GNANA SUNYAM
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Since the dawn of the second half of the twentieth century, we found mushroom growth of 'convent' schools invariably run by christians where it is mandatory to wear a uniform dress which in almost in every school consists of shoe, socks, tie, shirts tucked in.
besides, most of these schools are affiliated either to central board of secondary education or indian council of school education or matriculation syllabus or anglo-indian board of education.
if it is anything other than tamil nadu state board of education, we found young children, even in the hot sun, wearing ties, shoes, socks, struggling with a heavy load of books and notebooks, hardly used during the day, on the way to school. furthermore, they make themselves sandwich on the way up to school and also on the way back home from school. this takes a toll on their mental health also. back home they are further burdened with a heavy homework and parental pressure to score high marks, excel in school.
why is a tie worn, a shoe insisted. these are western style uniform dresses, mandated in western countries for the mere reason, it suits their climate, where the weather is cold most part of the year.
but is it required in our cities and towns, especially madras where the weather is hot, hotter and hottest?. one reason the school administration gives is, it looks professional, clean and neat and tidy to the eyes.
it is good to have a uniform dress for all students, but should it be western? Should it not be Indian.
'looks professional', 'looks neat and tidy and posh' etc are just perception and un-acceptable reasons. in the end our children are needlessly struggling. after all, children go to study and to learn and not to show off with their dresses. neither wearing of shoe and tie enhances learning nor wearing indian dress suppresses learning skills. ultimately students of all schools, regardless of the board of education, end up in same college, like all rivers ending up in same ocean.
if only our politicians, who spend significant time struggling to hold on to power by overt and covert means, bring in law or impose rules and reforms instead, on schools to refrain from troubling, harassing and torturing children with needless burdens, they would do a great favor to the students in particular and to society in general.
all it needs is a change of mindset and mentality, an effort to free the mind from imperial slavery. we are independent only politically but still under bondage to customs and traditions imposed on us by the imperialists.
besides, most of these schools are affiliated either to central board of secondary education or indian council of school education or matriculation syllabus or anglo-indian board of education.
if it is anything other than tamil nadu state board of education, we found young children, even in the hot sun, wearing ties, shoes, socks, struggling with a heavy load of books and notebooks, hardly used during the day, on the way to school. furthermore, they make themselves sandwich on the way up to school and also on the way back home from school. this takes a toll on their mental health also. back home they are further burdened with a heavy homework and parental pressure to score high marks, excel in school.
why is a tie worn, a shoe insisted. these are western style uniform dresses, mandated in western countries for the mere reason, it suits their climate, where the weather is cold most part of the year.
but is it required in our cities and towns, especially madras where the weather is hot, hotter and hottest?. one reason the school administration gives is, it looks professional, clean and neat and tidy to the eyes.
it is good to have a uniform dress for all students, but should it be western? Should it not be Indian.
'looks professional', 'looks neat and tidy and posh' etc are just perception and un-acceptable reasons. in the end our children are needlessly struggling. after all, children go to study and to learn and not to show off with their dresses. neither wearing of shoe and tie enhances learning nor wearing indian dress suppresses learning skills. ultimately students of all schools, regardless of the board of education, end up in same college, like all rivers ending up in same ocean.
if only our politicians, who spend significant time struggling to hold on to power by overt and covert means, bring in law or impose rules and reforms instead, on schools to refrain from troubling, harassing and torturing children with needless burdens, they would do a great favor to the students in particular and to society in general.
all it needs is a change of mindset and mentality, an effort to free the mind from imperial slavery. we are independent only politically but still under bondage to customs and traditions imposed on us by the imperialists.
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