Over the course of last month,
news of 10th and 12th and entrance exam results are
pouring in. Kudos to the kids and the
parents who braved through this season!
It is one thing to accept and reconcile to your own marks and another
thing to handle all the curious questions from school friends, their parents
and grandparents and your friendly neighbour (myself included).
While I am completely in awe of
the kids who scored high and are getting into courses they wanted, my heart
goes out to us as a society about what we are doing to the kids who score less
than , say 85 or 80% . I hear about schools which deny admission to their own
students for 11th if they fail to score above 90% or so. Most colleges
have cut off which only keep increasing year after year.
I am wondering if as a society we
are writing off children who score below 80%.
Or denying them a chance to fight back?
Is it a problem of too less schools / colleges servicing too many
students thereby contributing to cut-throat cut-offs? I am not sure.
I only wish that those kids don’t give up, find their calling and fight
to claim their place in the society.
