ஒரே எண்ணம், ஓர் ஆயிரம் பார்வை

 Marks - not mandatory

-Abbhirami

Marks are so dominant in this society. You are totally judged based on the numbers. The Educational system cannot be transformed completely. All these things have already been said.

The two things that have never turned clichés are Money and Marks, I feel. When I was in school, I did not gain much information about how to study things and improve my scores. But right now, after bit of research, I got to know what I should do to score more.

The concept is so simple. The point is that our brain is composed of 2 parts the Memory part and the Derivation part. The Memory part is where you store things just by memorizing. The latter part which I mentioned is where you use the memory part in deriving/understanding things . Let us take an example of solving a mathematical problem. For solving any mathematical problem it would need some formula or theorems. Those are to be memorized and those get stored in Memory part. And the actual problem solving is done  by our own understanding, which takes place in the Derivation Part. But what usually happens is we tend to memorize the whole sum, including the derivation. This makes the Derivation part inactive, giving us no good insight about what we have learnt. This leads to worst scores when we step into college.

For the students who are here in India, will know what is done during their class 9^th and class 11^th. I can very well say that these students who are in the class 9^th and 11^th nott really taught what has to be taught in 9^th and 11^{th .} Instead jump to 10^th portion if they are in 9^th and 12^th if they are in 11^th. So I think the real learning part gets closed when they are in 8^th. And schools become so busy in taking 10^th and 12^th portions for the sake of marks.

Leave out the marks that you score in your boards and other exams. Let us get to know the various types of examinations that are conducted for the students who are in their class 9^th. (I didn’t really know these kinds of examinations existed when I was in my 9th exceptions NCERT, NSTSE).

Exams for 9^th standard

1. National Level Science Talent Search Examination-http://www.unifiedcouncil.com/what_is_nstse.aspx

2. NASA Space Settlement Contest- http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/

3. 17^th Merit Scholarship Exam-http://www.motachashma.com/scholarships/merit-scholarship-exam.php

4. AJMAL National Talent Search Exam http://www.ajmalfoundation.org/contents.php?q=10&link_caption=Ajmal%20National%20Talent%20Search%20Exam

5. The Foundation Head Essay Contest- https://www.aynrand.org/students/essay-contests

6. ROBOKID- http://www.robokid.in/

7. International School Essay Competition- http://www.livingrainforest.org/explore/schools-debate/

8. Classmate SpellBee Competition- http://www.classmatespellbee.in/

9. Dr.Ambedkar National Essay Competition- http://ambedkarfoundation.nic.in/html/essaysch.htm

10. International Essay Contest for Young People- http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/1501.html

11. NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement- http://www.nss.org/settlement/roadmap/

12. Clint Memorial International Children Painting Competition- https://www.keralatourism.org/clint/

13. Tata Building India Online Essay Competition - http://tatabuildingindia.com/New-Site/

14. International Junior Science Olympiads http://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in/subjects/junior-science

15. Regional Mathematical Olympiads- http://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in/subjects/junior-science

16. Ignite- http://nif.org.in/ignite

17. CSIR Innovation Award for School Children- http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/awards.htm

18. ALLEN’s Talent Encouragement Exam- http://www.tallentex.com/

19. Astro Space Drawing Competition- http://indianspacestation.com/scholarx/competitions/domestic/497-astrospace-drawing-competition

20. Autodesk Design Competition- http://www.autodesk.com/education/competitions-and-events/all-competitions

21. Velammal Science Talent Search Examination - http://www.velammalsciencetalenttest.com/

22. MJ Maths Scholarship Exam- http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/awards/MJ-maths-scholarship-exam.html

23. Hindustan Times Scholarship-http://www.htscholarship.in/

24. Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship- http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/central_sector_scheme_of_scholarship_for_college_and_university_students.html

25. Indian Space Station- http://indianspacestation.com/

26. The Global Spelling Bee Competition- http://www.spellbeeinternational.com/competition.htm

27. Gyan Lab Kidovators Challenge-http://www.kidovators.com/2014/

28. 3^rd Scholarship for Excellence in English(SEE)-http://www.motachashma.com/scholarships/3rd-scholarship-for-excellence-in-english-see.php

29. CBSE Heritage India Quiz - http://heritage.cbseacademic.in/quiz/

30. Green Olympiad TERI- http://www.teriin.org/olympiad/

31. IEO -http://www.sofworld.org/ieo

32.IMO- http://olympiadhelper.com/subject/mathematics/International_Mathematics_Olympiad_IMO.aspx

33. MOMA Scholarship - http://www.momascholarship.gov.in/

34. School, State and National Level Painting Competition- http://peda.gov.in/eng/ENERGY_CONSERVETION/paintingcompetition.html