No detention in schools Presently there is no detention up to std IV and nobody has complained thus far Then from Std V onwards there exists a system of grace marks and internal assessment, which enables a student to progress up to std IX very conveniently Even at the public board exams, the process of granting grace marks is in vogue to the advantage of students.The recent ATKT circular permits students at the board exams failing in two subjects.Volumes have written about comprehensive evaluation and the need to reform Examination system The value of the teacher is dependent upon his results at all costs No marks are allotted to the teacher for putting a lot of time developing skills of students The students too are measured on the degree of marks obtained. The system of examination dominated teaching and learning only produces stereo type products, which does not emphasize , applications, intellectual thinking etc.Many a times a child may be detained for a few marks or failure in one subject or not meeting attendance clause.It leads to drop outs and subsequently misfits in the society There is no love for teaching and learning for fear of meeting examination deadlines All the time the ghost of examination haunts everyone including worked up parents The development of multifaceted talents of the child are ignored The subject of failure may eventually has nothing to do with the actual living of the child in future.The process of learning and teaching best flourishes in a happy medium and it is this that is expected to fill the vacuum When the child continues in the school for those years, there is incidental growth in many aspects of the child development Failures at the young stage also leads to stigma, self devaluation and sows seeds of suicides. The content is also to be made attractive to all,. Presently the parents are over concerned with the performance, pushing them to coaching classes and depriving them of other co-curricular activities. in which the children enjoy spontaneously The system of tuitions may suffer The Teacher will have freedom to experiment and to devote more time towards the weaker students The new concept will take time to sink from old idea of exam ridden thought There are no statics of benefits of child leaving school due to inconsequential failures at times The schools at times, in the past failed to apply the rules of promotion setting their own standards Many a stalwarts like Humphrey Davy, Thomas ,Alva Edison, Bill Gates among others have contributed without being a part of general, formal educational schooling system The automatic promotion provides a challenge to the teacher to be creative and to earn the respect and admiration of the taught Any new change is always looked upon with skepticism and apprehension Without detention learning process should take place in conducive happy environment It is there fore a challenge to all concerned about real growth and development. Th pressures on teacher , the head, students, parents and Directorate of Education will greatly be reduced to be more productive, creative and original It all depends on motivation and belief in oneself to deliver without expectations and judged on wrong parameters Nelson Lopes Chinchinim 9850926276
