Every year we witness a number of such untoward incidents as a result of examination failure, which simply implies a failure of our education system, which puts so much emphasis on academic excellence alone. The teachers are not alone to be blamed. Parents and society as a whole, share the blame for the obsession with As.

Today school examinations have become like a race where parents place their bet on the horses, their children. They go all out spending invaluable time, money and energy to ensure their children win the race with flying colours.

They should realize that these top scorers are just a small percentage of the total student population. The majority are the average scorers with 4-6A’s.However much they encourage and coax their students, only a few will become maximum scorers and this is a fact of life we all have to accept. 

These high achievers must be rewarded accordingly, but it is equally important to ensure the others are also taken care. It is more important to encourage the majority to excel in things for which they have a liking and aptitude. Opportunities must made available to these students as well.

By over glorifying these top scorers, tremendous psychological pressure is placed on the majority to ape them. This causes a great amount of stress on students in school these days. Those with average or even above average result are made to feel useless and a failure in school. 

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Hope that this will change soon :| 

How good it would be if all these exam papers could change into...

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these! :D

MONEY!!!! <3