Editorial

Recently it was reported that a two year old child in Spain was found to have more 10 than Einstein.

The intelligence coefficient is derived by dividing an individuals mental age by his chronological age multiplied by hundred.

One is not yet able to explain whether the property of being a genius is inherited or it is developed. How do we explain that fact that some persons who have not only undergone the same training and also got lower marks than others were found to be far ahead of their colleagues in research? Human development is function of multiple factors with their inter-correlations.

Development is a function of up bringing, inherent nature which changes according to his own willingness to learn and develop himself, lucky coincidences of having grand masters, meeting great scientists or other great people who kindle the fire inside, reading the books written by the great and so on. The person who seeks will obtain what he wants- Every factor can be improved with will power. Human nature is unpredictable and man is capable of transcending every factor with no exceptions.

Discipline is organizing oneself. Unless somebody is a Feynman, one should learn with discipline what is taught but question why it is so.

At the level of +2, our students are better than those in many developed countries. Our IT experts are rated very high. Out entrepreneurs are second to none. Yet, when it comes to original research, we lag when working in India, The same persons win laurels when working in universities outside, Let us change this rule.

We have freedom to think but we do not want to waste that precious commodity. What we need immediately is an army of preceptors who can teach our students how to ask questions in the spirit of Upanishads – to seek the truth fearlessly and not stop even when the goal is reached. Comparison of IQ even for the same class in different localities and milieu of society cannot predict the future of the child.

We have to do a lot more research to find out how to improve the ability of the children to develop themselves for the future without losing our ethos and values.