Left is not right
Creating controversies also has its strategic advantages. Workers are demanding wage hikes, academics, teachers and nurses demand salary hikes. On another side Darusman is brandishing his report flanked by moon.
Supporters of Former general Sarath Fonseka are on one side protesting over his arrest. Human rights organizations who visit the Vanni in glittering Toyota Prados with Chanel and Poison write report after report in unintelligible English.
The government has so much to deal with, of course.
The latest addition is the military training for the University entrants.
The government should be congratulated on the move. In fact many countries have such systems. In the UK even the Prince goes to war.
As usual our “students” have already been up in “arms” about the system, obviously without knowing the virtues of such training, again as usual exposing their ignorance.
The ironic part is that the parties concerned are talking everything but the core values of such training.
Critics as usual cry that this is part of the government’s “militarization” of society.
Already the Military has started an Airline ticketing venture.
Be that as it may, getting military training or even a part of it is indeed valuable, perhaps only the private sector may have realized the value of it. It is not easy.
There are so many mushroom companies that have sprung up calling themselves “outbound” training companies and earn big bugs out of it. And other private companies pay thumping amounts to train their staff.
It is more or less the same kind of training.
The main thing many fail to note is that a government would not shoot its own feet by providing youth with military training!
Looking back on our student culture many a university alumnus would realize that our undergrads utterly lacked such disciplinary training.
And it was one of the main reasons why there were so many troubles in the universities.
Military training firstly teaches discipline and obedience, which sadly our students lack.
Perhaps it would be better if our AL students too were included in such a programme.
The government had already spent Rs. 90 million on the training program and had vacated and reserved the training camps for the scheduled three weeks. If we postponed the program it would be a waste of public money and our efforts an official had said. The students also failed to realize that such training would be an added advantage in overseas employments. Employers prefer those who have undergone such training.
Meanwhile, obviously the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) had called on the Higher Education Minister to follow the direction of the Supreme Court and postpone the leadership training programme.
The punch line is that, IUSF a well known affiliate of the pro problematic JVP, would be the biggest loser if such a training program goes ahead. In fact the government had laid its hands in the JVP fodder. Once started, the JVP would be losing its support in the universities. And there lies the real reason why some people are opposed to it.
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