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The HSC (Plus Two) results in Kayalpatnam this year were no different from the results of the previous years. It is the same old story: a handful crossing 1100, majority below 1000 and none entering the highly valued government, professional colleges.

It is difficult to fix the reasons for the lacklustre performances - after all the batch of students taking the public exam changes annually. We could however do a few things quickly and few other things over a period of time - in order to produce consistently excellent results.

The foremost problem one can easily observe is the lack of motivation. Students of Kayalpatnam schools as well as the management of the schools they study in seem content with moderate performances. There are exceptions, but most of the students seem glad with their First Class totals (above 720 or 55% in the core subjects) and schools content with 100% pass result. This has to change.

Kayalpatnam students - studying outside Kayalpatnam - have shown they have it in them to do well, pretty well, when put in a focussed environment. Students studying in Kayalpatnam schools must be goaded to aspire higher. Unless their dream to excel extends beyond Kayalpatnam, it would be difficult to produce top performances.

Aspiration on the part of the students thus is the first piece of the jigsaw puzzle. However, aspiration alone will not carry one through. Students must also be taught to manage their time better and also plan and study in a methodical manner.

The other pieces of the puzzle are the homes and the schools. Children spend roughly half their working day in their homes. The families must be advised to provide a peaceful environment to their children - an environment that is without television, mobile phones or other distractions (family fights, gossips etc). This is a vital ingredient - often overlooked by most.

One potentially huge problem lies in our schools themselves. The management of Kayalpatnam schools must look into the quality of teaching they provide. In most cases, many report, it is average or below average. Again, there could be exceptions - but overall the consensus is it is not up to the standards. This is a problem schools themselves must fix and there is very little outside agencies could do to help.

Lack of proper coaching in the schools has resulted in the dominance of tuition culture in Kayalpatnam. If schools had done their job properly, this wouldn't have risen at all. Tuitions not only cost money, but also take away time that could be productively put to use by the students to study by themselves. Travel takes away energy and in some cases induces indulging in some other distractive activities.

Miles to go really!