Has anyone done a study which would discover if there is any relationship between an individual's scores in board exams and success in life.....my point being, in the Indian context, there doesnt seem to be any.
A couple of months ago, a newspaper interview ing students exiting the board examination halls had quoted a students as saying......"the question paper was difficult....we had to think"........The least it did was set me thinking.......
Today's newspaper had a story about how St. Stephen's in Delhi is finding it difficult to publish a 'cut off' list for admissions as the students have been scoring very high marks. For a fact, there are kids scoring over 95 percent marks in the English language. And I am thinking, what is happening? Perhaps, the only objective of exams is to get admissions. But then I would find reason if the college admissions were for career linked courses and/or vocational courses...! If that is not the case then, the questions occurring in my mind are multiple.
Not to get rhetorical about that, all I can say is that Life Education is something else! Look around yourself and indulge in a quick survey of people - are the most successful (even if you take wealth as a measure of success) the top scorers from their classes? You would probably find little or no relationship between these two...Learning can not be limited by exams. Learning is for life and marks in board exams are probably only hampering the learning process.
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There is no apparent correlation between academic success & that in real life. Some of the most enterprising & successful people that I have come across in my 14 Yrs of work experience were no great movers & shakers in the acad world.
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