Today the world has become very competitive. Competition is everywhere. It is in studies, sports,jobs and almost all activities of mankind. But, is competition really giving benefht in the held of education? Let us think about it for awhile.
Educational competition is everywhere and is growing day by day. Friends compete each other for better marks. Different Schools compete with each other for better result in Board Examinations. Nowadays, we are focusing very much on more marks and good grades. Frankly speakingl am not an exception to it. And how can l be? If I start neglecting marks, I won't get admission in good colleges. Nowadays it is not odd for a college to set its cut off marks very high. But do high marks ensure that a student has good knowledge? Here lies my question and it was in my mind from last few months. There are many factors which can lead to high marks without good knowledge.
The hot problem faced by education system today is that students study by memorizing instead of knowing its meaning clearly. In some cases, there is a practice of liberal marking. The second question lies in the implementation of his/her knowledge. What if the student uses his knowledge only during the examination? He may answer every question correctly and perfectly and may even score cent percent in the examination. What if he/she doesn't implement any of his/her knowledge in day to day life? He may not be active in co-curricular activities. She may not be smart enough.What I want to convey is that, marks alone won't show the ability and talent of a student. Even a student with relatively low marks can be more talented.Over-competition may also prove to be evil. It may ruin the real meaning of education. Nowadays we can see some students committing suicide even after scoring good marks especially in Board. Exam of Class X & Class XII. We can also see some teachers (not all) teaching students from the examination point of view and not for real knowledge. Now coming back to the question of (very) high Cut-Offs marks for admission I would like to say that it needs a little modification. schools and college should conduct entrance test, instead of believing blindly in the marks.
There should be an average cut off mark for the eligibility to appear the entrance test. And most important is that co-curricular activities of students should be considered. This will show how active the student is. So let us learn the joy of learning. Every subject has its own charm and beauty. Let us try to learn lesson in the best way and apply it to our daily life. If we learn the lesson this way then it will be sure that we will pass the examinations with flying colors as marks will be behind us.
Thus, it won't be good to set marks as the main objective and leaving knowledge behind. Instead of this; let us aim for knowledge.
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