The public and/or "mass" schools have an "I don't care" attitude whereas the elitist ones just jampack...no, I should say bombard a poor kid with a tonne of academic material. The elitist schools are more or less like businesses. They need a name through good results and won't hesitate to push a kid beyond reasonable means for it.
There are exceptional places like Bal-Bharathi school, but they are VERY few and can be almost counted by hand...
I remember when my Dad offered to send me to study University, I just took the money and bought a commercial bldg AND started a small biz. No regrets. Still, I'm earning more per annum than some of my collegues who've completed MBA- for which their parents took such hefty loans, sold off properties etc. I'm talking a solid 9 years not just 1 or 2.
It shouldn't end this way. Schools should encourage a child's overall development and not turn him into a compressed hard drive. Schools should instead produce innovators and problem solvers. I guess in the current state of affairs, I'm going to make my kid enter the business after he's done his +2...I can't think of a better plan as of yet.
