Populist Governments ; The ill fate of India’s Education. In a recent Job opening by Indian Railways more than 28 Million people applied for 90,000 jobs of Grade C which includes jobs like Gangman, Repairsman, Lineman and Engine Driver. Most applicants here are Graduates or even post Graduates. If anything this event is hallmark of low reliability of Letter Grades and Paper Degrees; universities across India are churning. So let’s look at this problem from it’s inception. Post Independence policy In 1947 when India gained Independence from the British it’s literacy rate was a partly 12%. This has since shot up to 74% in 2011. This phenomenal growth has come at a cost of quality of education. Rapid increase in schools and pupils through the compulsory education policy of the government means that people were educated to flaunt literacy rate figures each election and wether they actually received any education or become capable of trade or skill of any kin...