Breathe Life into Social Sciences

Recently, attended a state commission exam in June, 2010.  I don't understand why our educators and policy makers don't think to enable or empower us to learn, which is our right.  The kind of questions they ask in the exams are damn outdated, have nothing to do with real-time applications in the day to day work, and of no use for the changing times or simply archaic. 

You know, what kind of questions they are setting:

• number of methods say number of methods in interviewing respondents in research
• the conference year or when an event took place etc.
• an interdisciplinary subject, which is completely detached in the core subject and never taught.

Though, we are not against the novel research methods postulated by pioneers, but let us learn and apply that for creating a value in a commoner life, in a field like libraries. When a patron does not have access to government information, being victimized or remain illiterate for years what the hell this 'year' or 'event' will help in attending to the need?  Either you should support what the methods proposed by the eminent people, who felt long back that the things will change in India or at least you should facilitate in using those methods for a practical  purpose and implement it for a cause, that would benefit the society at large. Come on, wake up?

Do you feel you have any application or practicality of these questions in a learner's or aspirant life in real world or for the society's sake or for a common good?  Furthermore, while there is lot be done in improving the prevailing conditions of public life, why do our government, bureaucracy and  educators do not realize that they are supposed to breathe life into the social sciences and Humanities education in India. Often times, i feel that did i chosen a wrong field in my life that the sector i am belonging to is paying me richly to mug up years, happenings and event!  Nevertheless, while majority of us don't have the opportunity to learn and implement the change, our workplace environment hardly helps in acquiring the skills in - general management, communication, comprehension skills, reasoning and quantitative aptitude, while our educators are bent on cramming the theory on the learners and we unfortunately end up in rote learning!

When will it stand a chance that the social sciences and humanities in India will breathe life! Will my Social Sciences and Humanities goodness me?