Research Articles

Grading is not advised in Pre-primary

Grading preprimary children is not advised by any reputed educationist, not it is practiced in any developed country of the world.

As a matter of fact, due to its negative effects, grading in preprimary is discouraged and considered harmful. Much is written about the ill effects of this practice. Here are some key reasons for not grading in preprimary:

• Children have no sense to logically linking the grade to exam; they have taken few days back. Therefore, they are able to “work hard” for the next exam to secure a “first position.”
• The position celebrated by few while all the others think that they are “not special.” This creates jealousy in many and superiority complex in few.
• Parents of children either feel sad or happy depending upon the grade of their child. This translates into extra hard work. This often takes away play time of child. In preprimary playing is as important as studying. Moreover, parents’ teaching children out of anger is not very healthy.

No doubt it is hard to convince parents on grading. This makes them feel excited and happy, but it is administrations job to educate them about the negative effects of this practice. That’s what leadership is all about!

By
Rayed Afzal
Executive Director
New Century Education