The article pinpoints a fundamental problem that schools are facing worldwide. We are producing 'examination smart' rather than intelligent students. Teaching seems to have an obsession to "complete the syllabus"; most teachers admit they do, as this is what is expected in a system that is driven by 'written examinations' and the league table!.  It is high time we ask ourselves, what should we teach and how should we teach?  How far are  teachers constrained by a system that makes contradictory demands on them? Are teachers and children aware and ready to put in the effort that teaching and learning demands today, in a world where competition is inevitable? Those who happen to be both examinations smart and 'intelligent', by chance or by the fact that they possess the 'cultural capital', who succeed!