Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology-Chapter 740: Privatisation of Education and Reopening of Religious Institutions

Raya University is currently the only university in the Bharatiya Empire that is rated at the prime tier. This is the tier that is higher than the first-tier universities like the Bharatiya Institute of Technology.

When students enter the Bharatiya Institute of Technology in their respective states, they already consider it a huge blessing obtained by doing good deeds in nine lifetimes, but entering the Raya University, on the other hand, is a different ball game altogether—it’s like doing good deeds in 90 lifetimes.

The inauguration of the university was also the start of the academic year for the first batch of students, so all the students gathered at the entrance of the campus waiting for His Majesty to complete the ceremony. The speciality of Raya University is that students do not put forward their applications to enter the university; instead, the university managerial team sends the invite directly.

There are only two ways to get invited into the Raya University. One is to get a very good ranking in the pre-university examination. This is the hardest and the rawest approach, where students ranking rank one to 500 directly get the invitation letters from the university straight to their homes, as well as the scholarship where they would not have to pay even a single Varaha throughout the years the student will be studying.

The other way is to possess a unique skill or a unique talent in a specialized area great enough for Raya University to take notice, like being excellent in mathematics but being weak in any other subject, being brilliant in biology but being very bad in history or literature, being exquisite in the field of art or sport better than millions of students their age. All of these high achievers are getting invitations from Raya University.

The selection is done through the entrance examination that is conducted separately by Raya University. The syllabus for this entrance examination is the same as for the pre-university examinations, but different from the PU entrance examination. Raya University’s question papers are evaluated separately where even if you completely skip certain sections of the question paper, answering one section to the most in-depth level could get you into the Raya University. Along with the written exam, Raya University also conducts physical tests for sports students and art students.

Jadeja Raghunathan is a student who had gotten his invite through the second way, where he was invited for his excellent artistic talent, where he could draw photo-realistic portraits of historical figures and important people.

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Vijay, standing in front of the university gate, had a pleasant smile on his face. He would have hoped that Kavya would be there with him because women involved in the inauguration events is very important, but unfortunately, due to Kavya’s pregnancy, even if she wanted to come, Vijay sternly denied her.

Vijay stroked the neck of the pearl-white cow and nudged it forward. Cheers broke out as soon as the cow entered the campus, after which Vijay, under the direction of the poojari, concluded the sacred ceremonies at the gate.

It was actually the first time Vijay was seeing the university with his own eyes since he did not have the time to visit Kashyapamar in order to see the university. The ingenious design and intricate carving spread all over the university did not surprise or amaze Vijay since he was the one who designed the whole university with the help of some architects, but what surprised him was the scenery which he could not have imagined in his mind. Looking around the field, there was fog falling like snowflakes on his face.

The mountains all around him felt like they were embracing him with a warm embrace. The air felt rejuvenating and refreshing—it was as if , if he lived here, his lifespan would unknowingly increase by a few years. And finally, apart from the beautiful and pleasant ambience of the forest and the water from the Krishna Ganga River only a few hundred metres away, there was no other artificial sound. He could already feel himself falling in love with this place.

"This might just be one of the most beautiful learning environments in the world," Vijay sighed. "It’s a pity this place is too far away, and I can’t visit here too often," he lamented as he clicked his tongue.

Staying a few more days in this wonderful place, Vijay eventually returned to the capital of the empire, Bengaluru, in order to witness the final of Unity Football Bharat, which was between the team from Cholapuri and the team from Chera Nadu.

In the meantime, all the students who had arrived at the university from various parts of the empire were formally settled into their dormitories and were given a tour of the university campus spanning 1,000 acres, in which all the necessities could be found, including a post office, an Arkha Dristhi communication station, and even a court and police station to resolve disputes among university students—arising from intellectual disagreements like patent disputes to emotional disagreements like winning a girl’s favour or bullying.

Jadeja Raghunathan, being one of the rare students who had been invited due to his excellent artistic talents, did not have many classmates—only five people in his classroom—but he was very satisfied with the living conditions. Jadeja’s classmates, although only five, each had their own area of speciality and their own area of expertise, which he felt like he could learn a lot from. For example, Neha Sinha was an excellent painter of landscapes. The first day she entered the university, the first thing she drew was a painting of the university nestled in the embrace of the mountains while the fog was spread all over the picture. It was so exquisite and brilliant that it was displayed at the entrance of the main building, which drew in exclamations and admiration from the students and teachers alike.

Another example is Roopa Patil, a painter whose strength lies in depicting common aspects of life in a grandiose manner. His classmates and himself didn’t get to see Roopa painting with their own eyes, but they got to see the portrait which he had already drawn when she was travelling—of a mother holding her infant son in her arms while carrying a pot of water atop her head. It was a drawing that was taken from the back at a low angle, which depicted the mother in a very strong and heroic light as if no person in the world of the painting was stronger than that central character who was working so hard to fetch the water and tend to her infant son.

Jadeja showed the portrait of his grandfather too, which drew some exclamations from his classmates, making him very happy. Overall, he felt like he was in the best place in the world in order to grow. It was a pity that he had to send off old man Amitabh after a few days of staying with him, but unfortunately, he could not do anything about it. Discover exclusive tales on novelbuddy

Getting back to his room, opening a blank canvas, and closing his eyes, a portrait of a majestic figure unconsciously appeared in his mind. Almost on instinct, without his knowledge, his hands began to move. The brush had become the weapon of creation and the ink its fuel and lifeblood.

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A few days later

Vijay was preparing to attend the finals of Unity Football Bharat, but he still had to instruct the Minister of Education, Raghavendra Bhatt, about some things he had in his mind.

"Raghavendra, we have already passed the difficult time of extreme human resource shortages in high-quality literary people. We don’t have to constrain the learning of all the universal syllables into a single year."

"From now on, extend the study duration for university students from one year to two years, and for pre-university students from half a year to one year." Vijay wanted to bring the specifications of study duration according to the standards of the 21st century, but the education of the Bharatiya Empire started in a difficult time when a properly literate person could only be found one in 100 or 1,000 people, so the learning time had been compressed in order to increase the number of literate people in the empire.

But now, with several universities opened by private people, the number of talents being produced is no longer a problem. In this case, it is alright to expand the learning time by a little, but if he brings the standards of four years and two years directly to this era, then the rate at which talent is produced per year, which is keeping up with the empire’s growth, will immediately choke up and stagnate, leading to the empire’s positive momentum to stagger, which he did not want to see.

Raghavendra Bhatt nodded in acceptance. He wanted to bring up this topic to His Majesty himself, but coincidentally, His Majesty brought it up first, so he had no objection. "I will pass the bill to be implemented and the extension to be started from the academic year 1661 to 1662, Your Majesty."

"Good!"

"Along with that, prepare for the privatisation of government schools and pre-university colleges."

"Unlike the Bharatiya Institute of Technologies, the government will not be holding on to these campuses but will directly auction them off to private personnel."

"Also, in order to not make the schools and colleges money-making tools for private enterprises, bring out a law that restricts the amount of fees that could be collected to a certain tier of school or college so that the amount of profit earned by the private owners won’t be too high, and they won’t see the educational institute as a money-making tool."

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Raghavendra Bhatt’s eyes widened, and he was taken aback, but shortly enough, he returned to normal because he already knew that this day would come soon enough. It was just a matter of how fast, so it did not matter for him if His Majesty asked him to do the privatisation now or later.

"I will get it done, Your Majesty. Please leave the matter to me."

Vijay was very satisfied, but there was one thing he still hadn’t yet mentioned. "Finally, legalise the opening of religious educational and fitness institutes like the Gurukuls, ashramas, and akhadas, given that the persons running the institute and teaching in it are qualified to do so. Prepare an exam for these people who want to be spiritual teachers. At the very least, they should know the classics of Bharatiya cultural literature and the classical martial arts of Bharatiya history."

Raghavendra Bhatt didn’t see this coming. The Gurukul and several other religious institutions were originally banned in the Bharatiya Empire because they were one of the rooted factors in society that encouraged caste discrimination by only taking in people from certain castes, but now His Majesty asking to reestablish these institutions was something he never expected.

However, he did not have any doubt. He knew that His Majesty did not have any problems with the religious institutions—he just had a problem with caste discrimination. So, he quickly understood that His Majesty only wanted the good aspects of these religious institutions while removing the bad aspects. He immediately made an outline in his mind about what attributes to prepare for the examination. Anti-caste-based discrimination would be one of the biggest attributes.

But then he got a doubt. "Your Majesty, what about those wise beings who are not wise because they have read all the Bharatiya classics as well as our religious knowledge, but are wise simply because of their life experience and their unique way of looking at the world? Should they be allowed to open a Gurukul or be exempted?"

Vijay immediately realised that this was a loophole he had never considered. He knew this sort of people existed, thankfully, he was not too flustered. "Then these people can be classified as philosophers. If they want to open an educational institute, let them simply open a normal school, and in the elective studies, let them provide philosophy as a subject. Their teachings can be included in this."

"Or they can simply be public speakers and hold events throughout the empire. There are no restrictions on philosophy public speaking events."

Raghavendra Bhatt nodded in understanding.