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The writer is a veteran school educator based in Kolkata

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

CPM rules out apology for land acquisition in Singur

CPM rules out apology for land acquisition in Singur

Refusing to accept the Supreme Court verdict that the land acquisition in Singur was “illegal”, CPI(M) state...

1 Sept 2016 2:06 AM IST

People stand outdoors after they rushed out of their offices following tremors in Kolkata. (Photo: AP)

6.8-quake strikes Myanmar; tremors felt in northeast, West Bengal,...

Tremors were felt across West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of Northeast India on Wednesday as an...

25 Aug 2016 1:50 AM IST