Do We Really Need the Board Examinations?

Now that the CBSE, ICSE and many other state boards in India have declared their results for class XII and X, and the students are busy figuring out next options for their academic pursuits and choices, it is appropriate time to re-up this piece I had written three years ago.

Since I wrote this piece I had one more opportunity of closely working with another young student in my family, my nephew who recently passed his class XII CBSE board examination with good percentage. The experience of...