Palmistry, an age old practice of India, is
believed to help foresee one’s future. A few schools in Mumbai have turned to an
updated version of the same, and are reading children’s fingerprints to help
their academics. This technique is known as Dermatoglyphics Multiple
Intelligences Testing (DMIT), a computer-generated assessment fingerprint
pattern test to determine the child's learning ability, skills and intelligence
potential.
Rizvi Springfield School, Bandra and VIBGYOR
High School, Goregaon are two places where the tests have been conducted till
now, along with Kalyan's Arya Gurukul which conducted a workshop on 'mid-brain
activation'.
With the consent of
parents, the student’s fingerprints are examined. The testsreportedly focuses
on the psychic powers of the brain. In response to the analysis derived, each
student is provided with necessary homeopathy consultation and career
counselling. Homeopath and
DMIT consultant and analyst Dr Trupti Barchha informed in an HT report
that the unique codes on each line of a fingerprint is fed into the software
that generates a report on the inborn intelligence, learning styles, creativity
and emotional quotient of the student. Shim Matthews (Principal of VIBGYOR High
School) reported that a few of their students took the DMIT and have shown positive results. But they haven’t mainstreamed the
test due to lack of scientific research.
Tejal Dave,
counselling psychologist and head of human resource development department,
Gundecha Education Academy, Kandivali states that the DMIT doesn’t seem very
convincing owing to the absence of background research on the same and would
prefer aptitude and personality tests over it. Dr Samir Dalwai, president of
the Indian Academy of Pediatricians (IAP), New Horizons Development Centre
notifies a need for authentication of such tests by the Government, so that
only scientifically backed assessments can be carried out.
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