We have to step away from the illiteracy of quantification, and seek more organic judgements. Ask kids how they used what they learnt at school in life, ask them what they un-learnt, ask them what they built or helped in creating, ask them how they failed. Ask them if their year at school added anything meaningful to their lives. Ask them questions that matter to them.

To have enslaved our children to year-end examinations and robbed them of all freedom to experiment and create is damaging to their future. We are once again repeating the error of preparing an entire generation for the service of institutions and to facilitate others’ innovations. What use is a leak-proof education model when 3 crore people apply for 90,000 railway jobs? The problem isn’t the leaks, it is the Boards themselves.