The declaration of the HSC exam results have been received with joys, tears, confusion, and an increase in the number of distress calls sent to help lines.
The declaration of the HSC exam results have been received with joys, tears, confusion, and an increase in the number of distress calls sent to help lines. It’s not just students but parents too who are rushing to counsellors for help.
“We have noted a gradual increase in the number of callers. On the day of the HSC examination results, we received around 80 calls against our daily average of around 30,” says Johnson Thomas, director of the AASRA Foundation and Helpline Agency.
Most of the students calling had scored poorly in their examinations or had failed. “Many parents called us and wanted to speak to us about the future of their wards since they had not fared well. Their concern was whether their children would need to waste a year since the waiting period for the re examination is a difficult,” he added.
Pradnya Aklekar, a counselling psychologist, said, “Our helpline number receives almost 30 calls from students post results. Most of them are shocked since the marks they had scored were below their expectations; they wanted to opt for revaluation of their results.” A few of the calls came from students who had scored good marks and were unclear about which career they should be pursuing.”
Dr Nirmala Rao, a psychiatrist with the Avishkar Foundation and Aptitude Test Centre, believes that the main reason for the poor results is the slew of entrance examinations the students need to appear for. “Right after standard X, students start with studying for IIT, AIEEE, CET, BITS Pilani and so on. By the end of it, they are totally burned out and have little or no energy left to study so they just end up mugging lessons and reproducing them without actually learning the concepts,’’ she said.
She advises parents to give their children the freedom to think and do what they like. “Children are overprotected and lead sheltered lives with their main aim being to score good marks. Parents should let their children choose their own careers for themselves and instead imbibe the life skills in them,” she added.
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