A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college
An investment in education churns out the best interest. Since eons and eons, education has been a vital part of an individual’s upbringing, thus helping to sculpt his character and lifestyle. It goes without saying that in today’s dog-eat-dog world the rate of competition among students has reached its zenith, which is essential for the constant improvement of educational standards in a country. But on the other hand, equal opportunities are not provided to students as they apply for advanced degrees and colleges due to the differences in the various school level curriculum.
Drawing a lateral from gender equality to equality in education tells us that, as is the case for women who are discriminated and do not get an equal standing as men when they apply for various jobs, subtle differences in school level curriculum such as language of instruction put many students at an inherent disadvantage and ostracize them from top tier colleges and universities. Students are the building blocks of any country’s progress and development which makes it the nation’s responsibility to level the playing field for them when it comes to education.
In India, for example, there are mainly three education boards which are adhered to by the various schools in the country, these are the CBSE, ICSE and State Board. While the ICSE has a curriculum which is more rigorous and in-depth, the CBSE curriculum focuses more on the idea of rote learning and the State Board on the other hand is considered to have a more laid back curriculum. During the application process the universities and colleges might demand a certain cut off of marks which make the applicant eligible for admission in a stated institution. This is exactly where the problem arises, as a commendable 94 percentile of an ICSE student might not meet the absolute cut-off whereas, an average 96 percentile of a relatively easier board might do the trick. This is completely unfair and thus puts a deserving student at a loss. In addition to this, accepting mediocre students in a highly competitive college would pile a lot of stress on the individual making it difficult for him to make the most out of his resources. Taking a more blanket approach, if two individuals are taught in two different manners then pooling them together for a generic assessment is equivalent to comparing oranges with apples.
However looking at the other side of the coin, it is argued that it may not always be feasible for a nation to maintain uniformity in curriculum, due to many contributing factors like high maintenance and infrastructure costs. In a country which is not quite diverse and multifarious in culture it might make sense both economically and socially for a nation to maintain the same national curriculum for its students till the college level. But in a culturally diverse nation like India, where each state has its own story and mindsets, maintaining such a high degree of uniformity would prove to be quite exacting and tedious. For example, projects about the economic conditions of a particular poverty stricken state would have very little relevance in a financially stable one.
Therefore, while the statement of the issue at hand might be applicable to a few scenarios with favourable conditions it might not always be wise to apply the same in a nation with a vast cultural background.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 622, Rule ID: CD_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun 'percentile' seems to be countable, so consider using: 'percentiles'.
Suggestion: percentiles
...the problem arises, as a commendable 94 percentile of an ICSE student might not meet the a...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 711, Rule ID: CD_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun 'percentile' seems to be countable, so consider using: 'percentiles'.
Suggestion: percentiles
...absolute cut-off whereas, an average 96 percentile of a relatively easier board might do t...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, look, may, so, then, therefore, thus, whereas, while, for example, in addition, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 33.0505617978 82% => OK
Preposition: 79.0 58.6224719101 135% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2838.0 2235.4752809 127% => OK
No of words: 560.0 442.535393258 127% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06785714286 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.8645985582 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99442509218 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 291.0 215.323595506 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.519642857143 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 903.6 704.065955056 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 31.0 23.0359550562 135% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.9373065499 60.3974514979 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 157.666666667 118.986275619 133% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.1111111111 23.4991977007 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.88888888889 5.21951772744 132% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.18708999974 0.243740707755 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0604231518292 0.0831039109588 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0648389764997 0.0758088955206 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.108111989564 0.150359130593 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0455432791082 0.0667264976115 68% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.0 14.1392134831 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.01 48.8420337079 82% => OK
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 12.1743820225 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.72 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.26 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 145.0 100.480337079 144% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 11.2143820225 128% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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