In a remarkable feat, three students hailing from Karnataka have secured a perfect 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2023 . The results of the JEE Mains Engineering paper were announced recently by the National Testing Agency (NTA), revealing the outstanding achievements of these students. Among the 43 candidates who scored a perfect 100 percentile, Ridhi Kamlesh Kumar Maheshwari, a female candidate from Karnataka, emerged as the topper. The JEE Mains is a highly prestigious national-level entrance test conducted to facilitate admissions into various Engineering and Technology, Architecture, and Planning courses at renowned institutions such as NITs (National Institutes of Technology), IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology), and other participating colleges. It also serves as a screening test for IIT (Indian Institutes of Technology) JEE aspirants across the country. It is important to note that the NTA has current...
Exploring the Paradox of Academic Excellence and Real-World Incompetence Unraveling the Dichotomy of Academic Brilliance and Practical Inefficiency Over the years, I have had the privilege of interacting with a diverse array of students, ranging from mature learners, parent-students, to research scholars. These individuals, adept at navigating their professional lives, often exhibit a unique perspective towards education, viewing it as a communal activity or a sacred journey of enlightenment and progress. However, a striking observation that emerges from my interactions with these research scholars and students is their ability to circumvent the conventional education system to achieve their academic goals. This phenomenon is not a reflection of their intellectual prowess but rather an indication of their survival instinct in a system that values degrees over knowledge. For instance, many of these students have been nurtured by 'helicopter paren...