India, May 18 -- IAS officer Divya Mittal has sparked a conversation online after sharing a deeply personal note on what she believes is missing from school education. In a post on her official X account, Mittal reflected on her journey from IIT Delhi to IIM Bangalore and then to the Indian Administrative Service, saying that even the country's best education did not prepare her for some of life's most important challenges.

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"IIT Delhi to IIM Bangalore to IAS. I got the best education my country had to offer. It taught me how to crack tough exams and manage big responsibilities, but it never taught me how to quiet my own mind or handl...