Outsourcing

Interesting, to say the least, is this article in today's Tabloid Of India. After IT and BPO, now the next big thing outsourced is the school-leaving exam papers of British kids. Now I am not completely pro or anti outsourcing. I believe it has its place and importance although I do not think in the long run it is going to be beneficial to anyone. But clearly, there is some sort of outrage in the British media about this. Of course there are atrocious comments flying around that "Indians can't read English" - which is such a load of tosh - Indian English is one of the best in the World. But the weird part is this organization which is doing the outsourcing claims to be non-profit. Pray, what then is the reason ?? Do the people in Britain consider grading the papers of their young too difficult or demanding or unimportant a job ?? Or does the body simply believe that the Indians are much better at it ??

Either way, I would like you to think about what you would have felt had you been told that your 10th standard exam papers were being outsourced to Sri Lanka or Bangladesh for grading !!