I woke up with the beep from my mobile, it was a message from one of my Year 10 students. With a drooping eyelid, I checked the time it was 10 pm. I came to know that the government had issued a notice regarding the cancellation of SEE and the student was curious to know whether it was true or not. I requested the student to have a sound sleep and we could talk about it the other morning. I woke up to confirm the news and started scrolling on different sites. Finally, it happened to be true and I was relieved and felt happy to have heard such Welcoming News!
So the next morning, I got back to my student to query on how did he felt about it now? His reply was somehow like this if we got infected our whole life would be in danger but we can always continue our study. How I wish the same could have happens a few weeks back, we would have saved so many of them to go through the mental turmoil and disturbances they've been through.
A few days back, i was talking to one of my friend whose daughter was appearing in SEE, I queried to know about her status. My friend shared that she wasn't in a happy mood and missed everything so she requested the teacher to run at least 2 hrs classes for them where they can at least meet and talk to their friends to make it feel like normalcy.
The entire teacher community had been worried about the status of students academics in between. We were constantly in touch with our parents. Especially what bothered us was the mental health of the students, because considering the situation they had put days and nights together working their level best to achieve their goals. So without a delay of time, our principal suggested having a session with the school counsellor for the students. After the session, we came to know the different issue they were struggling with; the majors being anger, restlessness, anxiety, insomnia, lack of concentration, less willingness to study etc. The well being session guided them and helped them to manage their routines and advised them on how could they make the best out of the situation which indeed worked!
One of my students shared when I asked her how does she feel about the government decision, her reply was that she had promised herself and her parents to get good grades. But she was over the moon to hear the news as she felt relieved!! While my other student said she always felt disturbing and pressurized, a kind of anxiety was always there but the news isn't so pleasing either as we along with the teachers had worked so hard. But the ones who were expecting GPA 4 with the parents together committing for the child support are really sad about it, I remember one of my students got a very good opportunity which he denied to participate. I tried to counsel a lot but couldn't convince him when he said, "Ma'am please let me be the book worm this year and just concentrate on SEE, I'm looking forward to GPA 4". How I lament should he have grabbed the opportunity, at least he would have gained a new added skill.
Students have had appeared at least or more than 4--5 exams before SEE, some being internally taken by the school itself while others being external from different associations. So the progress could be traced on that basis, for the ones maintaining Continous Assessment System is a Bliss!!
My personal take and understanding on this are that whatever happened in the first hand (last hour exam calls off ) but the current decision of the government is very Welcoming! How long could we have held them back waiting for normalcy? Isn't it the best time we learn health as the biggest priority? We should not forget about the importance and impact of child psychology and mental health for the students who are at the pick of teenagers. At this moment there would be so many other things and issues that they would be passing through!
So dear children, we believe that we have embedded the skill of becoming a life long learner, take this opportunity to believe in yourself and your promises. Set your goals and pave a path to achieve your own dreams!!
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