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The writer is a veteran school educator based in Kolkata

In order to critique our examination system, we need to argue from the basic premise that the vast numbers of students who appear for the regional or national board examinations are individuals with varied strengths and weaknesses, and different ways of thinking and learning. (Representational image)

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...

17 April 2018 12:30 AM IST

The lesson is staring us in the face. We need to look inwards and get our house in order to be able to provide quality education to every child. (Representational image)

Explore the Finnish model, but to bring a change in India's schools,...

Finnish children do not appear for examinations until the last year of school.

7 March 2018 3:03 AM IST

Know India: Let's appreciate its diversity

Many of us do not know our own country well. School students should be encouraged to know India firsthand.

19 Jan 2018 12:51 AM IST

Class 2 student Pradyuman Thakur was found with his throat slit in the washroom of Ryan International School on September 8. (Photo: File)

Ryan saga lessons: How schools must change

It is high time that the powers that be sat up and began overhauling our examination system.

17 Nov 2017 12:27 AM IST

Pradyuman Thakur, a student of Class 2 in Ryan International School of Bhondsi campus, was found in a pool of blood inside the toilet of the school on September 8. (Photo: PTI)

Keeping kids safe: Schools must get basics right

The most recent instance was the horrifying Ryan School incident in Gurgaon when a Class 2 boy was found in the toilet...

30 Oct 2017 12:13 AM IST

The court was hearing a petition by three law students who were seeking action against MU.

A bridge' to link high school & varsity helps

The learning outcomes of this entire exercise were abundantly clear.

22 Sept 2017 1:52 AM IST

The delay in the results had caused worry to students who wished to pursue medicine across the country, as they feared they might be out of other options. (Photo: Deccan Chronicle/File)

Inflated marks: 100% and still galloping

The debate over grades, marks and points is definitely over high marks are here to stay.

11 July 2017 6:41 AM IST

A school library is where children get access to information, they learn, they read for sheer pleasure and, hopefully, they develop the traits of a lifelong learner.

Libraries will never be obsolete

The way the world is headed and in view of the clash of religions, we need to protect our civilisation.

19 May 2017 12:30 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

Some leaders, at least, make right noises

Yogi Adityanath has said many other curious things, but in this case he deserves to be supported.

28 April 2017 5:43 AM IST

The latest reforms of the CBSE Board with regard to examinations indicate yet another rollback , and not an attempt to modernise the assessment system. (Representational image)

One step forward, two steps back

It is our children who usually pay the price for the vagaries of politics.

7 April 2017 2:26 AM IST

It was found that 11 students in Panchgani, Satara district, developed skin ailments and another school in Palghar did not provide bath water to its students for 15 days. (Representational Image)

It's time we let our kids tinker'

Tinkering, which is defined as an attempt to repair or improve something, is the most natural way of learning.

23 Jan 2017 4:23 AM IST

Children (left) seek blessings of Mother Teresa after special prayers at Mother Teresa Church at Dumdum, Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mother House in Kolkata a ‘mini-Vatican’

The Mother House in Kolkata turned into a mini Vatican City on Sunday after Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa as Saint...

5 Sept 2016 7:02 AM IST