Sweeping Principal of Bosco B.Ed Collage Dimapur are effective tools for identifying the bright ones. What are some of the things that you do to motivate your students?
Don’t think that I am going to speak about a principal who sweeps the ground like the “Swatch Bharat” sweepers. I wish to introduce Fr Sabu the principal of Bosco B.Ed. College Dimapur who is fond of sweeping not ground but ranks. This year he brought the college to its heights with magnificent results that comprised of all the top 10 ranks. Lets us listen to him for a while. What was your first reaction when you heard about the ranks? Were they expected?
First of all I tell them that getting a rank is not difficult. As I was able to get ranks both for my B. Ed. and M. Ed. (4th from NU and 2nd from Dibrugarh University) I always had a craze for ranks that could be achieved by my students. They were encouraged to take things seriously. We need to convince them that they can achieve it. I used to tell them that skill in study and skill in writing an examination are two different things. Though both are equally important, I would even say that skill in writing, in a way, is more important when it comes to scoring high marks. The examiners are not aware of the IQ of the students. They just give the marks according to what they see written in the answer sheets.
I was sure of getting at least 6 ranks. Even though How do you equip them with skill in writing all the 11 students who earned the ranks have been the examinations? outstanding in their studies capturing all the top 10 ranks was something that came as a surprise. Every year I write all the answers of a question paper as it is supposed to be presented and make photocopies Is it the first time that our college is achievof the same and give ing a result of this sort? to the students and Our college has a history of ranks. Once we had a explain to them how similar result where we swept all the top 10 ranks. examinations are to However, at that time there were only three B.Ed. be written. One of colleges under Nagaland University. Now we have the main problems 8 colleges out of which 6 had offered the last one that many students year course. So we are faced with more competi- face is lack of time tion when we speak in terms of achieving ranks. to complete the an As a principal do you feel that swers. So division of you have a unique role to play in mo- time is of great imtivating the students to achieve ranks? portance. I tell them Definitely yes! My experience as a principal has giv- that they need to write five answers in three hours. So en me the conviction that the principal of an institu- they have 35 minutes each for a question. Even if they tion plays a vital role in identifying the best students are able to write more they need to write the concludand guiding them with regular motivational tips. I ing paragraph by 30th minute and move to the next examine their results starting from their higher sec- question. Some make a mistake to writing 10 or more ondary up to post graduation and make a list of the pages for the first two or three questions and only two potential candidates who can bring ranks. The in- or three pages for the last questions and complain ternal examinations conducted in the college also that they did not have enough time. Such mistakes should be avoided. A student should be aware of how
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