Compulsions of Nepali Lecturer

Being a lecturer, I must understand the obligation of Nepali Lecturers. Putting myself into their shoes, what I feel is that they are compelled to be busy. It may be not their intention to teach in various colleges but the different circumstances are making them do so rather than solely selfishness. In this post, I am trying to clarify some of the main hurdles due to which they are not being able to give full time to the same college.

Teaching in the same college full time is very important for student and lecturer both, but, the things are not as easy as we are saying here because due to its seasonal nature, lecturers are used to searching in various colleges. Once they get a class, its duration will be within particular month only. After completing the courses, they remain futile and unemployed. They even do not know whether they get another class to teach there or not because of nepotism and relativism. So, they do not want to lose the classes as far as they get it somewhere.

Furthermore, the salary, we get while teaching here, is not so handsome and we get salary lately due to which it is our necessity to seek another option to maintain their hand to mouth. Lectures’ life is not so fancy in Nepal nevertheless some bright hope still persists. While observing even in India, the case is just opposite to Nepal, they are highly paid with handsome salary.

Likewise, we are used to moving into various colleges to establish link with them. It creates the environment to show acquaintance with more students, too.  Moving into different colleges helps us to be familiar in the market. We will get a chance to proper exposure in the market. With the increase and more experience, it helps us to foster our career so that the jobs remain stable in another way.

But, this sort of moving may not be suitable for all. Those who are perfect in their subject can do such job which may not be appropriate for other lecturers. It deteriorates their career rather than upgrading. It would be very hard to maintain if we do not have strong knowledge of the content we are teaching. In this situation, it is better to study hard first and teach students wisely.

To conclude, though we are being besieged by such hurdles and complexities, we have to try to give much information to our students wherever we teach. We should not play with their lives. We have to create the environment for them even in phone, email, chat, et cetera.

Why teachers can not satisfy themselves?

I have seen a lot of teachers/lecturers in Kathmandu, Nepal not satisfying in their profession. They are doing their job for just running their family and solving hand to mouth problem. It may be due to many reasons to express such dissatisfaction here. I am trying to elucidate some of the important reasons behind it.

Firstly, our country, Nepal, has not sound political situation till this date, although politicians are trying to make it stable and to promulgate new covetous constitution. People, who are involved in private school or colleges, are seem to be very serious due to such fleeting situation. What they want is stability in their job but the condition is not being in their favor. If they fall certain party's wings, they have high chance to their job stability even in private education institutions. Rather than focusing on competition, owners are giving their priority to relativism and nepotism.

Secondly, its an obvious instinctive nature of human that to earn money at the top of their knowledge. They want to earn a lot in their life. I have seen a lot of person like me, having same educational qualification, are earning a lot in abroad, but, I am not earning much although I am satisfied with it. They are showing their proclivity towards money for quenching their satisfaction; not towards the country's real scenario. They had to consider the situation of our country.

Finally, another reason may be lack of certain facilities required by lecturers and teachers. These facilities includes insurance, allowance and respectful environments. Teachers should be provided with the environment of insurance, securing their future. They should be provided the allowances as their rewards and the last and important thing is teachers should be respected by both student and management because they are the real hero for every walks of life. 

My addiction towards teaching.

I love teaching not just because of the money I am earning, its just owing to my penchant interest and satisfaction.

 In the ancient time, teachers were taken as like God, though these days the meanings are being suppressed to some extent. In fact, teacher are those person who gives direction to the emerging buds. They are those character remaining in the success  of every person. In every achievement of every fellow, there remains crucial role of every good teacher. Thus,  I love to be teacher.

And the last but not the least, liking towards students may be one of the reason of my interest to teach them. They are really lovable and innocent. I forget all their guilty when I teach them. Even I dream  of them in the dream. Its astound that they even love me so much. 

What my student did in a class?

One day in a college, there was a small meeting of Microsoft Student Partners' program. Being a teacher, it was our responsibility to present there. We, Nabin and me, were presenting there with our lovely students. One my best student, from B.Sc CSIT fifth semester, Puran, was taking photo in a very stylish pose and I was, too, smiling for his photo. It was my first time to appear there.

After some days, Puran, a senior year student from Ambition College, put this photo into his  micro-blogging website, where I was clicked like Charlie Chaplin, a great comedian hahah. Below my nose, mustache was like that comedian. They were really making me such comedian.Anyway, thanks to my dear students.I am ready to be whatever you want for the betterment of your career.

Computer Science vs. Information Technology

Being a computer science student, these days, I am emphasizing my lecture about the major distinction between computer science and information.  As  I belonged to core computer science stream, I keep on concentrating on its fundamental differences.

Fundamentally, computer science is totally concerned with mathematics and theorems and its core research. Its contribution  helps information technology to nurture. Firstly computer scientist derive the concept theoretically and then its implementation is done on another level. These theorems are derived by those person who have strong in mathematics, probability and other stuffs required. The example of computer scientist are Alan Turing, Flody, Hoffman, etc.

But, in contrary, information technology is concerned with application of those concepts into practical fields. After the derivation of concepts by computer science, these things gets implemented into information technology level. The example of information technology are software engineer, programmer, etc.

Thus, computer science  and IT can not be used interchangeably, though today people use these term as synonymous. We have to differentiate those terms.

  

Success history of my academic research.

Through this post, I would like to share my success history in research. Though it is just academic research, I can proudly say that I may be one of others, who reviews computer science paper from international journal and I am entrusted by an international body to check their papers.

 I completed my M.Sc CSIT from Tribhuwan University in 2011, in Kathmandu. I was very interested to do research in computer science related field at that time. Though I had great interest to nurture my research, I could not find any senior to guide me.So, I was stumbling on the way, I mean I was rambling on the way of it. The only thing I had at that was internet and open access journals.

I used to come to home at the earliest from outing. Due to acute power cut here in Kathmandu, I was not being able to use internet as fully as I wanted and as available as I was. However, I started to split my sleeping time for internet so that I help me to explore my research. I downloaded lot of paper which had under my domain, I mean which came under my interest.

After finding lot of papers under my interest, I printed them out at the department. I made a bundle of paper and bind them so that I became handy for me to study and think. I could carry those paper into my bag easily wherever I used to move. I started reading those paper even in bus or even in my sleeping time. Splitting my sleeping time, I did what I can not do these days. I started sleeping only four to five hour a day.

Proper utilization of my time  even by slashing of sleeping time, I started to think. Thinking deeply in a topic, I wrote very first research paper with the assistance from those papers. I learned to write the paper after going rigorously into it. After writing a paper, I proofread a lot  to correct my language.

After the correction of my language, I sent my first paper to the journal called GESJ, from Georgia, an international journal. Initially, I had no idea that whether that paper will accept or reject. I had heard from some people that  amateur paper normally thrown up. So, I was wondering about it. But, right after 1 year of submission of manuscript,I got an email about congratulation. I was very happy to get that email because it was my very first paper to be published.

After the publication of a paper, my confidence level got increased. I was motivated to write further. I started to read more papers and started to share my new ideas to my counterparts who were seeking to do research. I again succeeded in my idea because  ideas were becoming their thesis. With the rise of my concept, I started searching lot of open source journals.

In the crowd of journal, I had no any idea to choose right journal. It took me a lot of time to explore. Finally, a chosen journal was Intelligent Information Management, an international journal from U.S.A. I sent another brand new paper to IIM and they accepted my paper for publication.

After the repetitive publication of my paper, I though to be reviewer.  For testing whether I am suitable for it or not, I sent my resume to journals. And,  finally, two journals accepted to make me reviewer. I have been doing review sitting under two international journal these days.