Telangana: Report cards to go easy on kids

Hyderabad: Report cards of students will no longer have the words “poor”, “dull” and “slow learner” to describe the performance of the student, up to eight grade.

This has been decreed by the ministry of HRD so that students do not feel inferior after reading these comments and also so that parents do not comment using “similar” words after reading the report cards. 

Sandeep Sunil, a CBSE official, says, “The decision has been taken after careful consultation with a committee that consisted of two child psychologists who were of the same opinion that such comments in a child’s primary report card were harmful to their self-esteem at a young age and might lead to unnecessary peer pressure. Teachers are also advised to not compare students or use such terms because young minds are impressionable.”