my thoughts

The results of the school based examination of different schools have been declared. This I am writing in reference to the schools affiliated to central board of secondary education. By and large all schools are following the CCE pattern introduced by the board up to class X. The system has been in place for two years now and it is expected that all stake holders might have got a fairly good idea of the advantages of the new system of evaluation. There are discussions on social networking sites whether the CCE has been useful for the children and other stake holders? There are divergent views about the same. Some people are quite happy while others say opposite to that. Though we do not have access to any data which can suggest the validity of the new evaluation system and that is the reason most of the opinion is formed based on the input given by some people. I think we need to understand it better by assessing the same by using some reliable and valid method of survey. My personal v...

This has been said and followed by most of the people that competition is must for progress. This may be true in some cases but let us try to understand the meaning of the word- competition. This certainly means comparing the performance or the achievement of an individual with some other person or individual. By comparing, they try to be better than the other people. But does this competition help all the people in all situations? The nature promotes harmony and not competition, but man has used everything for the benefit of self and if I may say so, for his own enjoyment and self-satisfaction. The truth is that everything created and present in the nature has its own importance. This is very rightly explained by one of our great poets, “ jahan kaam aave sui, kaha kare talwar,” meaning thereby  that the task which can be completed by a tiny needle only, even the mighty sword would not be of any use in that case. It will be the needle only which might be of a great help. From this...

Among all the living beings on planet earth human being can think very fast and act accordingly and the result is that this group has evolved continuously. The nature has provided everything possible as per the requirement of all living beings including all of us. Man is also called a social animal  and the reason for the same might have been that we can live in a society in a better way than the other living beings. The progress and the developmental phases of the man in the last thousands of years have been phenomenal. The human race is proud of all the achievements and the progress made and the man continues doing the same. We evolved from isolation to group living and enjoyed the company of all around us including the family members. As the number of the people grew so was the desire of accumulating the things and the desire of possessing more than other groups. Initially, it was the group of the people who at least helped and cared for each other but slowly and steadily we ar...

Education is considered to be a major factor in the progress of a nation and the society. Education either formal or informal, prepares a person for facing the world in a manner that all live in peace and enjoy the life on this planet. The word education has been defined in different ways but the most accepted meaning seems to be the manifestation of the potential one has and exploring the world for the betterment of all human beings. Our country was considered to be the best in providing the education at school level and more so on college and university level. We cannot forget the reputation earned by Nalanda and many other such universities which attracted the people from all over the world. But the report published in the newspaper today reminds us of the current situation. No university of the country finds its place in top hundred universities of the world. It is a point of debate whether foreign universities have progressed so much or our university system has crumbled due to m...

The students of class XII of CBSE shall write their examination from 01 March and that will be followed by the students of the other examination boards. The students must have worked hard all through the year and many of them are well prepared for the same. But as usual, there seems to be stress in all those families from which any child is appearing in the board examinations. This is quite natural also. This group of the children is the one which has been through the conventional method of assessment and evaluation. They have been through the same exercise right from the beginning of their student life. They have already taken one public examination when they were in class X. From this we can conclude that they are better prepared for facing an external examination. But still they and many of the family members have not been at ease for the time they have been in class XII. There have been debates and discussions on the topic of the stressful life of the children and the ill effect o...