Reportedly in an advisory letter Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has requested parents to not provide laptops/computer to first year children while sending them to hostel.
“It has been observed that students with laptops/computers in their first semester are distracted by excessive gaming/internet and don’t experience all that the institute has to offer. We would, therefore, suggest against providing your wards with laptops for the first semester, since computer facilities for academic needs are adequately available in the institute. However, in case you feel that he will be able to learn better with a laptop/computer at his disposal, we leave it to your discretion,” says the letter.
“Students who enter this institute every year are some of the best brains in the country. Due to the competitive environment here, we have often experienced cases where students, who until then had always topped their class, found it difficult to get grades that meet their expectations. This has often led to one of two extremes: some students face excessive parental pressure, while others simply adopt an indifferent attitude, which further reduces their academic performance,” it says, adding “we hope that you would encourage your ward to put his/her best foot forward, treat the best effort from his/her side as the objective, rather than the results”.
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