Recently
a top official of school education in
God’s Own Country, Kerala inaugurated an In-service course for teachers of
English organized by my college. The ‘official’, was all praise for the teachers
who volunteered to attend the ten-day
programme ignoring the stress and strain
caused by paucity of time for proper curriculum transaction. She even
reminded them of their responsibility of
moulding and mentoring the wards under their care. During the felicitation
lofty thoughts were strewn around and
everyone hoped that the participants would complete their training
with the affirmation that “We
came with minds rusted and left with minds refreshed!”
Everything
looked tip- top till the ‘official’ in question asked them to ponder over the fact that during her
recent inspection in the Centralized Valuation Camps of the Secondary School Leaving
Certificate (SSLC) Examination, a number of students for their examination in
English had simply copied down the
question from the Question Paper and filled up their answer scripts. She
inquired what exactly were the teachers of those students doing during the
whole academic year and how exactly did
the pass percentage in English break all previous records!
Well…
dear reader, can this be attempts by the students to show a
mental process that is unique in
every respect, viz; ‘imitation with a difference’?
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