Class Xth CCBSE topper Jat girl rejected by DPS

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birbal said:
Rajendraji,

This case exposes something that is all too prevalent in India. It redefines merit on the basis of family background. I am sure this girl will overcome such discrimination but there are untold tens of thousands of victims whose aspirations are cut down even though they are fairly smart and committed. Essentially, a disadvantaged background makes underachievers out of lot of people.

It may be a good idea for the 'Jan Jagriti" people to get in touch with the girl and her family and see if something can be done. Of course, their consent is needed for any further action. My ideas include giving her opportunities of job shadowing (done in North America as part of finding real interests of a child), assisting in finding a real good coaching program etc. May be when you go to India soon, you try to meet the girl and her family and see what is needed including financial contributions from us Jatlanders.
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Dear Friends,
For the rarest opportunities, competition in India boils down to individual performance.
At my medical school most of the students were outstanding. There was no dynastic following or predominance of DPS etc. But for Delhi PMT, DPS probably has always shown a good result. It is interesting to know that top rankers are generally transition students who join DPS for their high schooling. The best these schools give is a stiff competitive environment. The education may not be good at all. The students joining these schools come from a prosperous middle class stratum, which is very well informed. They know which books to study, which material is hot and where not to waste time. This probably is a greater edge than anything else. Most of these entrance exam students never attend regular classes. They perform well in test series and the school does not pester them for 75% regular attendance. I know many IIT toppers who were almost never seen in class bcoz it’s too slow for entrance examination preparation.


For a DPS guy life is easy. Preparation for PMT starts from the day they give their Class Xth exams. They don’t take Math if they want to do Medicine. Instead of Math they have Physical Education in which they sit and study for PMT. It is a different story that 90 percent of the time we used to play at Central Schools.

Presently information is widely available and if one keeps his eyes open, there is no need to get anxious about joining such educational shops. In fact we crushed those DPSites later after reaching an equal platform.


Congrats to Garima,
Best,
Bharat
 
Thats good point. Schools like DPS give competitive environment and just the name of school itself infuses confidence in student. But English is not at all needed for eng or medical exams, so a student from hindi background should be as capable of cracking (Preference for only eng and medical studies is another big issue). Even though a rural student has high IQ and is equally competitive for entrance exams English can dictate his/her confidence level. I support that English should be taught from beginning but excellent shouldn't be gauged on English fluency. Thats ridiculous.
Congrat to Garima...
-vinod


bharatrattan said:
Dear Friends,
For the rarest opportunities, competition in India boils down to individual performance.
At my medical school most of the students were outstanding. There was no dynastic following or predominance of DPS etc. But for Delhi PMT, DPS probably has always shown a good result. It is interesting to know that top rankers are generally transition students who join DPS for their high schooling. The best these schools give is a stiff competitive environment. The education may not be good at all. The students joining these schools come from a prosperous middle class stratum, which is very well informed. They know which books to study, which material is hot and where not to waste time. This probably is a greater edge than anything else. Most of these entrance exam students never attend regular classes. They perform well in test series and the school does not pester them for 75% regular attendance. I know many IIT toppers who were almost never seen in class bcoz it’s too slow for entrance examination preparation.


For a DPS guy life is easy. Preparation for PMT starts from the day they give their Class Xth exams. They don’t take Math if they want to do Medicine. Instead of Math they have Physical Education in which they sit and study for PMT. It is a different story that 90 percent of the time we used to play at Central Schools.

Presently information is widely available and if one keeps his eyes open, there is no need to get anxious about joining such educational shops. In fact we crushed those DPSites later after reaching an equal platform.


Congrats to Garima,
Best,
Bharat
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