What people got to understand is that our students need not be competitive ,rather they need to have a competitive advantage…Our students are not just competing with their classmates..they are competing with students around the world..do not be fooled if u see some indians coming up with break through inventions and being success stories..there are just a few relative to our population and that’s a fact..To understand the scenario consider a simple concept of the value chain. The output that we require are students high on quality excelling in any area of work they do..Unfortunately we do not have this in our country..the state of affairs is so pathetic that corporates are realizing to their horror that although talent is available cheap in India, it would be better to remain in the US and the like(true u have outsourcing..this is another debate for the best..).. this is coz we churn out every year scores of graduates who have just mugged up some books, written lengthy paragraphs for the exams and by some fluke of nature(read university) have passed..do not associate toppers with their intellectual capacity....it is usually (exceptions are ther..) some dark sheep who turns out to be the real topper in life..10th is the first step in cleaning this system as it is the first “competitive exam” we have…students need to be left alone developing a career according to their taste…if ur a master at something , ur an inevitable success..hence the input
India is a federal country. If we try to centralize everything, surely India will break up. Currently when we learn history, we emphasize both national and regional history. If we centralize then we will only learn national history which is not really national but rather history important to north indians.
We will stop learning about Vijayanagar, Chola, Chera, etc. Ask the CBSE guys how much they know about these kingdoms. Only thing that is emphasised is what is important to North Indians.
scraping class x exam is good decision as children can study till class x without any fear and stress.since in many areas there are children do not want to study in fear of failure and parents pressure.if this decision is taken then atleast minimum education will be given to all children.
Re: In support of centralising school educaiton.
by Neeraj Kumar on Jul 12, 2009 12:48 PM
Do you really think that the level of questions being asked at the entrance tests of IIT/AIIMS are similar to Boards exams? It is a cakewalk to score more than 80% marks in CBSE/ICSE Board exams, whereas in the entrance tests of IIT/AIIMS if you score even 30-35% marks you are likely to be through. So, I don't think CBSE/ICSE students have any inherent advantage as they are also required to study the same syllabus in a completely different perspective for the entrance tests of IIT/AIIMS. Had this been not the case, toppers of the entrance tests of IIT/AIIMS and CBSE/ICSE boards would have been the same set of students.
It would be a foolish idea to scrap class X Board exams. Even the grading system will not be a good idea. Exams force students to study. In absence of the Board exams for class X most of the students won't study that hard considering the guaranteed admission in class XI of the same school. Toppers will also feel disheartened as seeing ones names among the toppers is the greatest incentive to work hard. Introduction of grades means 100% in maths will also get an 'A' and 90% in maths will also get an 'A'. All of us know what it takes to score 100% ! Thus, our brightest students would suffer and won't find that much incentive to study hard. We must go the root cause of the problem. After all why the Board exams are stessful. Is it because of heavy syllabus? Is it because of tough questions? The answer to these questions is 'NO'. It is the competitive spirit among the students and parents which has made the board exam a gruelling exercise. No matter how much you tinker with the syllabus, no matter how much you reduce the toughness level of questions, the board exam will then also remain a stressful exercise. It is certainly not the vastness of the syllabus which puts lot of stress on students but it is the quest of securing more marks than others so that they can get admission in the best college with the stream which is in demand, which is the main culprit. So, the solutin does not lie in scrapping the Board exams but in providing more career oportunities to the students.
Re: Exams are necessary
by Neeraj Kumar on Jul 12, 2009 12:32 PM
More career opprunities can be provided with more liberalization of economy so that employment scene becomes good, with less restriction in opening of educational insitutions so that choices of alternative careers are available to the students. The idea of Kapil Sibel is to allow the students the choice of the stram as per his/her inclinations is laughable. We generally do not make career choices on the basis of our inclinations. We only choose hobbies as per our inclinations. In India where only a select few careers are remunerative enough to give you a decent future lifestyle, it would be foolhardy to choose career on the basis of our inclinations. This may be true in USA where almost the careers are almost equally remunerative. I may like History in Class X but if I choose History as my career I may not find myself well-placed after 10 years compared to my friends and I may not be happy at all. Whereas my friend who was also equally interested in History chose science due to parental pressure and is now earning 10 times more than me and is very happy and well settled. To top it,he has now become genuinely interested in science after studying the subject for so many years. Whom would I blame at that stage of my career? These are not easy questions to answer.
This is like removingthe organ whichhasthe problem insted of treating the problem. The way the class 10 exams are conducted,the way the students of class 1 till 10 are treted and taught in the school, the way teachers teach and the students learn till calss 10, the way we take exams tillclass 10 and even after than is a roblem. Not taking class 10 exams will not olve the problem. Making it a centralise exam will increase the problems ad corruption from the schoollevel it self. In Gujarat, calss 11 and 12 are no junior collages, they are still schools. So the students just go to another school or in the heigher secondary section of the sae school after school. Or they go for somediploma courses after school. So there is no need to remove the class 10 exams. Just reate awarenessin the students and parents and make the teachers check the papers seriously and properely. If every teacher and student do the work sincerely and honestly ( they are not politician yet) there will not be ny problems in the preset ystem as well.
Class 10 exams ought to be scrapped as its not just undue pressure on students but is a money making racket that needs to be eliminated from our system. Previously we had the class 11 exam that ended schooling. We need to revert to that system as it was successful. Even if we don't and opt for 12 classes it would be better. Starting at age 6 class 1 and finishing at 18 years in class 12 makes social sense. At least the student would have been housed and nutured for the first 18 years of his/her life and ready to enter society. Till class 12 there should be NO FAILING of students Teachers need to assess the strong points of students and cultivate them in that direction. In this manner the academically waek or not so bright students also get a school leaving certificate highlighting their inclination that may take them to a university/vocational college! And this is what makes common sense and ensures that the nation gets good value for its money (the nation has invested 12 years into each and every citizen and at the end of that time its about time they(students)begin contributing to society positively. This is unlike the past or even the present when we have major drop outs from school who instead of contributing to society become streetside urchins/anti-socials / even terrorists and harm society.Its a good move by the Govt and it ought to be implemented from the next academic year itself.
The solution to the growing problems of a diverse Indian population with competitive and harsh educational system at school is to LEGALIZE Home Schooling Education System in India, just like in the US.
The solution to the growing problems of a diverse Indian population with competitive and harsh educational system at school is to LEGALIZE Home Schooling Education System in India, just like in the US.
The solution to the growing problems of a diverse Indian population with competitive and harsh educational system at school is to LEGALIZE Home Schooling Education System in India, just like in the US.
