Board exams cause stress.
So, get rid of board exams.
Students run after marks.
Replace marks by grades.
But what's a grade?
People getting a score in a pre-defined range, get the same grade.
How does that reduce stress?
A single mark does not matter.
But if he/she is on the borderline, then the impact of a single mark with a grade is much worse!
Well, we still need to select candidates for further study on 'merit'.
So, let's have a common exam.
But on what?
Let's have a core curriculum which is uniform across the country.
Just like SAT.
So, we are back to a single exam - but worse.
It is the same across all India and on a well defined narrow range!
Time to open an academy. Lots of money in helping students crack SAT!
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Wonder what is the solution. There is the need to evaluate and the need to destress - at odds with each other. (we have been increasing the stress levels of our children... I guess this is also true).
ReplyDeleteI like to believe that we need to accept stress and help children cope with it. A crucial part will be to find ways by which children can find and focus on what they like or can do. Perhaps even more important - that parents accept that the children may not be good at meeting their parents' expectations.
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