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The admission battle begins afresh

Nivedita Ganguly

The agonising scenes behind those piles of books show the stressful conditions students are subjected to

With the onset of summer, it's time for the beginning of a new academic session. The battle for space begins with anxious parents running from school to school to get a place for their child in a good institution. Right from the towering fee structures to a series of entrance tests, it's a testing time for both the parents as well as the child.

Admissions are only the beginning of the uphill climb. After that starts the enormous pressure of handling daily tests and piling home works along with the progress reports.

Great hurdles

With a tough competitive spirit affecting every sphere of life, the schoolchildren have to carry the load of homework, all kinds of tests and the insatiable dreams and aspirations of their parents. The general belief is that competition is the only tool to make children achieve success in education and in career. Whether it is getting an admission in a school, being the topper or emerging successful in life - at every step the great hurdles called `examinations' pop out their heads. The agonising scene behind those piles of books suggest the stressful conditions that students are subjected to - some frowning, some scratching their heads in discomfort and some just staring blankly into the sky. In some houses, it's a curfew-like situation during exam times.

`Average' brand

There are a group of students who remain relaxed before exams. The students who believe that they belong to the `average' brand are the most interesting. Some spend half their time in awe of the `brainy people' and try to imitate them.

Some don't make any desperate effort to excel and nonchalantly go through the motions.

Like it or not, exams are here to stay, and memory has tremendous value in exams. The only sensible option is to face them head-on, by studying well with a self-imposed punishing schedule, till every part of the syllabus is at the fingertips.

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