What is Causing the Present Situation?

If University life is not as good as what we have imagined, then one cannot help asking why is it that university life is so dull and lifeless ? Here goes the analysis:

We are living in a world of no political freedom ; a student must obtain a 'Certificate of Suitability' to enter the university. After entering the university, he is not allowed to say what he feels for fear that the ever present 'agent' might jeopardize his 'future'. The 'safest' way is to shut up and say nothing, to hear nothing, and be a 100% bookworm. This has become a way of life. There are many students who have never experienced community life before and do not understand how meaningful is this way of life. They feel that studying hard for the exam is the only goal of university studies. So they keep themselves away from all the activities taking place in the campus. Although they are depressed, they like to give reasons like 'there will be more fun after graduation', to comfort themselves. The present education system (more precisely examination system because it only turns out experts in sitting examinations) provides many incentives for the "good" students. Excessive emphasis is placed on results. Exams grade students into different categories; even honours degrees are divided into classes. Intentional creation of very few 'Top Scholars' leads to the encouragement of individualism in each student. So everybody should only care about his own study, his exam and nothing else.

What we study in the university does not tell us how to care for the development and progress of our society, to serve the masses and to work for the betterment of the poor. On the contrary, what we learn is how to control our people, how to earn more money for the rich, how to exploit the ordinary people.

Many students believe that university life is a component of all the activities of our society. We cannot isolate the university life from the society. The type of university life is determined by the university system and thus by the social system. It is therefore justified to say that if we find some fault in the university system, the root cause must be in the social system.