'Waqt ka takaaza hai, tufaan se jujho..' Thankyou HRD ministry for the change !

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I remember the days when we were in school. Our schooling was full of experiments. Though we were barely interested in all those, but we could hardly do anything as most of them were done from the end of our policy makers. Earlier the academic session used to span from January to December which was changed to April to March later on. Earlier we needed to take two examinations in an year, which was increased to six an year in 2003-04 perhaps.

Well, that's not the issue. What I actually remember is the pattern of our examinations and incidents that followed after examinations. We used to take six different examinations every year― three unit tests and three term end examinations, which were converted into four formatives and two summative assessments in the years to follow.

Though the name of examination hardly made any difference. No matter whatever the name was, my fate remained the same every time. The marking pattern of our school was considered to be strict as compared to other schools then. We usually participated in discussions which used to conclude to the fact(yeah fact) that our friends in DAV Muzaffarpur Bakhri get more marks than us. One who gets 80% in our school could easily get 90-95 in Bakhri, they observed. I used to get third or fourth position in our class, which at times became first but rarely the second. After every result, when I reached home my family members, especially Chhota Pa used to ask about it. When I used to tell him that I have got the fourth position, or the third, he used to sit with me and ask about my problems, he would scold me at times and then he used to motivate me and my brothers. When we would get the first position, he used to appreciate us too.

But then there was again a change brought in by CBSE. The marking pattern of examinations was changed completely. Now they showed us GPA and CGPA instead of marks, percentage and rank. The system of marks and percentages had its own loopholes, but then only those studens used to suffer who were not at all interested at study. For those who were serious about their studies, it was the best system of evaluation. The new system was very hard for parents to understand. When the child turned to them with a CGPA, say 9, they would think that their child got 90%(which actually may be as low as 82%) marks and would neither say anything, nor searched for improvements in his/her performance.

We were lucky that our school took some time to adopt the new system and by that time we were already in class IX. When I look back today, it were those marks, those scoldings and those appreciations that I got, held me together. I remember, Chhota Pa used to tell me usually, 'Waqt ka takaza hai, tufaan se jujho. Aakhir kabtak chaloge kinaare-kinaare'.

The new system was also faulty as students didn't get the idea of their academic performance until they passed their secondary examinations. And when they would start getting the slightest of this in standard XI. It would become like a too late situation. Another loophole was that schools used to give 70% marks at the secondary level and the weightage of board examination was only 30%. So there were fair chances of partiality and corrupt practices at the hands of schools.

From this year onwards CBSE and HRD ministry have decided to bring another change, this time a change for good. They are getting the old system of marking back. This decision makes me and thousands of others like me feel happy. As ultimately this will help in shaping the future of  nation in the right direction. Good steps need to be appreciated.
Thankyou HRD ministry ! Thankyou CBSE !

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