The education system should bring out the best in every individual. Every person possesses some talent in the area of their interest. Is it fair to judge people only on the basis of the marks they obtain? Can the marking system, which tests nothing more than memory power, be the only attribute for assessing someone's personality or skill level?
Academic excellence is a significant achievement, no doubt, but the misconception that those who are not academic achievers are good for nothing needs attention. We still give due credit to the knowledge of facts and basic literacy. We undermine the hidden potentials of the people who are made to bear a system that they are not made for. We are overlooking the diamonds in the pursuit to find gold.
At the end of each academic year, students are handed down their report cards which are the so-called assessments of all that they had learnt and managed to retain throughout the year. In fact, it turns out to be a list of things the students didn't learn throughout the year! It is high time we started giving due importance to the developing talents of our youngsters. Promotion to a higher class should depend on the overall skill of the student in any field of their choice and not merely on academics. A sports person should have the liberty to pursue his interest without the pressure of failure in the exams If we allot a total of thousand points on the marking scale then half of those points should come from the area of interest of the student. Unlike the academic part where the knowledge is limited by the scope of syllabus, extra curricular activities are areas where students can define their own boundaries and can reach any level of expertise based on their true grasp and interest of the subject.
Academic excellence is a significant achievement, no doubt, but the misconception that those who are not academic achievers are good for nothing needs attention. We still give due credit to the knowledge of facts and basic literacy. We undermine the hidden potentials of the people who are made to bear a system that they are not made for. We are overlooking the diamonds in the pursuit to find gold.
At the end of each academic year, students are handed down their report cards which are the so-called assessments of all that they had learnt and managed to retain throughout the year. In fact, it turns out to be a list of things the students didn't learn throughout the year! It is high time we started giving due importance to the developing talents of our youngsters. Promotion to a higher class should depend on the overall skill of the student in any field of their choice and not merely on academics. A sports person should have the liberty to pursue his interest without the pressure of failure in the exams If we allot a total of thousand points on the marking scale then half of those points should come from the area of interest of the student. Unlike the academic part where the knowledge is limited by the scope of syllabus, extra curricular activities are areas where students can define their own boundaries and can reach any level of expertise based on their true grasp and interest of the subject.
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