Why does a good student from school fail in CA, CS or CMA professional examinations?

What is the reason for a student who has never seen failure, through their higher secondary, suddenly unable to perform in a competitive examination? Why are good students unable to perform when it comes to in CA, CS or CMA professional examinations?

The student ends up feeling confused. To understand this we need to go back a few years in the life of the student. 14 years of school education have actually caused this. Knowingly or unknowingly, their school education has a protective support system, with clear guidance, supported by school teachers, parents & tuition teachers where they need the additional help.

There is a regular process that is followed where the child is conditioned and supported by a regular format of education. The focus of the schools are to enable the child to get through the two boards, 10th & 12th. They are not wrong in their thought process. But the educational system makes the child dependent on the format & process. Students easily achieve 80 -90 percent and they believe they can never fail in any subject just because they have mastered the process. The students focus at that time will only be on scoring higher than his peers.

So their first attempt at any of these examinations with that inner confidence cocooned and built over 14 years, is crushed when they are unable to make it through. Failure as a concept itself is new to the student.

For years the student has believed that if he/she took as many tests as possible, focused on the process and stuck to the format. They are knowingly or unknowingly made to believe that with multiple cycle tests, completed quarterly portions and half yearly portions, quiz, internals & vivas, they will score perfectly in the board examinations.

They write. They pass the boards with a perfect score. Then the professional examinations happen.

To write the professional examinations, the students, who hail from different schools, reach out to private academies that specialize in coaching students in CA, CS or CMA. Suddenly the process & format they were used to is nowhere in sight.

Over 99% of the private academies in Chennai or elsewhere concentrate more on teaching without actually caring about the process, guidance & support the student has been used to for the last 14 years. Very few academies, maybe one or two in Chennai, believe in hand holding the student beyond teaching and help them achieve their dream career.

At our KEW academy, we teach but we also believe in hand holding the student, we speak to each of them individually to understand the study pattern of the student (that has been ingrained in them over a decade of learning) and we customize the study plan for each student so that the student is able to freely engage with the academy, not only in teaching but also in taking the tests, taking mock exams, discussions with peers in the reading hall & also getting clarity all and any doubts that they may have with the academy professors on a one on one basis.

This engagement is what each child was used to right through school, the sense of belonging, the process, the support and a format that is custom designed for their individual abilities in a professional manner to ensure that transformation from a student to a career path.