New Method For Making A Quick Buck : Sell Admission/Examination Forms !!

Humph!! Everyone these days wants to become an engineer, or a doctor from the best institutes, including the IITs and AIIMS. Who doesn't dream big, huh? So, all the folks scramble to nearest centre and collect the forms for the entrance exams or direct admissions.

Now, if you think these forms are available for free, then think again. When a student seeks admission to an institute, he has to pass their entrance examination. This has become a trend these days, with even not-so-well-known institutes conducting an entrance test. So, a student, after his higher secondary studies, on an average appears for at least five to six entrance tests. But for each test, he has to fill up different forms, for which he has to pay a price.

Each form is available for at least Rs.800 or about twenty dollars, which is quite an exuberant price for the common man. Now take this : Every year about two million students in Mumbai alone appear for their higher secondary exams, out of which at least half of them appear for these entrance exams. And on an average, at least a lakh forms are sold. Which means the cash deposits of the institutes go northward big time.

There are some colleges having eleventh and twelfth grades as well. And admission forms for the same are available for about Rs.100. About the same number of students appear for the tenth standard board exams. So, for the second time, the cash registers ring.

Now, there are some colleges earn a bit more by selling the filled-up forms of disqualified students to various agencies, and thus, these agencies have lots and lots of private information. And of course, you know what that means.....

In recent times, the number of colleges that demand an entrance test for each course, has increased enormously. But the sad part is, these colleges turn out to be low grade and by their outward apperance, tend to attract students, who eventually are at the receiving end. Unfortunately, the government just isn't able to put a restriction to such practices. Usually, the universities assign grades for each of them, but sometimes, these institutes obtain them in a foolproof manner. Alas! There are some problems which only prayers and hope can solve.....