{"content":[{"text":"their choice. With marks, either from boards or entrance exams, being the sole factor for","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.083909,"width":0.744904,"height":0.015157000000000004}},{"text":"admission in most colleges around the country, there is excess stress on students to","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.10706,"width":0.694739,"height":0.015157000000000004}},{"text":"perform. This quest for superior grades has not only overtaken extracurricular activities,","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.130211,"width":0.737036,"height":0.015157000000000004}},{"text":"social life and playtime of students, but also compelled parents to enrol students in","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.153362,"width":0.696613,"height":0.015157000000000004}},{"text":"additional, supplementary classes.","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.176514,"width":0.287095,"height":0.015157000000000004}},{"text":"Private tuition is pervasive in all parts of the country, and is deemed necessary by the","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.530013,"width":0.716063,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"parents of students across the ability and marks spectrum. According to the June 2018 US","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.553164,"width":0.744625,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"Census Bureau CARE ratings report, 26% of upper primary students (class V - VIII) in India","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.576315,"width":0.7363970000000001,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"are presently enrolled in privately paid tuition. The Indian Coaching industry, which was","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.599466,"width":0.734144,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"estimated to be Rs 2170 Billion in the is predicted to grow to a market of Rs 3150 billion by","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.622617,"width":0.758136,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"the year 2020. Contrary to what the name suggests, this supplementary education does not","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.645768,"width":0.758144,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"complement what is taught in school, but rather reinforces the importance of ‘scoring","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.66892,"width":0.717037,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"well’.","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.692071,"width":0.048249,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"The Fault in our Marks:","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.738373,"width":0.20131700000000002,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"Until the mid 19th Century, when philosophers and academicians began to realise that oral","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.761524,"width":0.756206,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"assessments were subjective and ineffective, written exams were not prevalent in schools.","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.784675,"width":0.756306,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"Modern examinations are a derivation of the wave of intelligence testing which emerged in","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.807826,"width":0.756758,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"the early 20th Century. Scientists and academicians such as E. L. Thomdike and Alfred","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.830977,"width":0.717596,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"Binet developed and started administering tests which could (a) provide objective,","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.854128,"width":0.688924,"height":0.015156999999999976}},{"text":"quantifiable results; and (b) allow them to classify students as per their level of intellect.","bbox":{"left":0.118486,"top":0.877279,"width":0.746977,"height":0.015156999999999976}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.120907,"top":0.201236,"width":0.382872,"height":0.234182},{"left":0.508816,"top":0.203908,"width":0.36398,"height":0.231511},{"left":0.120907,"top":0.447885,"width":0.763224,"height":0.048083}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.120907,"top":0.201236,"width":0.382872,"height":0.234182},{"left":0.508816,"top":0.203908,"width":0.36398,"height":0.231511},{"left":0.120907,"top":0.447885,"width":0.763224,"height":0.048083}]}