Srinagar, March 28 -- Education has always been sold to society as a moral and civilizational force-an "engine" that lifts a person beyond circumstance and a "weapon" that moves nations toward progress. In the attached notes, education is framed exactly this way: the "great engine of personal development," a route to human potential, and even "the most powerful weapon" for changing the world. It is also presented not as a waiting room for "real life," but as life itself-something that should reshape how a person thinks, behaves, and contributes.

Then comes the painful contradiction: if education is this powerful, why do we so often see "educated" people-degree-holders, professionals, administrators, influencers-participating in behaviour...