Tag: Education

Science and humanity are intrinsically related to each other, the piece that follows establishes this link once again in the light of Carl Sagan’s ideas in this context.

Irwati Karve was a gifted anthropologist. Her reflections on Draupadi’s last journey make us understand love and pain, death and redemption.

While military discipline and strict rules are to be introduced in all schools the implications it will have on education as an important social institution will remain to be seen. Please share your ideas, opinions and comments on this important recent step by the MHRD.

While encroachment and interference in tribal communities has been part of the statistic approach to development for long, it is time we turned back to the Adivasis and learnt from them some real lessons in sustainability and democratic living that mainstream societies have long overlooked.

Delhi University admission 2017 : We are aware of the fact that every year the same set of rituals unfold as Delhi University opens up for admissions. The Delhi third cutoff list is out and yet 90% score is the criteria for admissions. This is nothing but the sheer revelation of the contemporary education system that gives central importance to marks alone and does not allow for any importance to be given to other faculties of the learner. It is indeed a paradox.

Literature and storytelling are part of teaching methodologies that touch the core being of the learner making the process of education fulfilling and learning eternal. They play an important role in the inculcation of the love of learning; instil values of mutual love and cooperation and above all leave an impact that is cherishable throughout life. The piece explores the tremendous potential of the method.

What has failed: Children or the System? Each year the results of the Board Examinations reveal the poor condition of the Indian education system which...

On Stories, Childhood and Ecological Consciousness In this article the author rediscovers two beautiful stories and reflects on childhood and ecological consciousness in the context...

Challenging the Notion of Confined Classrooms: Thinking of Education beyond Textbooks The schooled mind may tend to lose its spontaneity and sense of wonder making...

History is about human narratives—and at tines narratives of people with extraordinary courage and fearlessness. However, because of political stereotypes, we often do injustice to these characters. Is it possible to engage with these narratives differently? An educator speaks of this possibility by invoking Bhagat Singh and Swami Vivekananda.