Each year witnesses soaring cut-offs for university admissions.Many a deserving student if left without a seat causing frustration.Write an article for a local daily in about 150 words highlighting the plight of students and suggest measures that the Government could take to provide enough avenues for the youth.You are Amit.
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- By Amit Vishwakarma
Every point counts. Students today are living their lives running behind point percentages and half marks to earn a seat in a reputed university. The cut-off percentages go higher and higher every year and the effect this has on the youth, no one cares. In today's scenario, where a 97% student feels disappointed at his score because someone who scored 98 got into the college she wanted, is pathetic. The pressure from society and above all parents to score more has left their lives ruined and their mental conditions in a mess. India has reached a point where it has the maximum number of students suicides ever and it isn't even surprising. People have normalized it and at some points even blamed the victim for committing the act. After all, the argument is "The parents did it for the child's better future."
The competition here is nothing but healthy. Marks have become so important that people forget that later on in life, we are not even going to remember them. The youth of our country is the future of our country and it is our responsibility to make sure that nothing stands in the way of their prosperity.
Solving The Cut-Off Puzzle
By Amit
Someone has rightly said: ‘Grades don’t measure intelligence, age does not define maturity.’ Only a small chunk of students score more than the cut-off set by reputed universities and colleges. The rest consisting of millions of students fail to go near the cut-off. They miss the opportunity to be educated and trained in the best of the universities and colleges.
The bitter truth is as result of these cut-offs our nation suffers. Only the few privileged with high cut-offs get the best of learning environment; the rest, which is also a majority of the students don’t get the best of the exposures.
It is not pragmatical. We can’t allow the budding youth of our country to waste their latent talents in the name of cut-off. The Government must set the same standards for all students. Even those who don’t score up to the cut-off, must get admission in equally good colleges and universities. There must not be any discrimination on the basis of cut-off or any other reason. Every student must get healthy and competitive environment to learn the best of skills. Only then our country can develop faster.