An interesting problem...
This is actually on topic even if you don't think so. Having read about the ability of prospective employees failing numeric and gramma tests in India I have to point out that as I have read many comments in these Techrepublic pages I have found that many US contributors have poor skills too. I and many others outside the US have been concerned about the low standard of education in the US. For example, too many do not know the difference between "then" and "than" yet they are engaged in the IT tarde. Than is a word for comparison, for example, this is better than that, then is a word for sequencing, for example, if this then that. When English is your first language or your only language you would hope you could get such basics right. I realise it the US government putting the emphasis on personal greed (capitalism) rather 'than' personal skills and knowledge. It is not the fault of the US population apart from voting them in. After all it is far easier to control a poorly educated population 'than' an intelligent and insightful one. This is typical of self-interested and corrupt governments such as under Dubbulya Bush and their belief in a failed ideology of little regulation, and the Indian government is worse. What is needed is a regulated and properly funded education system with correctly focused courses aimed at well thought out outcomes. That applies to the US as well as India and the rest of the world. The ability to express your self clearly and accurately is critical in technological fields such as IT. Money grabbing short cuts by unscrupulous operators can not or will not provide the skills needed, especially when run by corrupt politicians.
Well that???s my view on the matter and I see it as a global problem. While our own corporations send services off shore so they can make even bigger profits (capitalism) and politicians support this practice the temptation to deliver poor quality shortcut solutions will not go away.
