Woes of Small-Town Students
Friends, are you living in a small-town, B-Grade city of India? Are you thinking of choosing your subjects for Class XI? If yes, then what options is your school offering? Plain old Maths, Biology and Commerce? Is Arts/Humanities included in your options? What extra subject are you going to opt? Students, do you know the magnitude of optional subjects that are offered by CBSE?
The optional subjects offered by CBSE are ---
- Sanskrit
- Psychology
- Geography
- Sociology
- Political Science
- History
- Economics
- Hindi
- Business Studies
- Urdu
- Heritage Crafts
- Graphics Design
- Computers and Communication Technology
- Fine Art
- Astronomy
- Entrepreneurship
- Fashion Studies
- Engineering Graphics
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- And a huge array of Languages
The options are so many that it is becoming cumbersome for me to mention them all! But how many of these numerous options have been made available to you? I too, am a student. I know the that the options available to me are so scanty that I am forced to take up the subject which I thoroughly dislike. For me, as well as many of you, the selection of your optional subjects is between the one you dislike more and the one you dislike less. Is this the way our RIGHT to choose our own subjects are being exercised? We are being denied of our rights, and no one is protesting. Getting the freedom to choose our stream is not sufficient. We should also be given enough options by the schools for our extra subject to choose from.
I personally think that even if a single student wishes to take up these seemingly out of the way subjects, the Government should hold examinations and provide correspondence materials to that student.
Incorporating these subjects in the small cities and towns, and ensuring that the students get the benefits of the various extra subjects devised by CBSE is a crucial step towards identifying the Students' rights in India.
We, as students should raise our voices against this denial of our rights, and should strife to make our futures brighter with the choices we make. I already, have started doing so. This is an effort from my side to rouse those who are ignorant and are following the tunes of the Bagpiper to their own downfall. So, wake-up , my friends and demand for what is rightfully yours.
Cheers!
