Open AccessEffectiveness of Competitive Examination Training Material in Teaching Some Units of Competitive Exam in context to Gender
Author(s) -
Jignasa H. Joshi,
Sunita J. Lilani,
Mr. Narendra G. Nayee
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of indian psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-3429
pISSN - 2348-5396
DOI - 10.25215/0403.060
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , context (archaeology) , medal , nothing , girl , public relations , sociology , psychology , marketing , political science , business , art , history , ecology , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , biology , visual arts , developmental psychology
Competition is nothing but the fight for acquiring scarce resources, services or posts by a large number of people. It has been an ongoing process even before the dawn of mankind as we know it today. In fact Competition is a way of life. Look around you, a child competes for the mother’s attention, an athlete competes for the medal, boys compete to woo the best girl in college, party workers compete for the leaders blessings, vegetable vendors compete with each other to woo the buyer, job aspirants compete for the best post and around 2 lakh students compete for 1200 seats in the IIMs. Education and competition are two universal ingredients of all human cultures, in fact, of almost all animal life. Humans have always considered education and competition important issues, both in the past and in the present. Of course, there have been fluctuations in emphasis and much has changed throughout the centuries. Education and academic competitions are two most important ingredients of human life and these two have always been considered as important issues. In this article, Researcher is going to discuss about the role of academic competitions in education as well as in student life.