Problem solving – creatively With the future of jobs becoming increasingly AI dependent, creative careers such as design have increasingly become popular among students. Design & technology gives students the opportunity to delve into a range of topics including, aesthetics, electronics, engineering, ergonomics, manufacturing, graphic design, materials technology and more, irrespective of their field of …
Sometimes we do not realise that we are giving ourselves away, innocently by making small requests. We came across one such situation, strangely enough from a poem written by a Grade 7 student, somewhere in India. Before COVID 19 A curious wondering husband spoke to his dear wife, `You want to attend a family function, …
Everyone loves a ranking list. The top 10 restaurants in town. The top 50 hotels in the world. The top 100 cleanest cities in India. Coimbatore (where I live now) has apparently gone down in the list of cleanest cities in India, much to the chagrin of its residents. However, people fail to ask fundamental …
India’s success in the Olympics has been praiseworthy, particularly, when many of us have been complaining about the country’s sordid performance all these years. The main reason, when analysed, comes back to our treatment of sports in general. Sporting culture lies at the heart of success in sports. What do we mean by sporting culture? …
One of the things that adults tell themselves frequently, no matter which role we play; teacher or parent, is that we are fair or at least trying to be fair. The fact of the matter is we are human and bias is inbuilt when you are human. It would be the greatest hypocrisy to imagine …
Schools to Universities, everyone is talking about competency building; that is the need of the hour they declare; the curriculum needs to be changed they say. While their voice is loud and clear and there is a lot of truth in what people say, several myths muddy the waters and render all efforts null and …
CS Academy toppers from AIIMS, MMC, Lokmanya Tilak and KMC share their success mantras Getting into a top government medical college on merit is a rare feat these days for most aspiring NEET candidates. Fifteen lakh people wrote the NEET this year in 2020, out of which 2.5% have a chance of getting a seat …
When 2020 dawned, a lot of us knew this was an important year because it was the beginning of a new decade. No one expected the year to turn out the way it did. While in the west, online and hybrid learning models were fairly prevalent at the university level, the rest of the education …
Sometimes I get complaints from parents that the school is giving children something that their child cannot cope with. It might just be a task in class or as homework. While it is understandable that the parent is anxious that their child will feel left out, avoiding tough challenges in life does more damage than …
Removing the NEET will not solve fundamental issues in our education system The NEET has been criticized in many quarters, especially in Tamil Nadu. The main issue seems to be a concern that students from disadvantaged backgrounds find it difficult to obtain a medical seat. In Tamil Nadu, the solution suggested is banning the NEET …
Why screen time is the wrong measure to focus on. Most schools are conducting online classes, sparking concerns about excessive screen time. Online safety is a different issue – children being contacted by strangers or visiting undesirable websites. Here we deal with the first question, is there a safe limit for online classes and if …
Online teaching is not the same as classroom teaching. Cut and paste of strategies used in physical classrooms into the online world will not work. As many of my teaching colleagues will concur, the first time online can be unnerving, especially when talking to a screen with minimal non-verbal feedback from the audience. And of …
