Education - The racket getting busted

Continuous stream of news about catching some corrupt official or a private college on the capitation issue. Is Kapil Sibal going after them, at last? My good wishes are with him.
Mr.Sibal, just one thing. When you catch these corrupt bastards, use your legal skills to ensure that none of them escape the noose. Death by hanging for the entire family should be the bare minimum. Confiscate all their wealth.
And also address the fact that most of the 'deemed' universities are owned by members/relatives etc from the administration. No quick fix possible. It is a system ruined by decades of Nehruvian strategy designed to keep education away from as many people for as long as possible.
At least, let us have quality education, based purely on merit. You can make a beginning by doing away with the effin reservations and by doing away with multiple agencies like state boards, cbse, icse, etc etc.
You should also let the Harvards and the Whartons set up schools or colleges (away from Metro cities please) so that the rich and filthy rich can send their spouses there.
Also, let private sector education be run on a for profit basis and subject them to income taxes.

The Education Racket

The fatal quota cum reservation system in Education has given the politicians a huge money making machine. It is an open secret that most engineering and medical colleges are owned by politicians who auction the seat to the highest bidder. Land for the institution is given away as a freebie by the state, nationalised banks give loans for construction (with most loans having gone bad, except for progressive businessmen who have built a chain of educational institutions) and the upper middle class and the NRI who are denied seats due to the quota system are easy targets for these temples of learning. It is a well known fact that you can end up having to pay any where between a couple of lakhs of rupees to fifty lakhs to 'buy' a seat in a medical college. This is payable in cash, with no receipt issued. So, if you think that any politician has a noble objective in setting up a school or a college, think again. The Return on Investment is enormous, since land is virtually free and construction loans seldom get repaid.