Is Education Still the Path to Prosperity — or Just an Elaborate Theatre?
By Napoleon S Mawphniang
What happens when a generation realizes that the rules they played by were not designed for their benefit, but is a trap? How does a society come to terms with the fact that schools have become factories of false hope, instead of an avenue to opportunity?
The author encounters disillusioned youth everywhere, from the tea stalls of Shillong to the village squares of Ri Bhoi, and employment exchanges.
The system puts to work less than two thousand five hundred, while seventy thousand young people in Meghalaya alone seek opportunity every year
These questions haunt the hills, echo through homes, and threaten the foundations of civil order in the state.
Author's summary: Education may not be the path to prosperity.