Study Shortcuts - Helpful or Harmful
Essay:
Study Shortcuts
Helpful or Harmful
Ulya Ehsen
First Year
BS Commerce
University of Karachi
Study Shortcuts
Helpful or Harmful
A recent threat to our education system is the rapidly spreading trend of five (5) years, guidebooks, guess papers and coaching centers. 5 year is a booklet containing past papers of last
5 years of a particular subject or of all subjects in a group. 5 years are available both in solved and unsolved forms. Guidebooks are books containing solved objective and subjective question answers based on the past papers. Guess papers are the question papers various publishers publish few weeks before the board exams. They contain up to hundred questions which they guess will be included in the board examination paper. Coaching centers are the private institutions which grantee their customers (students) to secure A+ grade in the board exams and receive a handsome fee in return.
The language, grammar and composition of five years, guidebooks and notes provided by coaching centers are ridiculous. Plenty of mistakes including spelling errors can also be witnessed in them. They provide selective material and discourage thorough study. They spoon feed students and prevent them from mental exercise. They prevent students to innovate and make them a habitual follower.
The sole objective of education is to gain knowledge and attain skills. All afore mentioned mediums of education are ruining it. All these study shortcuts have minimized the goal of education to pass the examination only. Students memorize whatever these shortcuts provide them. Spit it out on the examination answer sheets. Get grades and that is it. Students unfortunately, find it convenient to follow five years, guidebooks, guess papers and coaching centers but as they say if the going seems easy you are going downhill.
As a result, these study shortcuts are producing repeater parrots instead of educated people. They are looting students by providing
Study Shortcuts
Helpful or Harmful
Ulya Ehsen
First Year
BS Commerce
University of Karachi
Study Shortcuts
Helpful or Harmful
A recent threat to our education system is the rapidly spreading trend of five (5) years, guidebooks, guess papers and coaching centers. 5 year is a booklet containing past papers of last
5 years of a particular subject or of all subjects in a group. 5 years are available both in solved and unsolved forms. Guidebooks are books containing solved objective and subjective question answers based on the past papers. Guess papers are the question papers various publishers publish few weeks before the board exams. They contain up to hundred questions which they guess will be included in the board examination paper. Coaching centers are the private institutions which grantee their customers (students) to secure A+ grade in the board exams and receive a handsome fee in return.
The language, grammar and composition of five years, guidebooks and notes provided by coaching centers are ridiculous. Plenty of mistakes including spelling errors can also be witnessed in them. They provide selective material and discourage thorough study. They spoon feed students and prevent them from mental exercise. They prevent students to innovate and make them a habitual follower.
The sole objective of education is to gain knowledge and attain skills. All afore mentioned mediums of education are ruining it. All these study shortcuts have minimized the goal of education to pass the examination only. Students memorize whatever these shortcuts provide them. Spit it out on the examination answer sheets. Get grades and that is it. Students unfortunately, find it convenient to follow five years, guidebooks, guess papers and coaching centers but as they say if the going seems easy you are going downhill.
As a result, these study shortcuts are producing repeater parrots instead of educated people. They are looting students by providing