This process wil come as a relief for rich guns,,,those who dun study or dun attened schools ...once board criteria wil be abolished with internal assesments , there wil b no worries for richi richs ,,,every non deserving kid wil be goin to upper classes without ne fuss,,,n no doubt,it wil generate business for schools also ,,,,big game into play ,,,,
Re: Big relief for rich kids
by vamsi nori on Jul 01, 2009 12:09 PM
Do you think in big schools only marks are a criteria? They are already playing their money game. You need money to gain entry into big schools. If we dont have, even if our kids are brilliant, there isn't a lot that we can do. So lets not worry about rich-undeserving kids getting in, we cannot stop them anyways. Concentrate on waht we need to do for our kids. Be happy our kids wont be as stressed as we were. if not exams, there will be other ways of non-stressful assessments.
Re: Re: Big relief for rich kids
by ankyr on Jul 01, 2009 12:48 PM
y r u pointing towards big schools,,,its all about board exams which takes place is every school,,,,whether its big or smal,,,but in every school, there r rich guns ,,,n those wil be benifitted by that ...
There is tremendous work needed in education sector. We need to build and equip school. This guy is getting everyone to debate a controvosial stuff. Let us focus on where there is an agreement.
No doubt.. But nothing compared to pressure the comming generations will face from kids from the developed world, developing world and China. Earlier, you could do whatever you wanted.. But now even US is aware of the pitfalls. One wrong move and our future will be doomed. We do not want to raise our kids as sissies.
Re: what abt date of birth certificate ??
by vamsi nori on Jul 01, 2009 11:55 AM
Harish, For those born after 26-01-1989, SSC certificates will no longer be considered as proofs of DOB. Birth certifcates are mandatory. I have noticed this rule being followed by passport office but i guess as other departments are also following it.
Re: Re: what abt date of birth certificate ??
by C.V.RAMAN IYER on Jul 01, 2009 12:35 PM
Very good move by Kapil Sibal (going to be another legend like Kapil Dev). Exams are nothing but memory power getting translated into written form, on which assessment of a student is made. Ideally, the system should promote inherent talent - whether it be in academics - arts - sports or any other talent and grade given accordingly. Let them further develop their talent at higher education institutes or universities. Make all children have opportunity for all round development so that when he comes out of the institute, he is useful for himself and fit to be a member of the civilised society. I never had the opportunity for higher education just because I performed poorly in sanskrit and what use is Sanskrit language in this increasingly english speaking nation ? I should ideally have sued the concerned government then - but then gain what use ?
it is a shrewd move by sibal to garner votes of the young voters who think exams are a burden on them. he is a cunning person who has nothing to do with the interests of the nation. all he is concerned with is creating the vote-bank for 2014 polls.
Introducing "GRADE SYSTEM" in 10th exams is a good thing while retaining the % system in 12th.
In fact, these exams make Indians more competitive than their counterparts in USA & west. Removing the exams will divert the students attention towards other non-productive things & will ultimately destroy the competitive edge the Indians have over other students worldwide.
Re: clever attempt by sibal to get votes in 2014.
by Athar Sagri on Jul 01, 2009 11:45 AM
This is all politics. 100% correct. I share the same views as panini. Students who feel that exams are burden then they hv no future in their life.
Re: clever attempt by sibal to get votes in 2014.
by ankyr on Jul 01, 2009 11:58 AM
This process wil come as a relief for rich guns,,,those who dun study or dun attened schools ...once board criteria wil be abolished with internal assesments , there wil b no worries for richi richs ,,,every non deserving kid wil be goin to upper classes without ne fuss,,,n no doubt,it wil generate business for schools also ,,,,big game into play ,,,,
I agree with the proposed changes. However this is the first step towards the complete overhaul of the system. Today we have too may streams of education such as CBSE, Matriculation, Anglo-Indian, Stateboard etc. This was ok till last decade where the workforce was not moving across the country on work assignments. But now it is more dynamic workforce which looks for and takes up oppurtunitiy across the country and world. In the new system the syllabus to all main stream subjects should be same and with english as first language and local regional lanugage as second language. This will allow the students to move across the country without much difficulty. By doing away with 10th final exams students can have more overall assesment during the whole year, where there will be marks for every day homework and class projects and this allows the students to gain more practical knowledge instead of reading for exams.
we r today seeing a period when the youth is taking to drugs, forgetting the values of morality, hard work, persistence... so would it be right to remove exams ?? rather we shall work towards improving the education system and freeing it of rot learning and also provide proper counselling to the students and their parents also on how to cope with exam pressure which students have to face anyways maybe a little later!!!
