The psychologists who counseled this year’s successful and unsuccessful students of Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) matriculation examination have found that these students are “introvert” in sharing their mind and queries.
Interestingly, most of them are boys. According to RU psychology faculty Dr Shashikala Singh and Kalawati Jaiswal who are tackling such students in the counseling helpline from April 30 to May 6 after the matriculation result was published on April 29, it was because the students of this age-group are usually not “Jack of all trades”.
“We had to talk for long in order to understand the exact problem troubling these students due to their bad performance. At times, the students wanted to know how to approach for re-checking of their answer sheets but could not explain us easily. Somehow, we tried to understand their hidden thoughts,” Dr Shashikala said on Tuesday.
She added, “Usually, students of this age do not possess skills of a good communicator. So, it is obvious to be hesitant or introvert.”
For the betterment of students, JAC Chairman Anand Bhushan had begun this post-board exam “one week counseling helpline” in 2013 for both matriculation and intermediate students.
Relating to Bhushan’s initiative, JAC employees managing
this helpline informed that the number of queries of matriculation students has increased more than 10 times.
“last year, only 21 students had called to inquire on their future career options, mental state after the result and what to do for scrutinising answer sheets of specific subjects. This year the number has raised upto 300 calls,” said a JAC official.
However, Both Singh and Jaiswal said that the response of intermediate pass outs as well as failures was opposite to the behaivour of matric students in the last academic session.
“We are sure that this year when the intermediate results are declared, students of this class would speak up frankly. last year, we did not find any difficulties in the communication skills of inter passed or failed students like that of matric students,” said Dr Shashikala.
The present weeklong counseling concludes on Wednesday. Counselors are hoping to get more calls in the upcoming session as well.
“At least, the students called and tried to speak beyond this introvert habit. This is a positive indication of our state board students,” added the counselor who received maximum calls from Ranchi, Gumla and Dumka districts.