Phantom Writers

In today’s world “outsourcing” is the word. Just pay a price and anything can be outsourced, from research papers and dissertations, to school projects. There was a time when ghost writers used to touch up the books, articles and speeches. But now they also draft your PhD thesis, MBA assignment, project report and research proposal. Of course, price has to be paid. But as the business of the ghost writers grows sweeping over campuses across the country, it may be a sign of education going in a downward slope. Genuine minds are concerned. After all the degrees, award, CG PA grades and more important job prospects of lakhs of students are enhanced this way. So the new “knowledge providers” are now some individuals or companies. Individuals owning photocopy shops to copy someone’s thesis and sell them to other. Or there are factories which produce dissertations according to the demand.  This way, when a student completes his MPhil and PhD, he takes up a job; which he is not competent at. These malpractices cannot be stopped as the laws are not strong enough. Moreover supervisors and examiners help them to make it possible to continue this practice. “It’s more a matter of professional ethics than legislation.” Experts say that in India, 90% of research work is downloaded. Nothing shocking as education has become a thriving industry and booming business. So obviously students take research as something which can be leased out. Well it’s the age old rule of supply and demand. *A study at the University of Wuhan in eastern China has shown that commercial sales of ghost written dissertations and journals were worth nearly 1 billion Yuan ($156 million) in 2009, a 500% increase over 2007. *In the UK, the online essay industry is estimated t be worth more than 200 million pound. *According to the center for Academic Integrity in the US , in 2008, nearly a third of the faculty at its 360 college and high school member institutions reported students downloading term papers, reports or essays written by someone else from online sites known as paper mills.                                                    *This table content has been taken from saira.kurup@timesgroup.com Read more: http://socyberty.com/education/phantom-writers/#ixzz22ae5dOr6