Just a day before Teacher’s day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government is planning to introduce aptitude certificates instead of the usual character certificate for students.
He also called upon professionals to volunteer to teach in schools to infuse new thinking. Fielding questions from students across the country at a programme to mark Teachers’ Day, Modi also gave insights into his own childhood of how he would wash his clothes at a pond and iron them using a pot containing pieces of burning coal.
While speaking on the subject, Modi said that the government is trying to bring a “small change” by doing away with character certificates issued when students leave school and instead have aptitude certificates.
He said a software would be developed soon in which a questionnaire will be developed on the child’s abilities, the questionnaire which would be filled in by school friends, parents and the teachers.
This, he said, would help throw light on important facets of the child and be easier for the student to realize what he or she wants to do in life. “The department is working on this,” he said.
