In the new education system
propagated by the HRD ministry for the government schools affiliated to CBSE no
student can be retained in any class till 9th standard. Immediate
implication of this system is that students do not care about the studies
because they know that nobody can retain them. So there is no use of studies
for them.
Can we blame children for not studying?
Children are children after
all and they want to play and enjoy. Since most of these students come from the
families where nobody is there to educate them about the importance of
education. Even if you have the most dedicated teachers in the world to educate
these students can they be motivated? How they can be motivated? Since teachers
are forbidden to discipline these raw brains so there is no way to discipline these
when the atmosphere at home and neighbourhood is not conductive for studies.
Now the only incentive was to motivate them to maintain their respect in their
peer group by scoring good marks or at least to reach next level with their
efforts. Since the policy has taken away that incentive to learn as well by
promoting these students to next level so there is no way that these students
can learn.
How unethical system is being forced?
So when principals in the
schools ask the teachers to solve the questions on their answer sheets to give
them better marks it is double crime. First you never let the students know
where they really stand. Second you ask teachers to do unethical thing.
Coming to unethical thing,
system is designed cleverly. It is responsibility without the resources.
Resource is discipline. You have taken that resource away from the teachers. Then
question the teachers about the poor performance of students pretending to be
unaware of the situation. Fact is that only absolute idiots will not see
students knocking the doors in the schools and shouting all the time and making
nuisance. But principals believe they are playing smart while every person with
common sense knows that they are asking stupid question. May be principals are
further under pressure from their superior. While propagating such a stupid
system they want sensible citizens of this country that they are being
sensitive.
Same thing is being done in
10th standard as well, but that is subject of another blog. Here at
least teachers should be honest and give marks honestly. So that the teachers
when they face these students whose future is spoiled by the new system, know
that what was the past record of these students who can not divide or multiply
in 7th standard. Who get absolute zeros.
Let somebody tell it to the
people who are designing a foolhardy system. We as citizans of this country has
this duty towards our future generation. As human beings we have this duty to
perform for our progenies.
