The Rural litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RlEK) will soon organise a unique ‘Failures Conclave’ with the aim of encouraging those who have failed in academic examinations. The conclave will have distinguished speakers who have failed twice in school and were given Padma Award by the President of India. Another speaker failed thrice in a class and became principal of the same school. Yet another speaker who failed in physics in intermediate became head of physics department in a university.
RlEK founder Avdhash Kaushal said, “Those people who failed in school/other educational forums but made it big in life shall attend a unique failures conclave soon in Dehradun. The idea behind this conclave is not to belittle the good performance of students but to bring confidence and courage to anyone who has failed in any class,” he added.
The event organisers state that children who fail in exams are often criticised and at times even ostracised, leading to suicide in extreme cases. In India about 20 students kill themselves every day due to the stress related to exams, wanting to secure seats in prestigious schools, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
“People like Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin and Bill Gates have been very successful but what is common among them is that they are school drop-outs.
This goes to prove that education and success are not synonymous. In India where the education system is nothing to boast of we have scandals which have been witnessed in many States such as Bihar, where students top in the exam but in reality cannot even pronounce correctly the subject they have topped in.
It has been proved time and again that a child who has failed in school may be a huge success in his life.
It is the interest of children which need to be nurtured otherwise the young minds will never be ignited.
The current system has no value in terms of addition of life skills for children it becomes irrelevant and a burden for the future generation. Education should be all encompassing and enriching rather that complex and rigid.
Unfortunately, the present education system does not facilitate the growth and progress of the future generation,” said the conclave organisers in a statement to the media.