‘Sharma ji ka beta’ syndrome and drone parenting must end. Boards causing more student suicides

Kaur, Rima (2023) ‘Sharma ji ka beta’ syndrome and drone parenting must end. Boards causing more student suicides. The Print.

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The Central Board of Secondary Education released its date sheet for this year’s Class X and XII board exams on 29 December 2022. Simultaneously, Reddit saw an upswing in the number of posts by students on the subreddit handle r/CBSE. ‘Will these types of questions come?’ ‘Do people fail in class XI or is it just a hoax?’ ‘Can an experienced person share tips?’ ‘Which stream will be okay?’ ‘Class XII: Super useful trick to solve Integration by parts’ ‘Taking a drop from XII’ — read some posts.

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