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Will giving extra marks improve the attitude of students?

Created by : Jenifer joncy, MBA student, Christ College Institute of Management  | 02 17 2011 06:54:13 +0000
Industry : Teaching/EducationFunctional Area : Executive Education(Personal Interests)
Keywords : leadership attitude marks cbse extra co-curricular activities
Activity:  393 views;  last activity : 03 05 2011 18:19:37 +0000

CBSE has declared that a student doing well in co-curricula activites will be awarded with extra marks in class IX. For instance, if a students wins a debate he will score some extra marks in english for his leadership skills. This step is for overall development of the students. It is indeed a good move but will this improve the attitude of students toward so-curricular activities?

  
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Given the complexities of social stratification, the kind of environment they live in, and the upbringing style of parents, you can not expect every fingers to be alike. In some case, you need to do pep up exercise to make them live upto their own and parental expectations. Giving extra marks in such circumstances would definitely improve the attitude of students, but not always!
By S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner  02 18 2011 02:40:44 +0000
 
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In my opinion it will not be a good option for improving the attitudes of the students. May be this option distracts the students from their original motives. May be all the time they are preparing for curriculam activites. It is good that we are giving importance to Extra Curricular Activities but merge it with marks will not be a good option for those who are shy, studious students. Schools might be issue a rule that every students should participate in extra curricular activites of thier own choices but it should not merge with marks.
By Tanima , First Medical Services Pvt. Ltd.  02 17 2011 07:43:46 +0000
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At last one positive step by the CBSE ! Not only will it develop the students hunger for more marks but also help in developing him into an all round personality rather than a bookworm.
By Jaygopal Raghavan, Marketing Manager, Landmark Group  | 03 05 2011 17:28:21 +0000
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yes, bcz they can think & learn creativity
By manish kumar, SEO | Web-cms Developer | FreeTips-- shoot me an email | Mobile SEO | Do more than Just !  | 02 24 2011 11:14:11 +0000
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Yes I feel finally parents will support students for co-curricular activities. It will result in overall personality development of the students.
By Akash , International Marketing Shabro  | 02 20 2011 17:18:03 +0000
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this short of steps is a motivational factor for the students.That will help them to think out of box.
By Yogesh Chaturvedi, Software QA Engineer Consulatnt, McAfee INC and Intel Company  | 02 20 2011 11:07:03 +0000
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I think end of the day it's ur attitude which make diff from others. Coz educational qualification are the more or less same of all participatents.
By Supriya Gupta, Diploma student, Kanyapur Polytechnic  | 02 18 2011 20:18:14 +0000
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marks are not every thing. I think often students who don't score well have some other qualities and talents which should be recognized by teachers. Today we need great teachers who not only teach but inspire students to take challenge in life.
By Danish khan, Business Analyst, cognizant business consultancy  | 02 18 2011 16:45:58 +0000
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It is always good to encourage children by giving 1 or 2 marks, and give them a competitive feel to grow in future. And this will happen only thru teachers and parents supporting them to participate and be active in all other activities, Marks alone will not help in their future, it is only to encourage.
By Sireesha , CONSULTANT, CAREERMOVE  | 02 18 2011 16:19:17 +0000
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Why are we turning everything into digits. If digits were so important it could have made country developed as we have 10000000+heads to count?
By Ranjeet Kumar, B.Tech Mech. Engg,Kurukshetra University  | 02 18 2011 10:10:30 +0000
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Of course but grading system is good rather than allotting the marks ,in grading up to 5 marks it will not effect anything i mean grading intervals,so sometime it may advantage for somebody some times not ,so better to fallow grading system.
By Ganesh.Mergu , Lecturer, dilla university  | 02 18 2011 06:34:28 +0000
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For some students, it may help them pass the exams and reward them for contribution in extra-curricular activities. This will help the students in satisfying their parents also and thus reduce stress.
By Shahnawaz Islam, PR & Media Relations Manager, National Institute of Smart Governance  | 02 18 2011 05:36:48 +0000
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it will surely help students to get some kind of encouragement.it will help students to overcome depression.
By manmohan singh, B.Tech/B.E. student, Gurukul Institute of Engineering and Technology  | 02 18 2011 05:11:28 +0000
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We dont realise the importance of one marks. I do think so that 1,2,3,4 marks can change the attitude of a student and his/her life because one mark puts you into 1st division and one less marks puts you into 2nd div. and so on.so it makes a difference.
By anuradha , Education Coordinator, A to Z Technologies  | 02 18 2011 04:05:35 +0000
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to improve the allround capability and extra curricular efficiency of a student , it is better to give extra marks
By sheriff r mohideen, General Manager -Technical, Origin Foods Limited  | 02 17 2011 07:47:24 +0000
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Surely will motivate to positive out come for all level of student good at in respective position...
By JAGADEESAN S, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Project Consultant  | 02 17 2011 07:06:23 +0000
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no it will not be a motivation for all students rather level of bias will increase
By Jasmin Pawar, HR Manager, HR GLOBE CONSULTING  | 03 05 2011 18:19:37 +0000
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It only create biases among other students.
By pradhnya meshram, Sales Executive/Officer, Tata Communications Ltd  | 02 24 2011 17:50:00 +0000
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its similar to saying 'if u drink more water before u start running, you will not get exhausted on a sunny day'. Marks are an end result and the process matters much more than the marks. I have personally seen people who score 100/100 in exams and are a real flop in real life!!
By Bharath Iyer, Project Manager, Photon Infotech  | 02 18 2011 10:58:47 +0000
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if a child realize the important of one mark it would not improve the attitude.But it will take some time to realize it. grading and marks not effecting the mentality of a child. only parents and teachers are making it as important.only marks wont show the performance of anyone. it is just DATA for teachers.
By R. Vijayan, Education Coordinator, bharti  | 02 18 2011 09:25:06 +0000
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Giving extra marks will not help in any way. It would instill a false sense of achievement, and 'marks' are definitely not a yardstick for intellectual growth.
By Mohan Pothur, Lean Six Sigma professional with expertise in ISO9001 and Project Management  | 02 18 2011 04:53:03 +0000
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Students who are good at co curricular activities paticipate and show their skills anyways. They do not need such motivation .It is a motivating step and it might work well for students who were not participating in past. But if these students don't get a good result ( they don't win ) They might not consider it a good option.
By Jenifer joncy, MBA student, Christ College Institute of Management  | 02 17 2011 06:54:13 +0000
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