It feels like a lifetime ago since I updated d blog! It's exam season after all, phew! Talking about exams, it never ceases to amaze me how very pathetic our education system is when it comes to assessing n evaluating students! The great I.E.L. aka Indian Examination League is the belle of d ball in students' calendars (not that everyone takes them all that seriously) n to what end really! Seems we are totally hell-bent about quantity n marks and just don't give any importance to quality n intellect! With d syllabi not revised for years at a stretch in many universities n obsolete paper patterns, it is but obvious that results r misleading n often misguided!! Whether it's d elementary, middle, Secondary School exams or at d collegiate levels, the system's rotten through n through with lax reforms n totally anti-student marking schemes!
It pains me (n many I'm sure) when students miss entrances by mere decimal points or percentiles n resort to measures like self - depracation, suicide or unfair means to score higher! With d competition driving them into a predator v/s prey race, the very sequence of evolution n emotional development is left shattered. What kind of education can we as a civilisation hope to impart with such a rigid, all exclusive examination system??? What long-lasting productive ends can we really achieve when just passing d exams is d motto n chief priority of our children?? And how can we dream to become a world superpower when marks and percentiles alone are considered d criteria to judge intelligence n intellect?????
These are just a few key questions out of many more which are raising strong objections to d way student - evaluation is done in our country! It's high time indeed for some serious reforms in d assessment procedures and d examination patterns to make them multi-dimensional and student friendly! There's an urgent need to shift from d dragon's breath to d rabbit's sigh and to create a more inclusive and representative system! The Central Board of Secondary Education's efforts have been great especially with the grading system n making d X Boards optional, but a lot more needs to be done, more so at all levels of d multi-tier n elitist education system!
Hoping we as d citizens of this nation can contribute to evolving better standards n procedures and develop a psychology n social mentality that can see beyond numbers and appreciate the distinct talents and aspirations of their children!!!! Here's to innovation, liberty and self-reliance and a departure from age-old n primitive examination patterns!
It pains me (n many I'm sure) when students miss entrances by mere decimal points or percentiles n resort to measures like self - depracation, suicide or unfair means to score higher! With d competition driving them into a predator v/s prey race, the very sequence of evolution n emotional development is left shattered. What kind of education can we as a civilisation hope to impart with such a rigid, all exclusive examination system??? What long-lasting productive ends can we really achieve when just passing d exams is d motto n chief priority of our children?? And how can we dream to become a world superpower when marks and percentiles alone are considered d criteria to judge intelligence n intellect?????
These are just a few key questions out of many more which are raising strong objections to d way student - evaluation is done in our country! It's high time indeed for some serious reforms in d assessment procedures and d examination patterns to make them multi-dimensional and student friendly! There's an urgent need to shift from d dragon's breath to d rabbit's sigh and to create a more inclusive and representative system! The Central Board of Secondary Education's efforts have been great especially with the grading system n making d X Boards optional, but a lot more needs to be done, more so at all levels of d multi-tier n elitist education system!
Hoping we as d citizens of this nation can contribute to evolving better standards n procedures and develop a psychology n social mentality that can see beyond numbers and appreciate the distinct talents and aspirations of their children!!!! Here's to innovation, liberty and self-reliance and a departure from age-old n primitive examination patterns!
