Passage 10

In English

Decline of discipline as students go to high schools

This disciplined training which the children receive in the primary school sustains them rill they go to the Higher Secondary School. There, the temperature (the degree of enthusiasm among them) goes down a little. What is the reason? The encouragement and inspiration they receive get reduced. But, even in the Secondary School the teachers work day and night. Thereby, they maintain the standards built up in the primary school. But by the time the students reach the Institute (University) level, the "temperature falls below normal." The discipline deteriorates. The reason is the failure of the Institute authorities to take sustained interest in the students. The teachers are mainly concerned with carrying out their teaching duties; and are not concerned about the welfare of the students as a whole. They do not try to preserve what had been built up earlier.