Are We Doing Justice to Our Children? The biggest flaw of the education system lies in its hunger for nothing but the best
When Parents, Teachers
and Schools together are making the life of low performing students miserable
by exerting lots of pressure on them.
The performance of students in the
recently published results of class 10th and 12th shows that parents and
teachers are expecting students to score no less than 100%. All of us are
talking about only those students who have scored over 80% in the CBSE/ICSE and
other board results of class 10th and 12th. Newspapers and TV channels are
showcasing several celebrity kids with above 90%. Since the beginning, I have
always heard that life is going to be tough in the corporate sector but
nowadays it seems even young kids are struggling with the same tougher side of
life. For every single mark, they are expected to fight like warriors and in
this fierce rat race, they are losing their "Bachpan" i.e.
Childhood.
We have lots of teachers job vacancy and we conduct hundreds of interviews every month for our internal hiring besides what we do
for our clients, trust me, neither we nor most of our client organisations
judge the talent of a potential candidate on the basis of marks only. We look
for the overall personality of the candidate. A candidate who is street smart
and can handle the difficult situation easily is preferred over the candidate
who has better marks but lacks these qualities. Most of the time we let toppers
go as they fail to perform during the interview. Parents, Teachers and Schools
need to understand that every child is different and their potential and
abilities must not be judged by their scorecards only. It's a well-known fact
that the potential of kids does not depend on their academic performance, and
hence we should be able to identify, hone and utilize their skills for the
future of theirs as well as of the nation. hashtag capabilities of
young kids is not linked with academic performance.
I attend lots of conferences globally
and meet educators, they all talk a lot about "scores hardly makes any
difference" but as soon as the results are out, you can see their walls on
Facebook and LinkedIn are flooded with posts boasting about their students'
results or school's result e.g. "90% students of our school scored above
80% marks" etc. I have a question here, as a teacher you talk about 90% of
your student only but what about the rest 10%, they are also your students.
While you are only praising 90% actually you are ignoring 10% and subjecting
them to indirect pressure.
These kinds of narratives by parents
and teachers exert a lot of pressure on young students and they always have a
fear of failure in their mind.
Ideally, the education system should
be a contributor in making students a better human being, and in this regard,
they should also impart the value of failures.
It's alarming to go through news feeds
on an almost daily basis regarding students committing suicides due to certain
exams, whereas in the long run of life, these exams and their results hardly
even matter. This year also, I have heard so many cases of students committing
suicide after their result, some committed suicide as they either scored fewer
marks or failed in their exam. We are failing to understand that they are young
kids and can't take such pressure. I am sorry to say but parents, schools and
teachers should be held responsible for the same as they are the one who
created this vicious environment. We must appreciate the journey and hard work
of our kids when they are preparing for the exam and support them by
appreciating their efforts rather than eagerly waiting for exam result with
certain expectations.
Report published by DNA India.
We lost 26,000 students between 2014 to 2016 only.
If schools can create an environment
where everyone values failure, there won't be any suicide in the coming
years.
Even parents want to shoulder their
own dreams on young kids, due to which their kids feel stressed and bear the
burden of the emotional baggage. When they are not able to reach pre-defined
goals by parents then they feel shattered and their inability to handle this
pressure leads to disaster.
I was talking to one of my friend, his
son scored above 90% marks but he was not happy as he was expecting 95%. I was
completely astounded to hear the same. Just let the child remain an innocent
child and appreciate his efforts, accept whatever he scores. If possible,
please ensure he plays every day and enjoys what he love to do.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biggest-flaw-education-system-lies-its-hunger-nothing-amit-gupta/
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