"Here's to you, Aamer. And others like you - fishes asked to climb trees. Chart your own course in the big, wide ocean, my love." posts Vandana Katoch, mother of a CBSE student who scored 60%.
Vandana took it to the internet to support and appreciate her kid, Aamer in front of many while taking a stand and breaking the notion of comparison of peers after results. She compares her son with himself and appreciates him for working hard and not giving up. She encourages her child to be a good human being and sets an example for other parents to be more supportive of their child.
Dr. Virinchi Sharma, a psychiatrist tells TOI that over the past three years more than 26,000 students have committed suicide across India. A majority of student suicides are caused by underlying psychiatric factors such as stress, depression, and anxiety. It could result in difficulty coping with academics due to unrealistic expectations and pressure from parents and lack of support from peers.
According to a TOI report, the latest National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences study conducted among 1,500 students found that 11% of college students and 7-8% of high school students have attempted suicide.
Our education system evaluates the student on how much they can remember and write in a written paper. Students have no choice but to study all subjects until SSC whether or not it is in their area of interest.
In remote areas, not all teachers are well qualified to provide quality education and neither are they trained to deal with the non-educational issues that a student goes through. Many schools do not have a full-time counselor either. Apart from all of this, at home, the bar set for students by their parents are very high and students are constantly compared with their peers. This causes a lot of mental distress in a child which leads them to feel like they are a constant disappointment and not good enough. The child is either scared or ashamed of when they score lower than expected. Disappointment and fear lead them to commit suicide.
A child needs support and love to excel without feeling pressurised. They need guidance to figure out what they want to become. It is the duty of the parents and teachers to nurture the kids with the support and provide a stress-free environment. They shouldn't be scared that scoring low means that they will be nowhere in life. The kids need to be told that failing or scoring low grades isn't the end of their world.
खूप छान आहे आर्टिकल. सद्य परिथिती आहे, या जीघेण्या स्पर्धेत आपण हेच विसरून जातो कि आपल्याला मुलांकडून नक्की काय हवे आहे. आपण अपेक्षांचे ओझे त्यांचावर लादतो पण त्याचा काळ कुठे आहे किंवा त्यांचा मर्यादा काय आहेत याचा विचार करत नाही.
ReplyDeleteThank you aunty. Agdi barobar. Mulanna itkya lahan vayat pressurize nahi karava
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