A merit certificate, in absence of the requsite merit(s), is nothing

but a piece of waste paper.

Education / knowledge, like any other virtue, is neither gift-able, nor pur-
chase / sale-able, nor even steal-able; neither it can be availed as charity,
but can only be acquired by the dint of genuine efforts and
systematic and sustained hard work.








nhi ls nhi tys] djs tx esa a mft;kjk
Lamp kindles lamp and the world is illuminated

YEAR : 2008
TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD

P A R T II : G U I D E L I N E S F O R S T U D E N T S
ER. RAJ KUMAR, B.E.(Civil)(IIT, Roorkee); P.G. Dip & M.E.(P.H. & Env. Engg.)(IIT, Roorkee); D.H.E.(Water Resources)
(Hons.)(UNESCOs Water Engg. Instt., DELFT, Netherlands); F.I.E. (India); F.IWWA; F.IAEM.

I N T R O D U C T I O N
The writer feels that the piece-meal guiding instructions that are rendered to our
students from time to time, and, whatever is said as having been done in the past, or to be done
presently, or in future, for their uplift, are not free from political hypocrisy and commercial
overtones, and this has brought them in an utterly depressing state full of varied forms of
confusion and bewilderment. Students, because of their tender age, are far less experienced and
hence, by and large, innocent; and, whatever they are tempted to venture into, in contravention
of the societal norms and / or the law of the land, is because they are not properly guided and
even, at times, misguided. They, however, constitute the real wealth of the nation for the obvious
reason that, they are the only ones who, at the later stages, have to hold the reins of the countrys
affairs.
That, in the post-independence era, our country has been grossly devoid of sound
leadership althrough and that there exists an all-pervading environment of mental bankruptcy,
is a most undisputed fact, and this enjoins upon us to guide, encourage and motivate our
students, not with the intention to get their maximum, in terms of both quality and quantity, but,
far more importantly and essentially, to enable them to have an exalted manhood and a far
better and secured future.
The accompanied guide-lines form a part of the writers attempt in this direction, and
collaboration is sought from parents, guardians, teachers, academicians and all those
associated, in any manner, whatsoever, with the task of cleansing the present-day grossly
polluted academic environment of the country not very different from the mythological
Augean Stables to convey, and also to explain, these guide-lines to the student-community at
appropriate occasions.
Participation of the writers fraternity members, contributing in transmitting his
message of Dharm & Peace across the world and for which he is ever grateful to them is also
solicited for the purpose. Furthermore, this message can also be furnished to the interested
parties as and when desired.
Hopefully, these guide-lines, falling well within the domain of Dharm, will, simulta-
neously, also mould, effectively and plentifully, our young students as brand-ambassadors of
Dharm, Peace and Goodwill for the entire humanity rather for all living beings and, thus, will
make their own meaningful contribution, uniquely, for ushering in all-round sustained Peace and
a, consequential, far better world.
It is also worth mentioning that all the norms, meant to give a better life to a common
man, are also equally applicable to the students and quite a few of these norms have, essentially,
been required to be included within the purview of these guide-lines, with a view to have an
exhaustive and hence a more comprehensive evaluation thereof.
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G U I D E L I N E S
For systematization purposes, the guide-lines have been classified so as to relate to: A. Education / Knowledge; B. Dharm /
Discipline; C. Self; D. Health; E. Parents / Elders / Teachers; F. The I nstitute; G. Time; H. Study & Examinations; I .
Vacations; J . Money Matters; and, K. Choice of Profession, followed by CONCLUDI NG ADVI CE.

A. Related to Education / Knowledge (Gyan)
1. The basic purpose of education is to secure ones top-quality and the best- possibly- oriented mental, physical
(related to the body) and spiritual development, all alike, aimed at to adequately meet out the relevant
individual / societal needs. Obviously, meaningful pursuit of education, without the upkeep of the three-faceted
discipline mental, physical and spiritual is not possible.
2. Education moulds one into a far better person than what he would be otherwise. It multiplies, plentifully, his
quality and grace of life.
3. Education gives one knowledge that makes him powerful enough to accomplish big tasks.
4. Pursuit of Knowledge is always a pleasure and hence can, advantageously, be made a life-long process.
5. Knowledge, definitely, is a precious treasure, even far more precious for ones old age.
6. The treasure of knowledge has no upper limits; it can be acquired to any extent.
7. The more you give from your treasure of knowledge, the more it multiplies.
8. No thief is smart enough to plunder your wealth of knowledge.
Or,
The wealth of knowledge can never be robbed.
9. The potentialities of life are enormous and education provides tools to exploit these potentialities.
10. Knowledge, like any other virtue, is neither gift-able nor purchase / sale-able nor even steal-able; neither it
can be availed as charity, but can only be acquired by the dint of genuine efforts and systematic and sustained
hard work.
11. Education gives one the ability to listen to almost anything without losing his temper or his self-confidence.
12. One is born divine, and, in-depth all-round exploration of this divinity his goal of life can be adequately
achieved by equipping himself with the requisite knowledge that education provides.
13. Education exalts one in terms of the famous poet H.W. Longfellow To leave his foot-prints on the sands
of time.
14. Sir Isaac Newton the great Scientist, described himself as A child collecting sea-shells and clams from the
sandy shores of the vast ocean of knowledge. Surely, a man, during his life-time, can pick up not more than a
few drops from the unlimited contents of this ocean, but, these few drops even the Newtonian shells and
clams constitute his sizeable treasure of knowledge sufficient to elevate him to greatness.

B. Related to Dharm / Discipline
1. Do not do unto others what you do not want to be done to you. - - - - - - - - - - (Christs Message).
2. You have to learn to respect others to earn others respect.
3. Work is worship, always and always.
4. Practice makes a man perfect.
Or,
The more you work the more you learn.
5. Striving for perfection beautifies ones output and also adds grace to his life.
6. A five to ten percent extra in ones labour-inputs / efforts / care, to accomplish something, adds appreciably
sometimes even tremendously to the quality of his output.
7. A job well done always brings a feeling of having earned a satisfying achievement.
8. Concentration followed by application leads to creativity.
9. Labour done for a noble pursuit never goes to waste; besides, this always adds to the happiness and comforts
of ones life.
10. First deserve and then desire.
11. ,
Or,
As you sow so you must reap; ones bad actions always drag him to bitter consequences.

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12. Slow but ever steady must win the race.
13. |
Or,
Rome was not built in a day; meaningful achievements are made only step-by-step.
14. When wealth is lost nothing is lost,
When health is lost something is lost,
When character is lost everything is lost.
15. Bringing oneself near to Dharm is his God-given right that none can snatch; availing this right makes him
all-powerful and adds substantially to his present as well as future quality of life. The quality of his services to
others also improves considerably.
16. Steps for success :
(a). clear view and for which others views need also to be duly considered -- of the task(s) to be accomplished;
(b). firm determination; (c). time management; (d). health management; (e). prioritization; (f). dedicated
application, and, (g). patience and perseverance.
17. A responsible act, besides bringing one near to Dharm, is always associated with achievement(s); accept
responsibilities. Prior to that, however, one has, essentially, to learn to be responsible to himself.
18. Cheating in any form / foul-play(s) makes one to fall apart from his God-given grace.
19. A merit certificate, in absence of the requisite merit(s), is nothing but a piece of waste paper.
20. The part of ones charity that, exclusively, goes beyond his home, constitutes, in the real sense, his charity.
21.Virtue is its own reward.
22. Undoubtedly, the path of Dharm is seldom smooth and, certainly, not a path of least resistance, yet keeping
oneself near to it is not as difficult as it is usually considered.
23. Duty and reward always go side-by-side, though, quite often, with a time-lag.
Or,
One should do his duty without caring for reward as the reward is always there manifest or not manifest.
24. Disciplined and systematic hard work leads to guaranteed success that, in turn, leads to everlasting future
security / happiness.
25. You have no right to laugh at or look down upon, or to torment, in any manner, whatsoever, poor people,
and / or persons with some physical / mental disability(ies); instead they deserve your all sympathies.
26. Do not tease / taunt / provoke or otherwise harm an animal even a lower animal or a beast, even if you
are sure to be attacked / harmed by it. Also, in that case inform others and try to escape keeping yourself calm
and least offensive. It makes sense that an otherwise docile animal is given food, water and all protective care as
and when required.
27. Do not overutilize / misutilize material benefits / services / utilities / conveniences provided free of cost or
even on payment, as, otherwise, this causes losses / hindrances to the provider(s) and, more importantly,
deprives others of their equal rights to avail them. Even our abundant natural resources are not meant for
wasteful exploitation(s). Also, never have more than what could be your due share, from a common supply-pool.
28. Remembering God only in difficult times, would be too selfish; instead, also remember Him on happy
occasions of your life and be grateful to Him for all you gain.
29. Your efforts to please God, by the way of your precious offerings, are not going to bear fruits; to attain this,
your thoughts, beliefs, faiths, attitudes, opinions, decisions and actions all need to be brought to conform to the
tenets of Dharm.
30. Like reflection(s) from a mirror, one or more facets of negativity, e.g., malafides, cheating, destroying,
inflicting cruelties and the like, if at all mis-applied, to gain illegitimate advantage(s) over others, or, otherwise
to harm them, always boomerang onto you (with the proviso that a corresponding reaction may not necessarily
be instantaneous). Similar is the case when you do good to others. Moral laws when compared to mathematical /
natural laws are found equally, and, quite often, even far more potent.
31. Blowing ones own trumpet / inviting sycophancy, invariably and amply betrays his self-conceit / false ego
and in no way dignifies him in the long run. It will be helpful to remember that there are, always, very many
"betters" than a particular "best".
32. By resorting to appropriate conserving approaches, life can be kept in a healthy state and its span can be
increased even substantially. This bounty may be utilized for your better as well as longer services to others
thereby bringing more happiness and comforts to them, and, as a result, and also otherwise, to your own-self.
33. Maintaining (i). peace, and, (ii). quality of the environment, around you, constitute your very high order
services to the present and the future living beings and need to be rendered to the maximum possible extent.
34. If ever, all our effortsutmost sincere and truthfully sustainedmeant for the pursuit of some sensible
cause, get exhausted, one after the other, and thus abandon us and leave us on the brink of utter failure, the long
and the powerful hands of the All-merciful God always emerge out of some invisible corner and extend further
to render His divine support that eventually takes us to our requisite destination.


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35. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - - - -
(Nelson Mandela).
C. Related to Self
1. Not everyone is fortunate to have proper schooling.
2. That you have opportunity to attend a school / college is only because God is merciful to you.
3. An empty mind is the devils workshop; keep yourself engaged in planning and executing some meaningful
activity(ies) and this always goes to your advantage.
4. Todays children, tomorrows responsible citizens; you have to prepare yourself for the future.
5. Life has maximum energy in youthful years; utilize this period of life to the maximum of yours as well as to
that of others advantage.
6. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; but, certainly, all play and no work makes Jack a stupid boy.
7. Absque Labore Nihil;
Or,
Nothing can be accomplished without labour. Price in the form of dedication and disciplined hard work has
always to be paid for success; there is no shortcut.
8. Your aim of life should be to make positive and meaningful contributions to the society; more so for the
posterity.
9. A sizeable amount of what todays communication media electronic as well as print convey, is nothing but
trash. Parents / Elders help may, however, be sought to sort out such type of unwanted matter.
10. Cleanliness is next to godliness; maintain proper hygiene of your body, the house you live in and its
surroundings.
11. Give your ears to all but brain to none; learn to take your own decisions.
12. Bad company and bad books are always disastrous. Select and this will be within your rights friends and
books with due care and, whenever / wherever needed, in consultation with your parents / elders.
13. Mental stress, if not excessive, offers healthy exercise to the brain.
14. Contrary to what is claimed, learning by rote is not bad; it is invariably substantially useful if supplemented
by adequate understanding, together with additionally memorizing by the way of repeatedly writing.
15. Take extreme care to be polite to others, more so when you deal with your elders / teachers; harsh, indecent
and impolite words injure their feelings and always bring disgrace to you.
16. Entertainment for the sake of entertainment is bad; but in moderate form, and to serve the purpose of
boosting up ones spirits and energies to carry on with his higher pursuits, is certainly desirable.
17. A good man is one who gives happiness to others; a bad man, who snatches others happiness.
18. Brevity, Simplicity and Methodology are the elixirs of life.
19. Living with your family members and / or maintaining family-ties is a boon. Pray to God to continue
bestowing this blessing.
20. Studying your lessons or taking your food, or a prescribed medicine, never means you oblige your parents /
elders; instead, you oblige your own-self.
21. As far as possible, you yourself should do your personal work even if others servants including are
available for the purpose.
22. Try and try hard to have least services from others but give yours maximum to them. This enhances
ones life-quality appreciably.
23. Your being jealous of others achievements brings no credit to you; instead utilize your time and energies for
being more vigorous in your own pursuits.
24. Your sincere dedication and efforts, to give your best output, always pay in the form of maximum profits
both spiritual as well as materialistic besides giving you maximum competence and all confidence.
25. Your achievements bring upon you not only a better future but also appreciations from others.
26. Extra-ordinary efforts are needed to become extra-ordinary.
27. Ones intrinsic merits, only and exclusively, constitute his worth.
28. Wise men do not allow opportunities to slip to learn from their own / others' mistakes.
29. The law of the land becomes squarely applicable to one as soon as he crosses eighteen (or as prescribed)
years of his age.
30. Avoid travelling short distances by a motor car / motor bike; instead use an ordinary bicycle or travel on
foot as this will, ultimately, be found more beneficial from every view-point.
31. While dealing with others never pretend to be different from what you, actually, are; instead always be most
natural in your approach as this will make you earn maximum regards.

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32. Your dress and manners should be such so as to make you reasonably decently presentable and not too
aristocratic / glamorous nor too humble.
33. Ones initial impression is his lasting impression.
34. Your attitude towards others -- and their view-point, if any, needs to be duly considered -- and behavior with
them, will pave way for the reputation you build up amongst your fellow-beings / neighbours.
35. ,
Or,
God helps those who help themselves; you have to apply your own-self to push ahead the task undertaken,
before invoking Gods help, as, otherwise, Gods help would not be forthcoming.
36. Whenever you happen to be a guest of some of your friends / relatives, make sure that you :
(a). Adequately adjust with your host in case he is poorer than you.
(b). Live with your own standard in case he happens to be more affluent.
37. Jealousies, anger, frustrations, remorseful / resentful / revengeful attitudes, and / or other negativities
grossly impair ones sense of discretion thereby exposing him to grave risks of taking wrong -- even detrimental
-- decisions. Forgetting, forgiving and submitting to the will of God, besides making himself strong mentally as
well as physically make senses.
38. Kindness, compassion and altruism are golden virtues.
39. Tendering prompt and firm apology, for some mistake, is ones best part of valour.
40.. An untoward happening that you had / have no control over, whatsoever, need not upset you nor make you
feel too sorry. Instead, your positivities, to contain the damages to their maximum, should always come
forward.
41.. Your life-quality, at a particular stage of your life, is defined by the sum-total of your past life-styles.
Obviously, your present / future life-style(s) should, at no stage, be such as to mar your future quality of life.
42. Interactions with good people / intellectuals equip you with a lot of useful information and, therefore,
always go to your advantage.
43. We learn from history that neither we learn from history nor we want to learn from history, and this keeps
the man going on to commit and re-commit the same mistake(s), ad infinitum, thereby exposing the history to
the process of "repeating itself". Your study of history, as such, needs to be in-depth and exhaustive, to enable
you to winnow out gainful inferences from the past events to yours as well as to others advantage(s).
44. A hard lesson : Speaking of some foul / abusive / intimidating language by someone to you, never harms
you; instead, it does harm the speaker.
45. By making propaganda, or indulging in loose talks, of the type that you are too good and / or the other is
too bad, you only make a fool of your own-self.
D. Related to Health
1. Follow, as far as possible, the maxim :
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
2. Use of intoxicant(s) / drug(s), in any form whatsoever, is sure to ruin ones health and memory, and brings
rapid deterioration in his quality of life.
3. Health is far more precious than wealth and, certainly, a divine blessing.
4. A healthy body is a disease / injury-free body alongwith its normally-functioning organs.
5. Mens sana in corpore sano sound mind in a sound body; try to keep your body in proper state of health.
6. Biologically, man belongs to the Animal Kingdom, and, locomotion that involves physical exertion is
the primary characteristic of animals. As such, physical exercises are nothing but essential supplements to
effectively cover up the mans locomotion deficiencies, if any.
7. Secret of a healthy body and stress-free mind that invariably confers a long and high-quality life is a
healthy life-style. It includes: (a). proximity to nature; (b). abstaining from intoxicant(s) / drug(s) / over-
medication(s); (c). one to two hours daily physical exercises, in any form; (d). simple, wholesome,
uncontaminated and timely food; (e). pollution-free, potable drinking water; (f). proper bodys, as well as the
surroundings, hygiene; (g). restful sleep; (h). fulfilling responsibilities, and, (i). a mind with no negativities.
8. As far as possible try to carry on with your daily schedule of exercises even when you happen to be away from
your home.
9. Time management is the key to spare ones time for physical exercises. You may, also, consider your day to
have, say, 22 and not 24 hours.
10. Nature has given our bodies abundance of self-immunity, and, remarkable self-curing and self-healing
qualities. This bounty, however, is sure to attenuate and, on occasions, grossly -- because of unhealthy
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11. Prolonged mental sicknesses / negativities do result in body sicknesses and prolonged body sicknesses,
irrespective of their causes, do result in damages sometimes irreparable to the body system.
12. In health / injury-safeguard-related matters, the approach, in conformity with the maxim Prevention is
better than Cure, is all the more and always significant.
13. Once your doctor has cured you of your illness, or treated your injuries, his job is over; now, next comes
your own turn to keep yourself on the track of health by your appropriate health management.
14. Keeping oneself in proper state of health constitutes one of his prime responsibilities.
15. Till to-day, no substitute(s) could be devised / discovered in replacement of ones physical exercises that,
besides being anti-aging, always guarantee at no monetary expenditure his body fitness and mental health,
and equip him with a satisfying feeling of having secured perpetuity of his well-being.
16. Any food item, consumed in absence of the requisite appetite, has to have a negative effect on ones body-
system.
E. Related to Parents / Elders / Teachers
1. Make sure and parents may render help, whenever / wherever needed that persons whom you accept as
your elders, duly qualify for being so accepted.
2. Parents sacrifice a lot for the sake of their childrens welfare; all the more, for their education.
3. Honest and sincere studies of a child constitute his highest-order services to his parents / the society.
4. Childrens achievements give maximum happiness to their parents. These achievements always elevate their
spirits and fill them with all joy and utmost sense of pride.
5. , ,
, (Sant Kabir).
Or,
Your teacher is superior to God; ( He must get all respects and regards from you ).
6. ,
Or,
If you are respectful (to your elders), you are lucky (to have a better future); if you are disrespectful, you are
unlucky.
7. You must always stand up whenever your teacher happens to pass by your side; this will be your gesture of
respect towards him.
8. Your cheating / foul-play, if at all any, is sure to give sooner or later painful embarrassment(s) to you as
well as to your parents.
9. Elders reprimand, your gain. For your maximum benefit, you should submit to your parents / elders
reprimand(s) / capital punishment(s) if at all any--with least grudge / resentment, but always with a solemn
determination to no longer commit any such mistake that may evoke their displeasure.
10. Parents intentions are never detrimental even slightest -- to their children; never disobey them, nor be
ever rude, impolite or aggressive to them.
11. Being a younger in your family, you always get all the protective care and a lot of other privileges from your
elders, you can never repay. It would, therefore, not be relevant on your part to find fault(s) with, or cast
aspersions upon, your elders. Any such transgression is sure to make you to repent a lot later on.
12. You may, if you like, wait for suitable occasion(s) to put up your point(s) your elders disagreed with / are
likely to disagree with in a most subtle manner and without ever injuring their feelings.
13. You should also always pay respects to : (a). the known elders (i). belonging to your teachers families; (ii).
belonging to your distant relationships; (iii). residing in your neighbourhood; and, (b). the elders you are
introduced to. This type of attitudes always add, plentifully, to your grace of life.
14. It would be too ill-mannered, and hence positively disgusting, to present yourself to someone of your elders /
teachers while chewing betel / betel-nuts / pan-masala, and / or having a cigarette / cigarette-pack in your hand,
and / or with some other display of self-conceit / arrogance. Also remember that use of tobacco, in any form,
whatsoever, is extremely injurious to the extent of being cancerous to health.
15. Parents do not remain alive to guide and help their children for all times to come.
16. A piece of advice from some of your elders by and large, genuine and sincere may not be readily
acceptable to you; but, at some later date, your life-maturity will, invariably, make you wiser to realize
otherwise, to accept the same. The ensuing delay, however, may result in obviously avoidable damages that, on
occasions, may even be of severe nature.
F. Related to the Institute

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1. A school / college is a temple of the Goddess of Learning Saraswati; its sacred premises must never be
rendered unsacred by foul-plays, rowdiness and / or other acts of indiscipline.
2. Render all possible assistance for proper upkeep of the School / College, including all that is needed to keep its
premises / surroundings in a proper state of cleanliness / orderliness.
3. Never steal / destroy anything belonging to the School / College, or to its staff / other students, nor allow
anyone to do the same. Such types of gross unwholesome incidents, whenever you come across, should always be
reported to the principal with no loss of time.
4. Ones School / College offers him another home and its staff and students, another family here too he is
nurtured.
5. Diverting yourself from the path of honest and sincere pursuits to under-hand / foul means, to gain advantage
over others, or for any other purpose(s), is an act of extreme cowardice and meanness. In the long run, it will be
you who will curse your own-self for deprivation of the bounty that your School / College intended to bestow
upon you.
6. Your conduct outside your School / College premises is directly linked to its reputation.
7. While studying in a foreign land, never go beyond the law of that country nor beyond the rules and
regulations of the institute of your study. Any such misadventure may not only put you in difficulties but may
also cause embarrassment sometimes acute to the mother-country.

G. Related to Time

1. Your time is very precious and needs to be conserved by all possible means. Time management and health
management invariably do the needful.
2. In the matter of execution of a piece of work, saving and this may not be insignificant of time (alongwith
that of money as well as energy) can always be effected by resorting to (a). prioritization; (2). systematization;
(3). timely start; and, (4). appropriate speed.
3. Take care of Today; Tomorrow will be yours.
4. Tomorrow never comes.
Or,
Do not put off till tomorrow what can be done today.
5. Avoid, as far as possible, postponing your in-hand task for its completion by the last minute; instead have a
comfortable margin of time for its timely completion.
6. A stitch in time saves nine; problems, if not promptly attended to, later on, multiply several-fold.
7. Time and tide wait for none; a piece of work done on an occasion different from when it was required to be
done, does not adequately sometimes, not at all serves the purpose.
8. Depending upon the occasion, take a judicious decision if it would be better to be late than never, or never
than late.
9. Remember, others time is equally rather more precious than yours; take least possible time of the persons
you deal with.
10. You will never be too late to start learning something new you consider useful.

H. Related to Study and Examinations
1. Selection of optional subjects, at a particular stage of schooling, needs careful consideration. This should be
done, of course, with the help of your parents / elders, to suit the course(s) you intend to take up in future.
2. Repeated studies are needed for better understanding (of a subject).
3. Prolonged studies need small frequent breaks for better assimilation (of the subject).
4. Failure at a particular stage of life is only a temporary setback and need not be a source of dejection or
disappointment. Setbacks are normal features of life and the avenues life offers are very many, and, even,
infinite.
5. Your approach towards schooling:
(a). Attend your school punctually and regularly and never miss your classes. Teachers, while teaching, also
convey very many useful tips to be remembered for long, and, even forever.
(b). Always be attentive in the class and listen carefully to whatever is taught.
(c). Avoid, as far as possible, falling ill or getting injured because sickness(es) / body injury(ies) (i). Bring a lot
of physical discomfort and setback(s) to health; (ii). Obstruct your day-to-day studies and prevent you from
appearing in class tests / examinations; (iii). Entail medical expenses that, at times, may happen to be taxing;
(iv). Distract your parent/ guardians attention from their routine activities to find time to attend to your
illness, and, (v). Make you, till you recover, unfit to render your day to-day services to your own household as
well as to others.


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(d). Do not feel shy to get your difficulties clarified while the teacher is teaching, and / or later on. Teachers
take it for granted that you are a novice to the subject.
(e). Higher studies (beyond class X) cannot be pursued without taking class-notes.
(f). (i). Class-notes mean the notings of whatever is taught by the teacher.
(ii). Class-notes must be jotted with an ink pen in a bound register and not on loose papers.
(iii). Try to write and draw everything whatever the teacher teaches. Neatness in writing / drawing must not
be cared for and, to save time, abbreviated language should be used.
(iv). You have no time to fair out these notes.
(v). Compare these notes with those of someone of your class at the earliest opportunity as this will enable
you to complete your notes if you missed something while writing in the class.
(vi). In the event of your being on leave, complete your class-notes by copying from others, after your
return. However, in case the leave-period is long, this may also be done during the leave-period itself as per
your convenience(s).
(vii). Class-notes should be prepared even if the lecture write-ups are provided by the teachers
concerned because good teachers, while teaching, have a tendency to go beyond these write-ups.
(viii). Separate registers should be maintained subject-wise / teacher-wise.
(ix). Leave one-fourth of the register sheets as margin wherein you could write additional notes while
studying the topic later. This margin should be made by the way of folding such that it is on the left of the
right-hand page of the register and vice-versa.
(x). Class-notes and lecture write-ups should always be studied while studying a subject and additional
notes, if needed, may be prepared alongwith.
(xi). Provide also a pocket at the end of the register to keep these additional notes you prepare during the
course of your self-study of the subject.
(xii). Doubly-punched papers , to be bundled in appropriate files / folders, may also be used to write class-
notes. With this arrangement blank papers can always be inserted at the desired places for writing
additional material.
(xiii). It could add to your advantage to have photo-copies of the relevant class-notes belonging to
some of the bright senior student(s).
(xiv). You have no time to study the books at the time of examinations. Only your meticulously
prepared and preserved class-notes will help you
(xv). You may pass on these notes to others mostly your juniors as and when these are no longer needed
by you.
6. Studies need to be done regularly from the very start and nothing should be left for the last days of the
session or the examination-days. The consequential advantages will be: (i). Tension-free examinations; (ii).
Better understanding of the subjects; (iii). Improved rank; (iv). Better reputation; and, (v). Fulfilling responsi-
bilities.
7. Remember, being casual in the matter of receiving education, by the way of not attending classes and / or
postponing home-studies too frequently maybe even for days after days will, in absence of convincingly
valid reason(s), always make you conscience-guilty. This may also cause severe even to the breaking point
physical as well as mental strains and eventual damages to your body-system.
8.No effort should be made to learn a new topic just before the date of the examination; this simply creates
unnecessary confusion / depression, for not having sufficient time at disposal.
9. Have a clear assessment of self-study hours that can be set aside (i) on your school / college days, and, (ii) on
holidays / non-working days, and prepare your self-study time-table accordingly. Try to adhere to the timings
of your self-study to the maximum; change only the subject(s) / topic(s) of study to suit your requirement(s)
/ convenience(s).
10. Your self-study should include repeated revision(s) of the subjects or the topics you have already learnt.
This keeps you always in a state of thorough preparedness. Difficult topics or subjects, not readily
properly understood, need more frequent and concentrated revisions.
11. Do not accept defeat if a particular topic is not understandable. More often than not, a subsequent study
repetition(s) may be needed serves the purpose ; but , in case this does not, extraneous help may be sought.
12. Your understanding of a subject / topic from your School / College teacher, followed by your self-study, gives
you maximum confidence for all sorts of your future examinations besides conveying a feeling of having secured
a positive achievement. Private tuition(s) may be taken only when absolutely necessary.
13. Solving last ten to fifteen years examination-papers, coupled with complete understanding of the funda-
mentals pertaining to individual questions, familiarizes you abundantly with the requisite problem-solving
techniques and, consequently, does add to your marks. The exercise needs to be taken up soon after the
relevant topics are taught in the class and to be carried out althrough as a part of your day-to-day studies.
14. Frequent consultation of the dictionary of a foreign language, to have a good command over it, is highly
desirable. This also adequately reveals the nuances of synonymous words and appropriate usages thereof,
besides familiarizing you with the words and phrases of other languages, commonly used in that language.
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back to this very class for re-study, and no improvement upon what you have already scored in the said
examination and this will form a prominent everlasting addition to your educational career will, now, be
possible. Then why not, right now, exert with all talents / capabilities / resources, you have been bestowed with,
and give thrust to your studies with all your might to make this contribution utmost meaningful and
magnificent.
16. Your advanced preparedness will leave practically nothing to learn at the eleventh hour and this enables you
to have a restful sleep in the night and all composure and confidence to enter the examination hall next morning.
17. You should leave your place of stay well in time for the examination and be in your seat at least fifteen
minutes earlier to its start, to complete the requisite preliminaries, rather leisurely. This will keep your
examination time absolutely encroachment-free with no consequential mental tensions.
18. Examination stresses, not infrequently, may haunt you with false apprehensions / illusions that whatever you
have learnt earlier, has slipped out of your mind. Such type of delusions, however, are uncalled for as you will
find yourself to remember every such topic at the time of answering the examination papers and also
afterwards.
19. Your answering the Examination Papers :
(a). SUBJECTIVE PAPERS :
(i). Read the entire paper carefully. In case the paper has choice, tick-off the questions that you will like to
answer.
(ii). Determine the average time to be assigned for answering a single question after making allowance
for the time you have already taken for the initial scrutiny of the paper as well as that you are likely to keep
aside for the final check-up of the answer-book. In case of wide divergence in marks allotted to different
questions, this average assigned-time should also be modified, more or less accordingly, to suit
the individual question. Also, where a particular question has several parts, the above single-question
assigned average-time (unmodified or modified as the case may be) should also be appropriately
apportioned.
(iii). Group the questions to be answered in (a) easy and (b) difficult lots.
(iv). Take up for answering first the easy lot , starting with the easiest question and in order in which
these are found more difficult, and try to finish them in least possible time, that, in any case, should be
less than their combined unmodified or modified average. This gives you more time and maximum confi-
dence to tackle, afterwards, the difficult lot of the questions.
(v). Questions pertaining to the difficult lot should also be taken up in a similar manner, i.e., the easiest
questions of the lot first and, thereafter, the other questions, in order in which these are found more
difficult.
(vi). Make sure that every time you finish answering a question / a part thereof (in case the question has
parts), you mark the question / part with a bold, distinguishing sign. This will enable you to readily
ascertain the questions already answered / remain to be answered at any desired instant during the period
of answering the paper.
(vii).Your answers -- even if the paper is not a lengthy one -- should always be brief and to the point.
Examiners have neither the time nor the patience to go through lengthy / off-the point answers.
(b). OBJECTIVE PAPERS :
(i). The number of questions being very manyto the extent of a hundred plusthe initial scrutiny of the
paper needs only to be cursory.
(ii).The paper may have sections, and the sections you are not required to answer may be struck-off
completely. Further, if any of the un-struck sections, to be answered, carries choice, this should also be
noted.
(iii). It may also please be seen if an incorrect answering is to be penalized with negative marking. The
deduction prescribed for incorrect answering a question, or a part thereof, needs also to be determined.
(iv). Start with the section with which you find yourself most comfortable to answer correctly the maxi-
mum number of questions and write your answers for these questions strictly in the manner as prescribed,
taking all care to proceed ahead as quickly as possible.
(v). Deal in this very manner with all the left-over sections as well, one by one, every time starting with the
section in which you are confident to answer the maximum number of questions.
(vi). After answering correctly maximum number of questions, contained by all the sections, in your first
attempt, make as many more attempts as the time, prescribed for answering the paper, permits; but,
certainly, now, every time, with maximum care, more concentration, and with sound analytical reasoning.
This will enable you to answer correctly a few more questions.
(vii). When there is no provision for negative marking, all the remaining questions should be answered, one
by one, after making a fair guess in respect of each individual question. The law of probability should also
make some of your answers correct and thus enable you to gain some additional marks.
(viii). You are, however, advised not to resort to the process, cited just above, wherever negative marking
for incorrect answering is prescribed, as the risk involved is not worth taking.
(ix). For reasons already pointed out, the approach in respect of marking every question / part thereof,
immediately after it is answered, with a bold distinctive mark, needs invariably to be adhered to.


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20. It would be desirable if you keep a small reserve of your day-to-day useable stationery pen(s) ; refills;
pencils ; pencil-sharpener ; eraser ; blank papers / copies / registers ; ruler(s) ; file-covers / folders etc. to avoid
rushing to the market(s) at odd hours.
21. In case you use spects. / contact-lenses, keeping a duplicate thereof would be advantageous. Also keep both
the spects. / sets of contact lenses in use. With this arrangement, in the event of your losing one of these aids, its
duplicate, that you are sufficiently accustomed with, will already be with you. You should also get your eye-sight
tested periodically, say, at half-yearly or yearly intervals, and, in any case, before purchasing a new spects. / set
of contact lenses.
22. Whenever you happen to be away from your home with involvement of night-stay(s), you should also keep
with you : (a). one or two sewing needles; (b). white and relevant coloured threads; and, (c). a few shirt and
pant buttons, as some of this material may be needed most unexpectedly.
23. To maintain punctuality, you may, if it suits you, keep your watch, say, five minutes ahead of the actual time.
24. Anything you learn or any skill you develop by the way of your honest and sincere dedication and this will
decide the degree of perfection you attain is going to be your life-long possession and has, definitely, to go to
help you practically in all your future-life examinations if not in a particular one.
25. It will always be advantageous if your self-study(ies) also include(s) :
(a). The matter to be taught in the class not in the distant future.
(b). That lies just outside the domain of the course and touches the fringes thereof.
26. That the passage of days and years also marked by the auspicious occasions when you join the next higher
classes should continue to give you a sense of pride for your educational advancement and the consequent
additions to your collection of knowledge.
27. Immediately after the results are announced, a good number of students are taken up with a remorseful
feeling that, perhaps, they could have done better had they practically with no extra efforts been slightly
more attentive to their studies. Let this realization take concrete shape in the matter of your future exami-
nation(s) and the history of the previous session(s) may not be allowed to be repeated.
28. As a student in case you ever find that you are capable to teach the others junior to you, or to those who
desire to learn something from you, be generous to assist them because this offers you chances to :
(a). Learn, the subject(s) you teach, more thoroughly.
(b). Develop within you (i), communication skills, and, (ii), the art of teaching.
(c). Give something not ordinary -- as charity.
29. Your schooling should always make you available to others for their help. In return, you will get their
blessings and good wishes, and every such action of yours will elevate you to a higher pedestal of exaltation.
30. Unless there are valid reasons, avoid discontinuity of your education, for :
(a). There may be difficulty(ies) to restart it.
(b). Your time will not be conserved to the extent it could be.
(c). Depending on the time-gap, the syllabus and structure of the course you were pursuing, may change.
(d). The quality of your output may may God forbid be impaired.
I. Related to Vacations
1. Vacations, traditionally, are set apart to be availed by the students shortly after examinations, to enable
them to relax and get refreshed for studies to be taken up during the next session / study-year.
2. This period, if utilized prudently, helps them a lot in the matter of their educational pursuits and, also,
otherwise.
3. The activities, to be undertaken during this period, may be categorized as :
(a). Studies pertaining to the past, and the subsequent session(s).
(b). General studies.
(c). Pursuit of hobbies.
(d). Developing additional skills. and,
(e). Sight-seeing and tourism.
4. No rigid time-schedule needs to be be prescribed for these activities and this may be left to an individual
student to be taken up in a manner as suits his liking(s) and convenience(s). All the activities, however, deserve,
more or less, equal attention.
5. Some of the topics pertaining to the previous session might not have been adequately grasped, for reasons of
rushing through due to time-shortages, or due to some other reason(s). There is, now, ample opportunity to
learn these topics thoroughly and this should invariably be done.
6. The matter, to be taught during the next session / study-year, should also be taken care of and attempt should
be made to learn and understand different portions of the course to the extent it is possible. Books, for
thiscourse, should be procured immediately after the close of the previous session.


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7. The general studies part is significant for the development of the students personality besides helping him a
lot in future competitive examinations and interviews. For this purpose he should read books on general
knowledge, general English, and, literature containing prose, poetry, grammar etc. pertaining to the relevant
languages, inclusive of the works of world-famous writers. Information on topics related to spiritualism, health,
nutrition, environment, politics, history, geography, economics / finances etc. should also be collected from books
as well as from newspapers / periodicals, and, also, by the way of interactions with others.
8. Pursuit of hobbies provides lot of mental as well as physical relaxation. Drawing, painting, photography,
singing, dancing, participating in dramatics, swimming, shopping, cooking, visiting friends and relatives and
playing selected indoor / outdoor games, are some of the very many hobbies the students like to enjoy and they
should enjoy their preferred hobbies to their utmost.
9. Development of new skills is an equally important facet of the vacation-related activities. These activities may
be sub-divided as : (a). to be acquired as hobbies, and, (b). to be essentially learnt for self-help, during the acade-
mic career and, also, afterwards.
10. A student may be desirous to learn, say, swimming / boating, skating, playing tennis, some foreign language
(s), playing one or two particular musical instruments and the like. He should, by all means, utilize the vacations
to develop skills in the spheres of his liking.
11. The other sub-category -- the indispensable skills -- he must try his best to learn, include : (a). Motor-car and
motor-bike driving, (b). Use of computer / lap-top, (c). Elements of cooking / kitchen chores, (d). Elements of
tailoring, (e). Washing and ironing clothes, and, (f). Shoe-polishing. These skills have special values when a
student is studying in some foreign land or on some visit thereto. Besides, he should also be in a position to
manage and to carry minor repairs to house-hold electric (electronic inclusive) / non-electric installations and
appliances.
12. Sight-seeing and tourism are also important aspects of the vacation-related activities. Besides providing
plentiful of relaxation, this also gives lot of information regarding the places visited and the people living there.
13. The knowledge gained and the skills developed, by the way of availing opportunities offered by vacations,
form an indispensable component of a students education and hence all efforts should be made to utilize
vacations to meet this end.
J. Related to Money Matters
1. All the money, that is incurred for your bringing up, inclusive of your educational expenses, is not your own
money. It is your parents / guardians money.
2. This money should be used most judiciously and most economically; all wasteful expenditure must be
avoided.
3. That meant to be incurred for educational purposes should be used for no other purpose.
4. Even if there arises occasion to use some of it for some other desirable purpose, say, for the purpose of
contributing towards some charitable cause, parents/ guardians consent needs invariably to be sought.
However, if the amount is trifle, no such consent is needed.
5. Sufficient money, to be in hand, to meet some unforeseen emergency expenditure, needs always to be kept
alongwith. The amount may be replenished everytime some such expenditure is made. Other pocket
money, if any, should always be used wisely and sensibly.
6. While moving out for making petty purchases and / or some petty financial deals, have also sufficient
change alongwith as this may not be readily available with the concerned shopkeepers / other parties .
7. Protect yourself from getting entrapped in any sort of financial mess by avoiding taking loan(s). This will also
keep the proverbial wolves away from your door.
8. Take all precautions for the safe upkeep of the money you handle. This is hard-earned money and should
neither be lost nor stolen away.
9. As a student, you are not desired to earn money by any means, whatsoever, except what you get as some
fellowship(s) / scholarship(s) or some sort of legitimate monetary award / honorarium during the normal
course of your educational pursuits. Any such effort is bound to distract you from your studies thereby
adversely impairing your performances. This may, however, be done and parents/ guardians prior
permission therefor needs essentially to be sought only if you are genuinely financially handicapped; but never
beyond the extent that will enable you to meet your immediate requirement(s).
10. Avoid all temptations to make money by the way of gambling and / or going for some speculative deal(s)
because, ultimately and essentially, this will make you to : (a). lose your parents money; (b). suffer from
setbacks quite often severe ones to your health and mental peace; and, (c). waste your valuable study-time.
K. Related to Choice of Profession
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be in conformity with your tastes and aptitude and not because it is glamorous and / or more paying. Consult
your elders, teachers and senior friends who could also apprise you of the negative aspects related to the
profession(s), preferred by you, that you, at your age, cannot otherwise be aware of.
2. Your study courses / training need(s) to be planned to suit the profession you ultimately choose to enter into.
3. Profession once selected, and the requisite courses of studies already pursued, even partially, can be altered,
-- especially at later stages -- only after having been confronted with lot of upsettings and inconveniences, and,
consequently, as far as possible, such situation(s) may not be allowed to come across.
4. It will be your professional competence / integrity that will, ultimately, matter.

CONCLUDING ADVICE :
1. The purpose of your receiving education must not get defeated by the way of your persistent defaults to
attend to your day-to-day Dharm-related obligations as well as other commitments. I nstead, your education,
day by day in your life, should, essentially, continue to mould you into an increasingly better person.
2. Failures, essentially being a part of life-features, must, on no occasion, dampen your spirits; all the more,
because the life is ever-compensating.
3. Your honest intentions, coupled with sincere and sustained dedication, for some noble / meaningful pursuit,
will always drift you towards the Divinity. Or, more fundamentally, by keeping yourself near to the track of
Dharm, you will always find God by your side.
4. Your dealings with others should always carry, alongwith your requisite courtesy and politeness, the
essence of relevant natural justice.
5. To command all-round respect, you have to conduct yourself as a very responsible member of the society.
6. The joy of giving is awfully supreme. I ndeed, by giving happiness to others, you always reward your
own-self with happiness.
7. You have not to kill yourself for the sake of your studies / examination-results. You only have to be
scrupulously honest in pursuit of your studies with your utmost sincerity, commensurate with the resources
at your disposal.
8. During your examination days you may reduce the time of your physical exercises; or, abandon
these activities altogether if so warranted, but restart the same immediately thereafter, and build up in
stages in case the intervening period has been excessive.
9. Your books and study-material must be very sacred to you. Have their proper upkeep and always
handle them with clean hands. Also, go about with a clear head, a kind heart, a dignified demeanour and a
cheerful disposition, alongwith your message of Dharm, Peace and Goodwill, and, with complete faith
in the Almighty God to conquer the world and this will make you ever true to the cause of your
receiving education.


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