A NATION OF FAILURES?

EXAM PRESSURES ARE TERRORISING STUDENTS & DESTROYING PERSONALITIES

The date that sends shivers down the spine of the young population is inevitably the ominous D-Day of reckoning or in common parlance: the day of examination. And that day, and also the back breaking hours that got spent preparing, would also supposedly define whether or not he or she is to lead a dignified life. This format of judging a child, simply based on an obsession with percentages, is bringing unimaginable pressure on students – much of it due to parents and peer criticism – leading to their breakdown, and at times tragically culminating into suicides. A bad examination day simply means low self esteem, less approval and least recognition.

A study by VIMHANS on students across 150 schools in Delhi revealed that close to 40% of students felt the overwhelming pressure of examinations. Another survey under the ‘Student Mental Health Programme’ has found that close to 70% of students suffer from stress and anxiety. Nearly 33% reported sleeping disturbance, with half of them going for medicines for headache and ‘memory enhancement’. The final tragic outcome of this trauma had a reflection last year in Tamil Nadu when 19 students killed themselves and about 200 attempted to take their lives.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006