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70th Day Of Lockdown
Devi Kar
Devi Kar: The shape of schooling in a post-corona world
The free reading material, courses and resources that are on offer will probably habituate many students and teachers to learning online
01 May 2020 7:35 PM
‘No feeling is final’ in this string of 12 gripping war stories
In these stories you come face to face with post-traumatic disorders: disorientation, hallucination and relentless insomnia
22 Mar 2020 8:47 PM
Kids, parents, teachers & politics: It’s vital to understand our young
No wonder, parents heave a sigh of relief when the long summer vacation finally comes to an end.
13 Feb 2020 5:46 AM
Multi-tasking vs single-tasking: Why we need both
First, experts have pointed out that it is impossible for the human mind to attend to several things at the same time.
06 Jan 2020 2:28 AM
Tender, funny memories of a mighty Amma
Murugan has mastered the art of making the ordinary extraordinary.
05 Jan 2020 2:17 AM
What we need in all walks of life: Competence, and a fine balance
Curiously, all these three words can be used to describe parenting and teaching today.
13 Dec 2019 2:06 AM
The power and pathos of Sonagachi’s mysterious world
Golapi’s husband and in-laws sold her off to an agent so that he could marry a woman who would bring in a hefty dowry.
24 Nov 2019 8:14 AM
It’s time to remind children they have duties too!
Many of the “privileged” children that I come across have a well-entrenched sense of entitlement.
30 Oct 2019 1:39 AM
Grim, moving stories alter your worldview
The trouble is that India has never really known how to address poverty by delivering quality education to the poor.
20 Sep 2019 2:12 AM
A ‘vacuum’ in education: We need to teach kids, not just hold exams
Many resourceful young people feel the need to enhance and enrich the education that is being dished out in schools.
13 Aug 2019 12:05 AM
Our schools really need to nurture the individual abilities of children
In order to understand the problem, let us first visit the need for standardisation.
20 Jul 2019 12:15 AM
The lessons our schoolkids may draw from India’s elections, but shouldn’t
However, one aspect of today’s public speaking brings home the fact that Indians are no longer self-conscious about the way they speak English.
10 May 2019 12:41 AM
Make schools safer for kids: Stop the bullying right now!
Teachers must have their antennae up at all times and they must remember that punishing the bully is not the solution.
18 Apr 2019 5:38 AM
Invest in primary teachers, kids’ future at stake
By paying a pittance to our primary level teachers, we are succeeding in driving away much needed talent from this section.
07 Mar 2019 12:08 AM
Let’s focus on the well-being of our young people
In order to make our country a happier place, we must focus on the well-being of children first as this would have a long-term impact on their lives.
23 Jan 2019 1:24 AM
Disagreement, dissent, disobedience are vital
I don’t know why I didn’t get into serious trouble but I used to teach my pupils the value of disobedience.
30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM
What can we do about our vanishing values?
Instead of living in a “gilded age”, we could, through a robust value system, embark on a golden age in India.
13 Oct 2018 2:08 AM
It’s a mistake to make young people worry about careers too early in life
It is abundantly clear that the objective of being “college-ready” and “career ready” is not being met.
08 Aug 2018 12:34 AM
Why sex education in schools is vital
Our children are already exposed to much more than we would like to believe.
01 Jun 2018 1:13 AM
India’s exam system needs an overhaul, not just tinkering
We must not ruin our children emotionally and cerebrally in this manner. It is the quality of learning and teaching that must be the focus.
17 Apr 2018 12:30 AM
Columns
China has pumped more than $4 billion into Indian startups and Chinese investors participated in 54 rounds of funding in 2019
The BJP had been finding it difficult to attack the Congress during the brief period Rahul Gandhi stepped back from political activities
Court has finally intervened on behalf of the well-being of migrant workers
In Uttar Pradesh, the Muslim clergy is rubbing its eyes in disbelief at the way chief minister Yogi Adityanath has started behaving
