“How much percentage did you get Raja?”
“I got 92% daddy”
“What? How could you? You got 1% less than Siddharth. You really disappointed me.”
This is a common scene between parents and their children now-a-days. There is so much competition today that parents even out shadow their children’s percentage comparing it with others!! Can you even imagine a parent scolding his child even after getting 92%? We cannot blame parents either because every parent expects his child to be the best. If this is not enough, students even face the pressure from their teachers. Lots of homework, assignments, mid-term examinations, surprise quizzes, co-curricular activities etc. There is a mad race for everything today. They say if you are not the best, you cannot survive. Can’t people just be good rather than being best? For example, take an engineering student or a medical student. There are about 20 lakh people appearing for engineering entrance exams from all over India. Do you expect all to be the best and turn up with huge salaries? If so many people become engineers every year then there won’t be people left for whom buildings should be made. The point is quality is required and not quantity. There should be a fair system to judge people rather than judging them on percentage or rank basis. Why is that if you get a rank only then one gets a seat in a particular college? There are more number of entrance tests than the number of subjects in every field. Its not that exams should not be conducted, but, just a common entrance test, a fair grading system needs to be followed.
Our honorable Union Minister for Ministry of Human Resource Development Mr. Kapil Sibal has come up with a brilliant idea of common grading system and common board exams all over India. Students will be judged upon grades not upon marks or percentage!! The need for this is to abolish the discrimination of students on basis of marks. A famous dialogue from a movie - “You should run after excellence, not after success. If you run after excellence, success will definitely follow you.” If you excel in any field, success will surely follow. Not everybody can be the best but everyone can surely excel in their respective fields. Sometimes I wonder why parents force their children to take a particular field. It should be completely left to the child to select his field of interest. Even if he doesn’t succeed at least he will hold responsibility himself rather than putting the blame on his parents. There should be healthy competition between students and not a mad race to be the best. Learning is more important than being best!! It’s a lifelong process and everybody’s perception about studies needs to be changed!!
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