Whom to Change: - University Education or Corporate Culture.
If we look towards Nepalese
education before 2048 B.S, Nepali Medium education was been taught in Nepal.
After 2048 Education system was been changed as Privatization. English medium
school were opened as well as Curriculum
was also been changed in School Level ( Up-to Ten Class).
If we look towards Higher education
for management syllabus. I-com Curriculum was been replaced by 10+2, two year B-Com
course was been replaced by three year BBS and M-com was been replaced by MBA.
Later the MBA curriculum gets fail and it was named as MBS.
New Curriculum of four year BBA
and two year MBA program has been launched by various University. MBA Program
is one of the internationally recognized program as well the teaching method of
MBA is different from BBS/ MBS program.
During Bachelor / Master level
often college hire Industrial/ corporate expert as guest lecture program to
present lack of University Education and need of corporate need.
In this article, I want to mention the
difference between Nepalese Education and how its impact in recruitment and
selection of employee in corporate. Before selecting any employee at first,
Organization must be clear about its culture and what kind of human resource it
shall be fit for organization. Article
has been presented on the basis of 8 year of teaching experience in various level
(BBA,BBS, MBS, BBA-BI, BBM, MBA - Almost taught 5K students).
Schooling: - If we look towards Schooling ( upto tenth level), Education has been differentiate into
Government School and Boarding School. The difference between education systems
is in government school, 1 Subject English
|
Basis |
Government School |
Boarding School |
|
Curriculum |
1 Sub in English and other subjects
are in Nepali. ( However at present many government
school have also started to teach in English) |
1 Sub is in Nepali and other Subjects in English. |
|
Financial |
Financially weak guardian are sending
child to gov school |
Financially medium / good family are
sending to boarding school |
|
Parents |
Those guardian who are not educate/
non –conscious / or don’t know how it impact are sending child to gov school. |
Parents are conscious. From their past
experience they realize the weakness of gov school and has admitted their
child to boarding school. |
|
Discipline |
As there is less monitoring of
teacher, those student who have self-control are found discipline. |
Close monitoring from school and
teacher is there. Beside it interaction with parents is also there. |
|
Guardian involvement |
Guardian involvement is observed lower
(To know about their child , result, how is his behavior). |
Guardian Involvement is higher ( Even
some school do-not disclose the result until parents do-not come in school). |
|
Dressing Sense |
Dressing sense is not observed. |
Dress code, tie belt is there. It
helps to develops child for personality. |
|
Extra Curriculum Activity. |
It depends on student interest. |
School are providing it and charges
are been taken. |
Impact of Schooling
in Professional life:-
As mention above the difference
between boarding school and Government school, it has been observed those
organization which working procedure is in English system ( Way of
communication is in English), student from boarding school can be more beneficial
for recruitment. Boarding school keep student under pressure as discipline
culture is adopted so, student are observed more discipline.
2. 10+2 level:-
Almost 10+2 Curriculum is same
throughout the country. However student who are from government school prefer
from Nepali Medium and student who are from boarding school prefer English
Medium.
Impact of +2 Level in Professional Life/ Corporate Job:-
As today many organization
requires human resource of Bachelor Degree so +2 degree do-not impact. However
communication language ( What kind of language Nepali or English organization
prefer ) should be analyzed.
3. BBS and BBA level:-
Previously BBS was three year
program however now it has been changed to four year. The difference of it are:-
|
Basis |
BBS |
BBA |
|
Curriculum |
English / Nepali |
English |
|
Financial |
Weak financial background student |
Good financial background student |
|
Student life |
Work hard as they have financial
constraints. |
More Enjoyment as they have money |
|
Attendance |
May come to college |
80% Is necessary |
|
Dressing Sense |
No, Some private college are using |
Almost yes few College are not using |
|
Learning pedology |
One way ( teacher teach, student
listen) |
Two way, Interaction is there |
|
No of student in class |
No fixed quota |
Fixed quota Is there |
|
ECA |
Few private college are doing |
Presentation, group discussion, Case
study, role play, simulation method, guest lecture method is used |
|
Subjects |
15 subjects hardly |
40 subjects |
|
Technical knowledge |
Exam has to be only given so technical
skills lacks ( Computer) |
Technical skills is more ( as student
has to make presentation). Normally BBA student have their own laptop. |
|
EGO/ Esteem problem |
Less due to financial constraints |
Ego is found more in student as they
have more money. |
|
College Politics |
In Government college student are
involvement in Union/ political party. |
College make Union for participation
purpose. |
|
Enjoyment |
Due to one way communication , bf/ gf
is seem lower |
As communication is observed more in
group, in class level student have love ( bf/ Gf) is observed more. |
Impact of Bachelor level course in Professional Life:-
As mention above, student who are
from BBA level ( if he have really studied well) are different from BBS level.
As BBS student only learn book and one way interaction is there, their
technical skill is also lower. Beside it no any group discussion, presentation is
there so student who passes distance mode or BBS education seems less
participative in group. They do not want
to share their knowledge in team. They want to keep knowledge on them self.
Discussion/ brainstorming method seems lacks as they have mentality, if they
ask any problem to other, they will get more humiliated. So on the basis of self-knowledge
they want to dominate team member. As
well as if the student is involved in political party, they have more
conspiracy nature in team.
However student from semester
based, those who are financially strong they do not like more pressure. They
prefer more soft language (Threaten in organization is given), they can leave
job at any time. Beside it , as they have invested more in BBA level,
expectation from organization is higher ( in the sense benefits like salary).
3. MBS and MBA level:-
Previously TU has launched MBA
education but later the program was changed to MBS. The difference between MBS
and MBA are:-
|
Basis |
MBS |
MBA |
|
Curriculum |
English / Nepali |
English |
|
Financial |
Weak financial background student |
Good financial background student |
|
Student life |
Work hard as they have financial
constraints. |
More Enjoyment as they have money |
|
Attendance |
May come to college |
80% Is necessary |
|
Learning penology |
One way ( teacher teach, student listen) |
Two way, Interaction is there |
|
No of student in class |
No fixed quota |
Fixed quota Is there |
|
Way of teaching |
Few private college are doing
presentation. |
Presentation, group discussion, Case
study, role play, simulation method, guest lecture, Industry visit, International
tour method is almost compulsory. |
|
Subjects |
20 subjects hardly (Yearly system now
semester system started). |
40-45 subjects (Semester and
tri-semester system). |
|
Technical knowledge |
Exam has to be only given so technical
skills lacks . |
Technical skills is more ( As student
has to make presentation). Normally BBA student have their own laptop. |
|
EGO/Esteem problem |
Less due to financial constraints |
Ego is found more in student as they
have more money. |
|
College Politics |
In Government college student are
involvement in Union/ political party. |
College make Union for participation
purpose. |
|
Enjoyment |
Due to one way communication , bf/ gf
is seem lower |
As communication is observed more in
group, in class level student have love ( bf/ Gf ) is observed more. |
Impact of Master level course in Professional Life:-
As mention above the difference
is mention. MBA student seem more technical friendly, belief on team building
method, Proper communication is observed.
Also those student who have
student schooling, +2 from boarding school, BBA, MBA. These student seems more
financial strong. As they are themselves financially strong, this kind of
person may be more ethical in nature (As they themselves have Money). However
financial strong person may have more ego and do not like to listen from
manager.
Beside it if looks towards education
policy, due to globalization many student are going abroad and are having
internal exposure. Few differences of it are.
|
Basis |
International Education |
Nepalese Education |
|
Exposure |
As they have left country, Multi-Cultural environment is adopted |
Only Nepalese culture is learned. If Student learn in Local community
they only learn culture of local level |
|
Level of Horizon |
Level of horizon increase |
Limited. |
|
Law |
As they learn from different country, rules and regulation of other
country is also known |
Only Nepali law is known |
|
Level of Communication (English) |
Get broaden |
Depends on student |
|
Exposure |
High |
Depends (where the student is studying). Local |
|
Politics |
Lower side as they have to learn and earn |
Only Bookish learning is there and are involved in Politics . Beside
student from Government college are Involved in Union. |
Impact of International Education and Nepalese education in
Professional Life:-
As student exposure enhance in
International education their communication skill, confidence skill and way of thinking / level of horizon also
enhance.
Further Difference between Kathmandu based education and Local level
education
|
Basis |
Kathmandu based College l Education |
Local level Education |
|
Exposure and Horizon |
Level of horizon increase |
Limited. |
|
Student nature |
Their horizon increase as they see people of through out of Nepal. |
They see limited people of
society |
|
Teacher |
Teacher are professional, belief on Money more |
Belief on Mansamman, Respect more |
|
Student |
Are open mined |
Conspiracy in nature, Involvement of local politics is there |
|
|
|
|
Impact of Kathmandu based and Local level education in Professional
Life:-
Student who have studied in
Kathmandu have more exposure, professional, open minded. However those student
who have studied in local level beliefs on more Mansamman and have more
conspiracy in nature. For the sake on Individual mansaman they can insult other
easily.
As above mention, various difference between education systems, now
organization should know their culture, what kind of human resource they need
during recruitment and selection.
|
Organization Culture |
Recruitment and selection |
|
If origination belief on top to bottom approach |
BBS, MBS student are better and also they do-not prefer to give reply
what ever their boss say. |
|
If organization belief on Participative approach |
BBA, MBA is better. |
|
Communication method ( Writing proposal , email) |
If organization use Nepali medium as communication, student from Gov
school may be better while if
organization use English Medium as Communication language ( Student from
boarding school will be prefer) |
|
Learning Culture |
As BBS, MBS is one way teaching practice. Student do-not like to
share knowledge or participation lacks. For BBA / MBA student- Participation, knowledge sharing culture,
involvement in discussion is observed high. |
|
Turn over |
Student of BBA/ MBA have more expectation from organization as they
have invested more during College time. If they get good opportunity, they
may leave organization at any time. |
|
Politics involvement |
Those student who have studied from government school/ college prefer
to involve in politics more In College life, they are directly or indirectly
involved in politics. |
|
Culture of Integrity |
If people do-not have money they take money as brief to enhance economic
condition and if people have parental property they need lower money. So
student who have International education, BBA, MBA are more financial strong
than student who have studied from Gov School/ college through out life. |
|
Esteem Need |
As BBA / MBA student are financially strong- esteem need is observed
higher. They do not belief on concept "Boss is always right". |
|
Confidence Level |
Level of Confidence is higher who have International education. |
|
Level of Horizon |
Student who have taken International Degree (regular Mode), or
student from Kathmadu horizon is broaden.
|
Conclusion: - Every organization
exist to achieve goal. So to achieve goal, Human resource plays crucial role
for it. So above points should be considered during recruitment and selection
of employee in organization.
Important Note: - HR- Head must keep one thing in his mind, what kind
of Culture it has been set in organization and what kind of human resource
shall be fit for organization.
Krishna Raj Bhatta
06.06.2023
Time :- 8 PM, Kathmandu
