Why kids hate going to school?

TIME AND again the discussions regarding the psychological aspects of aversion of children towards studies have been held.The effect is multiple which is experienced by both parents and the teachers. In order to discuss the similar issue, the Bureau of Psychology took a step forward to bring the parents and teachers under the same roof and attempted towards sorting the matter to some extent.

TIME AND again the discussions regarding the psychological aspects of aversion of children towards studies have been held.

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The effect is multiple which is experienced by both parents and the teachers.

In order to discuss the similar issue, the Bureau of Psychology took a step forward to bring the parents and teachers under the same roof and attempted towards sorting the matter to some extent.

A two-day workshop was organised under the banner of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) at Bureau of Psychology in which the discussion were held on the topic 'Chhatron mein badti shaikshik aruchi ke manovaigyanik pehlu'.

"It was heartening to find out that the parents and the teachers were ready for a change.

For the discussions, 60 participants which constituted principals and teachers of various schools, guardians and psychiatrists were divided into four groups.

Several recommendations came up from the groups", said incharge Dr Kamlesh Tiwari.

"Parents felt that the teachers should not compare the ability of children with each other. They also felt that they should motivate the children to participate in extra-curricular activities besides asking them to do regular studies.

Teachers justified the time spent in classes of Moral Science and said it strengthens the overall personality of a child. Both the parents and the teachers agreed that it is necessary to tell the children about the importance of money but not to lay too much emphasis on its earning as the sole objective of one's career as it makes them materialistic", he added.

Besides the above realisations, the groups settled on several recommendations which they thought would be ideal to send to SCE RT.

"Changes were demanded in the evaluation system as also in the overall functioning of the schools so that children find the schools to be more interesting", said Dr Tiwari.

The workshop was inaugurated by Dr Pratima Mishra, director, Bureau of Psychology, on February 27 in which she said that most of the parents come up to the bureau with the issue of their child's aversion to studies.

"The major objective of holding the workshop is to find out the psychological aspects of this issue", she added.