BOARDS

OUT OF THE BOX

studying for exams can sometimes get really boring .... as you have to study the same thing again and again..
and knowing that the exams are still 2 months away can be really scary and with th knid of cricket india is playing.. it appears i will have to do with the australian open.. at least there will be federer and guess what.. not a single indian.. but that doesnt trouble me at all.. what is my worry is the leve of exams that the much recognized central board of secondary education(cbse) conducts and now it will act as a benchmark to get into the top colleges of india.. good for some ..bad for many a geeks and nerds and some sensible people( actually i didnt wanted myself to be counted in geeks and nerds)..
what is strtling is the fact that these exams are totally based on your memorising skills especially in those subjects that are basically meant for applicaton.. like lets see ... the questions get repeated every year ... a teacher who has been teaching even for a mere 3-4 years can also tell you what the paper will be.. if not completely .. then at least 60-70%... and all those who are not good in maths ..dont you worry cause just mug up 120 questions( last 4 years paper equivalent) and you will even on your unluckiest day will be able to score 60% marks...

the thing is that if you wish to make board marks as a benchmark.. then i would suggest that increase the lecvel of tests and what is taught in schools .. well one cannot completely blame the board for such a sorry state.. it was in the year 2005 that board had revised the syllabus and had introduced a new set of textbooks that were not only of a higher standard but also was a lot better than what we have to study nowadays.. but sadly the board was not able to achieve it's aim.. in the next year only teachers went on strike saying that the book was of a  higher level than necessary and was not meant to be taught to students.. the statement that they gave was " if we are not able to understand what is given in the books .. how are we supposed to teach the children"... well i am  speechless about it..
also there is one more problem with the entire setup of imparting education.. the child is let free till the class 10th and suddenly in class 11th the level increases.. instead if we increase the level of studies slowly and distribute the whole syllabus uniformly in the 6 years it will definitely reduce the pressure and stress on the children and there would no longer be need of coaching institutions .. ( mind you government has tried everything from bringing changes in class 9th to changing the pattern of jee to  giving weightage of school marks and board marks for admission in 11th and engineering instituitions respectively.. and still they have been unsuccessful )..
if not think out of the box then at least think sensible