This
is the time everyone is sitting cross legged with lot of tension in our
country. Yes, it is exam time and
somehow every family is concerned with and connected to this period either
through their own children or grand children. The two or three months parents sacrifice
their maximum best.
Parents
and children cannot take this period lightly;
as if it is a life saving one, it is being treated in every home in
India. Just because of this stress only,
the schooling is not an interested one for the children. Peak of the learning and teaching is the
exam. There the children fall into the
clutches of education.
I
have had an opportunity to talk to a group of students some 15 days ago, in a
Counselling; all of them were going to
appear for their X and XII Std. Board
Exams in March and April this year.
I could see that every one was tired, under unimpressive mood and
depression. I felt very sad at this. They don’t have any interest to take the exam
willingly.
I
always like children should be very happy and smiling always, otherwise I
become sad. I know, normally during the exams the students are
under pressure; but, I see it is growing
day by day and surely it is not a healthy sign at all, no authority is coming
forward to check it. Children are not supposed to be this much
under pressure. I am sure, under
pressure no one can bring the results. Only when we are calm and quiet, we can think
better and act wisely. Dhoni, Sachin,
Roger Federer . . . . I can name
thousands of people in this list.
Unfortunately
we don’t understand this theory; we,
from all the corners give pressure to the students, especially during exam
time. How far are we fare enough, please
tell me. I am always for students and
their health. Whoever harm to them at any time, I would like
to treat them as my enemies. I see
when the exams are nearing and in the name of exam and marks, the students lose
all their play times and even they don’t eat well. Naturally their health will go upset and it
will take lot of time to recover for them.
These exams should not be the reason at all to spoil the health and mind
of our children. Are we not ashamed of
this kind of education?
Buck
does not stop here:
A friend, who is also a doctor, is also a good
Counsellor with lot of concern was discussing with me on this same point. To her Centre many parents bring their
children often; children’s health and
mind are much affected because of exam preparation. Due to
pressure, their performance in exams will go low, there is no doubt. They lost good sleep and appetite …. These
are the complaints. In some cases,
children, to ease out their tension and
stress, involve in many wrong means.
They develop a habit of smoking cigarette and beedi; some start to drink; they take drugs; I could not write here so many students
develop other very bad habits, which spoil the entire society ….. students
don’t know what exactly they do when they are under stress. What
a pity !
The
Marks and Exam stress are too much for this younger generation. Students can be assessed in thousand ways,
not exactly by such. Let us not torture
the children. The Central and State
Governments cannot be the silent spectators at least hereafter. It has to design the school education
system, which should be stress free;
children should love to come to school.
Thus our literacy rate also will improve very fast and there won’t be
any drop out.
Learning
and Teaching are a pleasurable ones in Schools for children; unfortunately,
somewhere our system is collapsed and instead they have become a punishment.
Today,
the teachers are punished for beating or abusing the children in schools, it is
excellent. Same time, when the children
are under depression or stress and any school is the reason for it, the
recognition of the said school should be cancelled.
When
our Governments will wake up ?
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