Great Job Mr. Sibal, you kept your promises !!!

Class X board exams optional

The government on Monday announced that it will introduce grading system in all Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools and make Class X board exams optional from coming academic year (2010-11). Union Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal during a press conference in New Delhi ,said: "Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) supports making Class X examination optional in CBSE system." . "There is a pan-India consensus over the issue. So we have decided to go ahead with this," Sibal said.The Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE schools from the coming academic year (2010-11).The CBSE has prepared the format of an aptitude exam, which schools can use to test Class X students on their level of understanding in each subject. The emphasis, however, will be on continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) through the year instead of a single public exam at the end of Class X.

This is a REAL GOOD move by the education minister. What ever so called educationist may argue, this is a right move in the long term. The crazy race from marks-marks-marks, has been killing the true potential of the individual. the worst is MARKS in class X have no correlation to career success.

Are parents making vegetables out of their kids for the craze of marks-marks-marks???

I met the Chatterjee family in Kolkata, they were concerned with their sons low marks, what more concerning is they were subscribing to psychiatric medication for their son who was restless and full of energy for past three years. When asked why are you doing so, they said, he is too restless and cannot sit at one place, he is good at sports but get bad marks so the psychiatrist suggested some medicines due to which their son at least is sitting at one place without any activity… i said .. very soon you will create a vegetable out our your son. Advised them to stop medication at once and nature his natural energy and talent.. hope they listened. (by the way many psychiatrists have got a business boost, the school ties up with a psychiatrist who gives commissions to the person who refers a case)

But there are many such parents doing many things and killing the energy and talent of their kids in the race for marks. I want to challenge the so called educationist who oppose this move to track down the merit list holders and their careers, i really doubt whether they have done something substantial in their careers.

Are Coaching classes really effective???

Even worst is the coaching classes have their business due to the race of marks. Its a lobby that is enjoying huge political support. I want to share these thoughts which may not be liked by the coaching class owners..

Every year the well known highly publicised coaching classes release adverts about their students who earned 95% of the marks and above. Many times the same student appears in adverts of three or four different classes. does that mean the student never goes to school and only attends coaching classes??

More over lets do a straight comparison.. the school / college have on an average 50 students. Only 5% raise their hand in the class to clarify doubts. Also there are 50 students in a coaching class which is cramped for space and over there only 5% students raise doubts to clarify concepts. In a school, which as the law of normal distribution says there would be 5% toppers and rest below them, the same goes with the coaching classes too right..

In the craze of marks parents invest in the coaching class fees and expect that their kid will turn out to be brilliant.. stop cheating yourself parents, if each parent takes keen interest in the students school activity and demand good learning .. we would yield good results..

Thank you Mr. Sibal

I want to thank Mr. Sibal for a good move… keep going Mr. Sibal.. let us see some more good reforms and get a OUTPUT oriented education than just an input oriented education.

Anand Desai, Founder -Dheya

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