Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Too many resources in the market
3. Why 6th-8th are called the foundation classes?
4. Need of an All In One preparation
5. Features of the best study guide
6. Conclusion
The University of Ancient Taxila presents the Indian Education System with a humongous legacy. India’s rich cultural heritage has also worked its magic when it comes to placing a premium on education. However, it’s worth noting that what finds its roots in the Gurukul system has now become an academic rat race.
Do you remember the frenzy among the Indian audience after the launch of ‘Taare Zameen Par’? This movie precisely captured the sentiment of how the relentless pursuit of academic achievement has forced parents to put intense pressure on their children. This cutthroat competition to ace the exams and get more marks is playing a major part in increased anxiety and mental health disorders in students.
In the Indian education system, a mere 2-year-old child is encouraged to step into the schooling process. Not only that, the system of rote learning makes it even more complicated for students to cope with the changing needs of the job sector.
Although the new National Education Policy 2020 has brought some cornerstone modifications to the rampant system, the abundance of expedient resources places parents in a dilemma. However, it’s worth realizing that, as per the evolving needs of the job sector, just cramming textbooks will get your child nowhere.
So, are you ready to unveil an All In One strategy that will prep your child to not only score an A+ but also have a successful career? If you are a parent and are constantly concerned about the plethora of resources available on the market, then this blog is for you. Through the medium of this blog, we are lending a helping hand to ever-learning parents.
So, are you ready to unveil an All In One strategy that will prep your child to not only score an A+ but also have a successful career? If you are a parent and are constantly concerned about the plethora of resources available on the market, then this blog is for you. Through the medium of this blog, we are lending a helping hand to ever-learning parents.
Too many resources in the market
It’s a digitalized world that we all live in. While on one hand there is a spectrum of resources at the disposal of a child, the same feature has proved to be a bane for the already average students. If you are a part of the education system, then you must know that there is no right resource. However, there is always one right strategy to approach such an issue.
While Gen Z is finding its dopamine in this ever-evolving technological world, they seem incapable of making a conscious decision to streamline their educational resources. Let’s dive into some examples of these diverse academic resources. Apart from online learning platforms, digital content in the form of YouTube videos is also available.
On top of that, a different help book for each subject makes it difficult for the student, and especially the parent, to decide. Arihant Publications is built on the idea of simplifying the process of gaining information for children. Carrying on with that legacy, Arihant’s All In One tackles the issue of ‘too many resources’.
In layman’s terms, it’s easy to select one’s go-to resource when the list isn’t too long. However, if the options outnumber a human’s capacity to intake the information, he/she is bound to falter. This phenomenon is what happens when a student between the tender ages of 11-14 years has to make a choice.
Not only this but by succumbing to this dilemma, even the parents buy every possible resource in the hope that just by reading more resources, their child might score an A+ in the next exam. But the question is why do students in 6th-8th standards feel the need to refer to an additional resource rather than NCERT?
Why are 6th–8th grades called foundation classes?
One must notice that when a student reaches the epitome of his/her teenage years and enters the 9th grade, not only the parents but also the teachers start stressing more about the student’s academic efforts. The foremost reason for this phenomenon is that the marks that a student scores in his/her board examinations in standards 10th and 12th play a crucial role in determining his/her professional success.
However, what most parents neglect during the process is that 6-8 standards form a student’s academic foundation. While other students set a serious course after entering the 9th standard, some students can put in the same effort in junior grades.
If it’s difficult for you to comprehend this text, then let’s simplify this with an anecdote from a real-life situation. If a builder is planning to construct a skyscraper, then he/she needs to design a very strong and solid foundation for that building. Similarly, a child’s academic career requires a good foundation.
Be it the complex jargon, the theories, or a variety of subjects, the responsibility lies on the parent to offer the best educational resort to their child. Before the introduction of complex theories of law, scientific lingo in science, and highly tricky algebra in Mathematics, it’s important for the child to have a proper understanding of the basics of each subject.
Focusing on this reason alone, the NEP 2020 introduced the new 5+3+3+4 formula. On top of that, the idea of rote learning is also taking a backseat with the introduction of new reasoning-based exercises. However, the education system still lacks an All In One strategy to aid students in going through this whole process.
Need of an All In One preparation
The scenario right now is that each student has to refer to the NCERTs to gather the basics of a chapter from the textbook and then shift to some alternate sources to have an ‘exam-ready’ preparation. While many parents might find this to be a foolproof technique, the sole issue with such a strategy is that the student gets trapped by loads of homework.
It’s worth noting that not only education but other skills like communication, presentation, leadership, problem-solving, creativity, and even collaboration, for that matter, are required. That’s why, apart from reading books, the all-round development of the child gets neglected if parents put undue academic pressure on the child.
Although there are a number of ways to tackle this issue, some of them might suggest that parents compromise their academic efforts. This will in turn prove detrimental to the child, as he will lose out on learning the most important lesson in life, i.e., to work hard.
Worry not, Arihant Publications takes extra care of the academic development of a child with its best in class resources. However, the question persists: Why should the parents shift to an All In One strategy to equip their child for a glorious future? Let’s decode this under the following subheading.
Features of the best study guide
What would you prefer, boring text or illustrative figures? As per various studies, a mentally sound human can remember an image for upto 4-8 months on average. It’s astonishing to note that when we talk about just texts, the human brain can’t even recall what the person read one hour prior to a particular point of time.
This is where the Dual Code Theory of Paivio comes into place. When letters are supplemented with vibrant and interesting diagrams, tables, mind maps, and illustrative figures, there is a higher chance that the child will be able to recall all this even under stressful conditions while taking an exam.
An NCERT just lists down some related questions at the end of each chapter, while an All In One resource should not only mention all the previous questions that were put up from each chapter along with a concise preparation kit. This precise preparation kit should include MCQs to help recall the information with slight hints in the options, true-false, to develop the skill of differentiating between two nearly similar statements.
On top of that, Case-Based questions adhering to the newly set demands of the National Education Policy 2020 will be the cherry on top. Well, that’s not all, as Arihant’s All In One has combined the diverse needs of each student into a single resource.
Now let’s get to the part covering how your child can benefit from this resource. Time management is of the utmost importance, and a parent is responsible for teaching his/her child. Moving on to this agenda, if your child is referring to Google time and again to search for NCERT solutions, then that is an utter waste of time.
On the other hand, if you hand out a resource that covers detailed solutions to every question mentioned in the NCERT along with word-meanings that decode the complex jargon in the textbooks, you will save a lot of time. This saved time can then be used to develop other crucial skills.
Conclusion
We know that every parent wants to ensure that his/her child scores an A+ in the next unit exams. However, the harsh reality is that integrated preparation is required to reach this pedestal.
Although parents make a conscious effort to make their child mug up every piece of information that exists in the market, this strategy can never guarantee that their child will pass the examinations with flying colors.
Not only that, it also puts the child under the spotlight to derive better scores, which in turn leads to the development of toxic traits like self comparison. If you encourage your child to discard the practice of devoting all of his/her time to studying and let them have fun as well, there’s a higher chance that they might start enjoying their studies.
Now, this can only happen when a single resource can cater to all the academic needs of a child. Arihant’s All In One does just that. Parents can now gift their child some less stress, and make the academic process more enjoyable with Arihant’s All In One.