Rise of Nepotism in Afghanistan

RISE OF NEPOTISM IN AFGHANISTAN in Recent Years..




Written by: Abu Mohammad Hamkar (Noorzai)




When I was in secondary School it was not necessary to Struggle More for getting Good Marks who knew Teachers or had Relatives in School .The Only thing Was Hurting me . Because I did not had Relatives in school and my father being educated never like to meet teachers for increasing my marks in any subject in school more ever students were getting more marks who knew teachers or even teachers in other states could help students who knew teachers in our school . I was not realizing why it is like this……. Why should I know teachers and Why should I study ……………………………….!


Why should I study more than a student who knew teachers and principle ….. till now I did not realize the benefit of those marks whom were given to a student without struggle and studying hard …

Coming back to nowadays system …the Way of giving marks is totally changed in this era in Afghanistan because in secondary school they were giving only some marks and helping students to pass them in their subjects but the whole system improved now .

If you know anyone in ministry of Higher education then you are the king … king because you do not need to study and attend your school classes and you can get 12 th Grade Certificate in a less span of time . or those who do not know anyone can get certificates through only paying 300 Dollar . Now imagine why like this …… remember why this system is better for people and how it damage the people inside Afghanistan and finally for the career of the students .

When I was graduating from 12th , other Students similarly gave their kankor ( Special entrance exam for higher Education In Afghanistan ) Exam like me but they were not worried about their success because they believed that they could enter to their favorite Course without passing the exam because the reason was their relatives and contacts persons within the provinces of Afghanistan and specially those who knew ministers and executives in ministry of higher education .

Coming back to THE SYSTEM GOING NOW IN AFGHANISTAN

I heard the word NEPOTISM from my Professor of Political science as well as the students Discussing about Nepotism but did not understand until I realized the statement : People Doing something In Favor of their relatives “” or favoritism

Simply means the Examples I mentioned above. Now let us first understand the term of nepotism and Meanings .

TERM MEANING

Nepotism is favoritism granted to relatives regardless of merit. The word nepotism is from the Latin word nepos, nepotis (m. "nephew"), from which modern Romanian nepot and Italian nipote, "nephew" or "grandchild" are also descended.


Social and economic Effects


Nepotism and cronyism can have short- and long-term effects on a society, depending on the extent of the take-up and social acceptability of these practices.
Areas in which, it is believed nepotism has negative societal effects:
 the civil service
 intergovernmental relations (ambassadors, civil-service attached personnel)
Also, since a politician or movie star-producer can have more than one child, there is also the related situation of a remaining, resentful, "passed over" child. India's Karunanidhi family also illustrates this examples: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers M.K. Azhagiri, M. Karunanidhi's second son, was passed over in favor of M. K. Stalin for the deputy chief minister role. This caused a political rift between the supporters of Azhagiri and Stalin.
Nepotism often plays a part in social circles (to varying degrees), as people tend to become friends with their friends' friends more quickly than with complete strangers.