No need for entrance exams for professional institutions
Presently, the entrance exams to prestigious institutions and also to many professional courses is a big scam. Millions of rupees are spent every year by parents to help their children crack the entrance exams of various institutions. The reason for the entrance exams is that students come from different streams of education curriculum and their marks do not indicate their competence. So, entrance exams become the sole criteria for selection in such institutions. When the uniform curriculum is enforced, there is no need for entrance exams; the mark obtained in school final itself becomes the measuring rod for determining competence for entering professional courses.
This will benefit in multiple ways. The unnecessary burden of children is removed and they could concentrate in their studies and also be developing extra-curricular competencies. The parents need not pay through their nose to coaching institutions that specialize in cracking exams. The institutions have simple recruitment procedure and need not spend unnecessarily in conducting expensive entrance exams. The talent that is engaged in running coaching institutions could be used for other positive purposes.
Thinking for the sake of next generation
There should be a healthy debate on this. People with concern for children, education and nation should propose their ideas. The vested interests that run private institutions for profit, coaching institutions who earn millions, teacher who earn more from private tuitions and not teach in schools…etc have reasons to perpetuate the present form of education and obstruct reforms. It is high time people with passion for education and reforms with egalitarian mindset to speak up and stand up for rights of all children.
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