In the MAKING Of OUTLIERS....

Did the thought of board exams give goosebumps to you in your childhood???....If we look behind, nothing but 10 years back, I am sure we all will agree to it that its standard10th & 12th when we actually dont realise the importance of studies but they are the actual platforms to our future. Most of us dont realise that how important the grades were , either it was because our parents who were after us or because it used to be 'the study season' , so we went with the general mob. Some children tend to be little different and excelled. Did we actually realise that if we dont score 90%, we wont be able to clear the cut off & by the time we did, a lot of tension used to get build up.

Is the scenario the same!!!..I know most of us wont even know what & how the education system in India has drastically changed. It was in 2009, that grading system was introduced and children had a little less pressure on their heads in Class 10th. I wish even we had the same ;)...

Now the question that troubles me is : Why is the range of IQ so varied in the human species? What is the single ingredient in a human which marks one person a Brilliant & the other Mentally retarded. Is it that high IQ leads to making of Outliers!!!

What was different in Bill Gates/Steve Jobs/Beatles/Amitabh Bacchan & millions of others who stand different from others.

This one ingredient is now the pain in the neck of the education system in India becaue competition is more and opportunities are restricted. Do we all agree that the children born in year 2000 or after have a different level of understanding and oppotunities& ammenities than what we had!! A 5 year old child in India now knows how to use laptops but we had not even known what a 'Click' was and a computer looked like...This is the changing face of India and that describes the growth pace...

Thinking about all these thing we can only  conclude that extraordinary achievement is less about talent and more about the opportunities that we create for the' Future of Tomorrow'. Malcolm Gladwell writes that the more you practice your craft–whatever it may be–, the more you create, and the more ideas you come up with, the more likely you are to be successful. This stands a formula in the making of Outliers.
We all are born with average100 IQ (reduces or increases depending upon utilization), it depends on various factors like the upbrining, the values and most importantly the extraordinary opportunities we get that makes one stand 'EXTRAORDINARY' in the mob.

In order to bring such a revolution in the children today who are the building blocks of tomorrow, the Education system introduces something which is called Students Global Aptitude Index (SGAI)  in +2 levels.

SGAI is a battery of Aptitude Tests which also combines Interest profile of a student. It has been customized to suit the Indian context and variety of student population in CBSE affiliated Private, Government and Aided Schools. Unlike the conventional Aptitude Tests, which indicate professional orientations the CBSE SGAI will indicate subject orientations at +2 level. The CBSE SGAI is meant for students of secondary classes. This coincides with the onset of adolescence and beginning of career concepts (although not in the concrete form). It is therefore crucial to give a road map to the child which is realistic and favorable. SGAI is aimed to empower a child with “self knowledge” in terms of the Aptitude and Interest, to enable the child in making informed subjects choices. Since CBSE SGI purports to reduce the mismatch between the Aptitude and the Interest it will further help in :

• Optimizing the child potential and enhance satisfaction
• Increasing motivation
• Reducing wastage of human and financial resources

I am sure this changing facet in the education system in India will lead to the making of OUTLIERS who will help in shaping the future. Einstein had an IQ of 150 but Chris Langan has 170 , but it does not mean that high IQ can lead to winning nobel prize. Genius in one who cashes in opportunities and makes better utilization of them at the right time. Lets all hope that with SGAI getting introduced in 2011 which first hold its pilot tests in few schools in metros, be a stepping stone in the 'MAKING of OUTLIERS'.....