of parents who send their children to the international sector) seem to have dropped out of the picture as in the needed pressure on the government to address the plight of the kids, who find themselves thoroughly confused when their Z scores and district rankings, which have taken a huge turn for the worse between the results published on 25th December 2011 and the revised ones published for the same exam on June 25th 2012!!

Where are the parents? I ask this time and again. They must follow through on their investment, otherwise their sacrifice is completely in vain. They must be at the forefront of demonstration outside Temple Trees, as otherwise there will be no action on the part of the President. Let us remember in Sri Lanka that all corrective action only originates from the President’s office as all the Ministers in Government are mere puppets with no teeth to take any action, unless sanctioned by the ruler himself.

The parents owe it to themselves to take the bull by the horns, form a team and be visible; hold a vigil outside of Temple Trees. Kids who agitate are generally taken for a hike, as they are all misinterpreted as JVP pawns. Their demonstration does not help anyone. So if the MOMS AND DADS come out to demonstrate it will definitely be far more effective. It is in their self interests as their sons and daughters are bound to tell them once they bring out the cost of education to their charges, that they were not there for them “when it truly mattered.”

I know that parents are completely ignorant about Z scores just like most of us in Sri Lanka. That by the way is NO excuse not to do anything about it. You giving up on your biggest investment in your life without a whimper and you are permitting the state to ride roughshod over you like a roller to flatten you and take every breath out of you, in this complacent and uncaring way. Rise up before it is too late and stand up for injustice, as that is what it truly is, before your very inaction is taken by the state for tacit approval of their policies and actions.

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