The name alone attracts students and they are directly connected with the minds of my generation. However, in my opinion, adopting foreign names does not seem appropriate.[break]
Using names of foreign institutions has been one of the most happening issues. Looking at it from a positive side, a proprietor has the right to select any name s/he wants for the institution.
But looking at it from another side, after hundreds of years of vast experience, the known institutions are established now and using the name to gain popularity in a short period of time just doesn’t seem right.
Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge, Stanford are some of the top ranked universities in the world. No matter how rich one is or how much one desires to be a part of these universities and explore their potential, they cannot until they have good grades and an outstanding record to do their best in the related field.
For students who dream of studying in these universities, whose heart beats only for these particular institutions and have never left a stone unturned to make their dream turn to reality will only get crestfallen when they find the name of their dream college being cheaply used in advertisements locally. The love and desire plunges when they read “Harvard and Princeton in Nepal”.
An SLC graduate falls in dilemma after coming across fancy names of the colleges and they are dithered on choosing a suitable college for themselves.
For some students, however, names of their favorite football club or a university can be the impetus in choosing one particular institution. Among the many reasons, this is one of them why foreign names can assist students in making wrong decisions.
Hence, the act of emulating foreign names of colleges and institutions should be stopped. Like they say “Never judge a book by its cover”.
Those who are impersonating such names should be aware of the fact that the institution can earn eminence on the basis of the quality of education it imparts upon students rather than the tags it bears or the name it has.
The writer is a student at Chelsea International Academy in Kathmandu.
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