http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article39147.ece
This news item outlines the purpose of Kapil Sibal’s forthcoming visit to Howard, MIT, Yale and so on to coax them to set up campuses in India and assure them of adequate students under the government sponsored and constitutionally validated reservation system. What is not immediately clear and worrying is why he had not mentioned about Harvard, his alma mater, Stanford, Princeton and IAS. Apparently, there is a part of his agenda, which he wants to keep close to his chest. One must appreciate Kapil’s determination to see that India produces indigenous Harvard educated KSs in coming decades who ensure that newly reformed Indian Educational System gets a seamless migration into 22nd century without overseas dependence. Remarkable foresight, that is!
Today’s TOI published a front-page news item titled: “CBSE makes it tough to fail in Class IX & X”. Anonymous sources in HRD ministry have indicated that there is indeed a hidden agenda of Kapil Sibal, which has connection with the time-bound activity related to TOI news item. It is also reliably learnt that certain US mathematicians of both Indian and non-Indian origin (i.e., except un-Indian) are working hard on perfecting certain mathematical algorithms which are easy to understand and implement ahead of Kapil’s clandestine visit to some of the Universities which did not find a mention in his travel press release. Let us have a sneak preview of some of the models:
Absolute Value Model: This is perceived to be an excellent model which transforms a student with highly negative marks into highly positive. Ex: a student with -89% marks will now get 89%. After implementation, it is hoped that this model will get an unparalleled mass appeal to make SRT, AB (Big one) and KK turn green. This model is easy to implement. One has to just ignore '-ve' sign. Always be positive, an American attitude which made them successful. It is just that simple and not known to have side effects on students scoring +ve marks even when applied accidentally. This model is particularly helpful in examinations like CAT, where negative scoring is rampant; academically highly challenged need not depend on reservation system any longer!
100’s Complement Model: This state-of-the-art model is expected to be a KS’s gift to low scorers since it transforms them into high scorers. This model is applicable to those scoring below 50%, though. Ex: a student with 4% marks will now get 96% under this model. This model is akin to the highly successful and time-tested models like 2’s complement and 10’s complement which are familiar to Computer Scientists and they do not go wrong. The beauty lies in its simplicity: just subtract the low marks from 100 and lo presto, you get new marks!
Combo Model: While mathematical fraternity has recognized the absolute brilliance of the absolute value model, some purists are not too happy as this model does not address students with slightly negative marks, say, those getting -6%. To counter their valid criticism, a new Combo Model is being perfected where the first two models are applied exactly in that order. Ex: student with -6% marks scores 6% (after absolute value model) and then it works out to 94% marks (after the 100’s complement model).
In the present educational system, it is generally adequate to pass by scoring 30 or 35%, inclusive of grace marks, by fair or foul means. These new models are a sure fire to exceed avowed objectives of HRD ministry and make it nearly impossible to fail till the time some idiot ill-conceives the idea of increasing the cut off for pass to 85% or 90%.
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