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The real point is that there is a large, growing number of Tibetans with BA degrees. 95% of these graduates have no commercial skills. Most of degrees in Tibetan Language and Literature for which the market demand is zero. This is the real issue, plus the notion of entitlement, i.e., I deserve a lifetime secure govt job, plus other stuff as well.
May 03, 2014 03:46 AM
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To the first anonymous reader: Your first two sentences are correct, but your third sentence needs some context: there are many with enough financial and social capital (e.g. often this means corruption) to secure permanent jobs to which they also feel entitled; that creates a feeling of entitlement for those (the majority?) without job security and on very low pay (e.g. 1/3 of the salary) for doing exactly the same work (or often working even harder, to obtain recognition and job security - to be employed as a permanent teacher). The whole system is rotten. Even though guaranteed jobs for graduates ended years ago, children are still pushed into schooling with the promise that education will bring security. For too many Tibetans, education does not.
May 08, 2014 05:05 PM
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