Education - Low grades? Don’t despair

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The tragedy is that marks remain the ultimate criteria for assessing students

Anand Kumar

Founder of Super 30, which has sent 182 students to IIT

My experience with Super 30 in the last seven years has been great. Thanks to correct guidance, 182 students have qualified for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). This is a big achievement. The best part is that 75 to 80 per cent of children come from rural backgrounds and among them 25 per cent were unable to get a first division in their higher secondary exams. Despite this drawback, most of them have qualified for IITs, the dream of most youngsters.

This proves two things: one, that success in examinations is not the exclusive preserve of any class of students. Anyone with talent and willing to work hard can achieve it. If children from backward communities get equal opportunity and right guidance, any target is not too high. The second important thing to remember is that students with low grades are also talented and can do very well provided they work hard.

I don’t agree with the theory that only those who get more than 90 per cent are bright. From my own experience, I can say that students getting 50-55 per cent are as bright as those who get 90 plus. We at the Super 30 have consistently demolished this theory, but the tragedy in India is that marks are the ultimate criteria for assessing students.

Exams cannot tell you how talented a child is. It could happen that a student gets so involved in one subject, fascinated by its depth, that he ignores other subjects. And he can also get cut off from other subjects. As a result he gets poor grades in subjects other than his favourite, leading to a lowering of the overall percentage.

Take the example of great scientist Srinivas Ramanujam. Other than mathematics, he used to fail in other subjects. But today the whole world acknowledges his great talent and vast contribution to the world of mathematics. It’s only after his death that Indians recognised his talent.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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