The results for SSLC and HSLC in TN have been declared and the TN government had put a ban on declaring the ranks and also stopped the schools from giving out ads in papers with the photos of top students and their marks etc. It is a good move to create a level playing field for all the students to feel that they have achieved something. Be that as it may, looking at the results one wonders what is the examination pattern or valuation system in the examination? Whether the intelligence of the students is being tested or their ability to memorise the book is being tested? While I was talking to a teacher who teaches different subjects in a reputed school, it was news to me that in many maths questions or accountancy or commerce even the numbers in the book do not change. In science subjects the questions are taken from the end of the lessons (which are normally given to find the understanding of the lesson by the students). In languages, the questions are nothing but repeat from the books and class works. No wonder that the students are able to score 492 out 500 in SSLC and 1195 out of 1200 in HSLC.
Be that as it may,this type of making the students only a memory bank is nothing peculiar to one state and it is a malady spread across the country. What this has enabled is that it has killed the creativity in the child right from his/her KG days. The system is so imperfect that the child is not able to think and do something new. There is lot more of importance given to learning the grammar in languages. For a student who is studying to take up a professional work like engineering, medicine, commerce, bio technology, information technology etc. what is the need for learning the grammar of the language and how useful it is going to be in his/her professional work?
There was a thread with a video in the FB saying that what all the America invented, we have provided them with the CEOs. There were many IT related institutions, finance related institutions, soft drink majors etc. Oh. Sure it is a proud moment for the people who have become CEO in a very tough market where only performance in the given area is the key driver and nothing else. The share holders wealth increase is another parameter based on the performance determines how long the CEO will continue.
What have we done other than providing man power for the top notch posts in MNCs and also in various other companies? Have we been able to make any earth shaking discovery or invention in the country? None. The majority of the students coming out of the professional colleges be it a state institution or a private institution fail to get a decent job or at the worst just unemployable.
The reason for such state of affairs is mainly because of what I wrote in the first paragraph. The education at present is not making the students to think and also run to the library for reference. Unless there is a drastic change in the way we teach the students, the country may not be in the list of countries with their people inventing and discovering things.
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