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<b> No exams for class eight students: Joshi </b>
December 10, 2003 23:37 IST
The government on Wednesday said it has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education to exempt students of class eight and their juniors from taking examinations.
The board has allowed this exemption till class three.
<b> "I am against this system of examination... I have asked the CBSE to waive examinations for children till class eight. It has waived these for children up to class three but I think at least till class five there should be no examination for children," Union Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi said in the Rajya Sabha. </b> (<i>oh plz....keep this rule for politicians...they need it) </i>
Questioning the education system which labels children as 'pass' or 'fail' on the basis of whether they clear exams or not, Joshi said India should be known as a nation of successful people and tags such as 'fail' should be removed from the vocabulary.
He was replying to a debate on the National Charter for Children, which envisages provision of free and compulsory education to all children between six and 14 years, banning all forms of child labour and protecting the girl child.
Warning the nation against keeping its children uneducated, under-developed or undernourished, the minister said such nations would not survive in the long run.
<i> This is bizzzaare....How can this idiot Joshi can decide such sensitive education issues?....it is job of education board and experts.
politicians are playing with it now bcoz some american told him that "see...indians fail too much"... ...so lets copy junky american school system where dropouts are setting world records? <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> </i> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This is bizzzaare....How can this idiot Joshi can decide such sensitive education issues?....it is job of education board and experts<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Vishal,
Dr. M. M. Joshi is far more qualified than many -- he was an educator first.
And, take it from another one here, he makes eminent sense. There is a time and place for exams -- and there is no need to put kids below a certain age in the pressure cooker of an exam that gives a P or F.
Dr. Joshi is one of the best -- if not the best -- HRD minister India has had.
<b> No exams for class eight students: Joshi </b>
December 10, 2003 23:37 IST
The government on Wednesday said it has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education to exempt students of class eight and their juniors from taking examinations.
The board has allowed this exemption till class three.
<b> "I am against this system of examination... I have asked the CBSE to waive examinations for children till class eight. It has waived these for children up to class three but I think at least till class five there should be no examination for children," Union Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi said in the Rajya Sabha. </b> (<i>oh plz....keep this rule for politicians...they need it) </i>
Questioning the education system which labels children as 'pass' or 'fail' on the basis of whether they clear exams or not, Joshi said India should be known as a nation of successful people and tags such as 'fail' should be removed from the vocabulary.
He was replying to a debate on the National Charter for Children, which envisages provision of free and compulsory education to all children between six and 14 years, banning all forms of child labour and protecting the girl child.
Warning the nation against keeping its children uneducated, under-developed or undernourished, the minister said such nations would not survive in the long run.
<i> This is bizzzaare....How can this idiot Joshi can decide such sensitive education issues?....it is job of education board and experts.
politicians are playing with it now bcoz some american told him that "see...indians fail too much"... ...so lets copy junky american school system where dropouts are setting world records? <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> </i> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This is bizzzaare....How can this idiot Joshi can decide such sensitive education issues?....it is job of education board and experts<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Vishal,
Dr. M. M. Joshi is far more qualified than many -- he was an educator first.
And, take it from another one here, he makes eminent sense. There is a time and place for exams -- and there is no need to put kids below a certain age in the pressure cooker of an exam that gives a P or F.
Dr. Joshi is one of the best -- if not the best -- HRD minister India has had.