Aamir backs Teach India!

This sounds too good to be true.

You’ve heard of final year IIT and IIM students being offered huge pay packets by multi-nationals in on-campus interviews for their services later on, right? And probably sat and burned with envy at the thought of GenNext’s starting annual emoluments being in mind-boggling figures. But here’s a turn for the book. Fresh graduates from India’s premier technology and management institutes have pledged to keep their private careers on hold for two years and, instead, dedicate their time and knowledge to teaching less privileged students in government schools across the country.

The students, who have already been snapped up for big posts and fat salaries by corporate giants, have apparently asked their future employers for time in which they might fulfil this mission. There’s more.
Bollywood’s Aamir Khan, who played a dedicated teacher in his home production Taare Zameen Par, is all in favour of this sacrifice being made by the students and wants to encourage them all the way.

The initiative, started by an NGO on the lines of The Times of India’s Teach India campaign last year, has Aamir saying excitedly, “It’s a beautiful concept and I believe it has the potential to make a very positive change and difference to our society. With the cream of our youth dedicating two years of their lives to educating our children, they are indicating a tremendous social commitment which deserves the highest praise, support and acknowledgement.”

Aamir, who started to feel strongly about the impact of education on youth after closely working himself with The Times Of India’s Lead India movement, added, “Not only will it contribute greatly to the education of many of our underprivileged children, but it will also help shape these highly-motivated youths into extremely sensitive and enriched citizens of our great culture.”