Student Union at government aided colleges and universities in Nepal

Schools, Universities and collages are the temple for learning, we believe so. Most of influential scientist, engineers, doctors , politicians , professors , writers etc. are the outcome of schools or universities. So, how important schools and universities are? Schools and universities are peace zone and there should be peace and only the environment of study and learning as well as extra-curricular activities.

Most of the universities or collages around world have their own student union organization for the welfare and development of students and their leadership skills. It is quite necessary to unite student for the welfare and protect the rights of students. Democratic practices are needed to choose the student union team or leader , that's is quite democratic. But at the same time, If a student union is affiliated to some political parties or ideology and became the wings of political power of major parties then such a student union is not liable to say free student union and there will not be guarantee such student union can work fairly for the welfare of the students and protect the student's interest. The same thing is happening in Nepal. In Nepal , government aided university, specially Tribhuvan has established student union some 30 years ago. Since then every two years , SU election is going on and elect the leaders. Generally election to choose leaders is not a bad idea but problem is that student union are working like party and they are becoming main force of their mother parties , if mother parties needed to conduct strike, conflict with opponents and spread the sense of fear in the street. This is not a job of student union or students.Most of the political parties in Nepal have their own student organizations.These student organizations mainly work for their mother parties and their political campaign. That is so bad to say. Most of parties leaders , ministers were previous student leaders they entered main stream politics from student politics. Previous student leader became Prime Minister of Nepal, even that see the situation of Tribhuvan University now. What they did for university? Only promotion of politics and nothing else. In University, most of the student leaders are practicing the same kind of corrupted, indiscipline , without vision and clear idea for student welfare, violent and tussle with opponent such kind of politics is happening since long time in collages and universities. These student leaders may be tomorrow's leaders then how can we expect a good leading of our democracy, development and peace from these leaders.

In my view, student union role should be largely for the welfare of students. They should help to their fellow for developing careers, counseling , organizing educational and career fair , organizing entertainment programs , training programs or leadership training , arranging educational visit to different part of country as well as abroad , help to provide scholarship to genuine and needy students from collages or different organizations , award or honur very talented students and help them to find the scholarship programs or internship in a country or abroad ,help to search job and internship and counsel students about their career, and participate to build and design academic schedule , plan , activities working with the university board or council etc. Student union should help to create a complete environment for study. They should also work to provide student discount facility to public transportation, university or college cafeteria and also help to provide student housing or apartment with a affordable price . In Kathmandu , housing problem for students is severe. I, myself , had so much trouble to finding the good rented apartment or room to live. These should be the main job for elected leaders of student union. Everyone expect such kind of help from student union. But , they are only doing politics involving their mother party's political activities rather than involving student welfare and development. Students leaders are going more on their mother party work and giving more time and energy for that. Their main motive or intention to be a future country leaders and ministers, its not a bad but problem is that when they elected in the student union board , they should truly work to welfare of students and play their role as a student union leaders not only politics for their mother party. They should quite from their mother party for the period of student union term. There are so much problem in Tribhuvan University. University don't have modern updated academic programs courses . There are very bad laboratories and management of university resources are very poor. Teachers and professors are also not that much trained to teach the students. There are not any research activities and funding for it. There are so much problems and the outcome that is graduated students don't have any career idea like in Which field and what can they do? There is lack of practical and technical education which is quite important for country and demanding this time. Students leaders and their union only do think and raised voice about this to the concern place. That's why , I want to suggest to all students , just not go behind such tread and politics. We have to think now and develop our educational institutions as a center of learning , truly learning and research.


By Jhamak Thapa

Love

Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.

Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.

This has been my life; I found it worth living.

A Poem by Bertrand Russel.

Service Oriented Architecture

Presentation from Chapter 11: Service Statelessness, (State Management Deferral and Stateless Design) from book Thomas Erl; SOA: Principles of Service Design

Following is a Study Project prepared for the same course. The project is based on the same book as mentioned above. The project designs services for a Study Office of a university and validates the services against the design principles based on the book by Thomas Erl; SOA: Principles of Service Design:

StudyOffice: ServiceDesign and Validation

Following are the links of the some of the books on SOA:
CMU Book on SOA
SOA Grid HP White Paper