Evidently, academic excellence shouldn’t be our main focus as a people and country and it is time we began to look at the life of the child beyond homework, continuous assessment tests, books and national exams. Are we raising a frustrated generation that will in the long run pass on their despair and misery to their children? The secondary school student faces a list of pressures and anxieties that may not be directly related to academic performance. In order to help troubled teenagers get help, guiding and counseling centres should be established and run by specialists. Apart from the numerous programmes engineered for academic excellence, it is also necessary for schools to establish interactive, effective and child friendly mechanisms that will help teachers identify troubled children and their problems as soon as they arise.

Source: Standard Digital May 03, 2022 12:08 UTC