Kota:
Kota District Collector Dr. Ravinder Goswami wrote to NEET and JEE aspirants and their parents on Tuesday, citing his own example of failing the pre-medical test several years ago. His letters came in the wake of rising suicides, with two incidents occurring within three days.
Mr Goswami, an MBBS doctor before becoming an IAS officer, said failure is an opportunity to improve and convert it into success.
He urged parents to give their wards an opportunity to correct their mistakes and not associate the children's happiness with the marks they get in exams.
Quoting a motivational couplet by Urdu poet Sahir Ludhianvi, Mr Goswami started his address to the students with 'Dear children'. He noted that failures give a person an opportunity to overcome the mistakes he makes in life and turn the failures into success.
The Collector noted that the examination is just a stage of life and not the ultimate goal and it cannot determine the direction of one's life.
“I am an example of that. I also failed in PMT,” he wrote. “We can only work hard and it is up to God to give us fruits. So if he lets us succeed, that's okay. But if he lets us fail, it means he's setting a different path for us… You are great children of great India and just one exam cannot be taken as the ultimate test to achieve your goal,” Mr. Goswami wrote.
He concluded his letter to the students by saying that when a person walks, he or she tends to fall, but this is only meaningful if a person gets up after falling and continues toward the goal.
In a separate letter to the parents, the DM appreciated their efforts towards their wards by providing them all facilities. He acknowledged that their happiness lies in the happiness of their children, but noted that the problem arises when children's happiness is associated with the grades they get in exams.
“Do you only become successful if you pass an exam? No,” the DM wrote. Their departments, he told parents, may be interested in other areas.
Mr Goswami urged the parents to give their wards a chance to improve themselves like his own parents did with him when he returned from Kota where he had stayed for PMT preparation but failed once.
The Collector appealed to parents to talk to their wards regularly, listen to them and make them believe that they are the most necessary and valuable to them.
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