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A student’s right to learn
S. AISHWARYA
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Creative expression, not just marks, determines a student’s ability.
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Photo: R. Ashok.
Beyond academics: Prema Nandakumar, writer, speaking at the interactive programme.
The homework marathon and test series round the year wouldn’t be of much help to the children, if they are not given the right to learn in the way they wanted. The idea was brought out at the meeting recently conducted for the parents of Sri Sivananda Balalaya with educationists.
The aspirations of parents must not be thrust on their children, which would rein in their creativity, author-journalist Prema Nandakumar observed. The system of education at schools has been oriented towards marks and the students had to bow to parental pressures. Less time spent with parents, mounting pressures and fierce competition have taken a toll on the psychological health of the students.
She called upon parents to look beyond the academic component and focus on providing them a holistic education.
Best on their own
Endorsing her opinion, the correspondent of K.A.P. Viswanatham H.S. School, Rajendran, noted that children were left best to themselves. Schools must resist grading the students by their academic performance but also give room to express their creativity. They must let the students do the thinking on their own, instead of encouraging them to trail the archaic ways of learning.
Initiating the discussion, the correspondent of Sri Sivananda Balalaya said that it was high time we evolved a stress-free and knowledge-based educational pattern that would appreciate creativity in the students and give them the much-needed breathing space.
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