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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Is GPA score yardstick for learning level?
Ninety-two percent pass rate in SSC is, no doubt, an outstanding achievement. With every passing year, more and more students are scoring GPA-5. Students are happy, teachers are happy, and of course, the guardians are happy. But most of all, the government is happy in this success. It is indeed an achievement of the government.
But what worries me is 1 have heard from my relatives, who teach at different schools in the country, that getting good grades in exams has become easier than before. In the creative format, you can't give zero to any of the answers. I also heard that teachers are under huge pressure for giving good marks no matter whether the answers are right or worth the marks.
Good GPA score doesn't necessarily mean that students have studied well or learned well. 1 was astonished to know from one of my friends, teaching at a school in Sylhet, how a student of 9th grade of that school defined 'power' in his Physics exam script. He wrote: " 'Power' means when a person forcefully take something from another person." I don't know whether the teacher gave him marks for the answer. My point is, look at the condition of most of our students, they are keen on getting good GPA, but not interested in real learning.
A guardian
On e-mail
Preventing Thalassemia
We have known from a TDS article (May 25,2014) that there are 16 million people in Bangladesh who carry the abnormal gene that causes Thalassemia. But further increase of Thalassemia patients can be prevented by taking some simple measures which include raising awareness, getting tested before marriage, and prenatal diagnosis of couples. Getting tested before marriage is really a good option to prevent the disease, because a child will have Thalassemia only when both the parents carry the gene. Many countries in the world have completely eradicated the disease by taking these pragmatic steps. Our health ministry must ensure that all the government laboratories are well equipped to diagnose the disease. At the same time, there is no alternative to awareness campaigns.
Habibur Rahman
On e-mail
Lessons to learn from Modi
Hail Modi, the BJP man, who won absolute majority in the Indian national election for his bold and straightforward role in politics. The modest and unassuming leader of modern India twits his party men for their proposal to include his name in textbooks. He also vehemently opposed renaming of schemes and projects and categorically declared that nomenclature is less important than quality of governance.
Let the sycophants and policymakers of our country learn from their neighbour, abandon the old style of politics, strive for national development and not run after individuals to brighten themselves, but darken the future of the country. A F Rahman On e-mail