Tag: Education
Why Inner Blooming and Not Alienated Knowledge Transaction is the Goal of Education in...
J. Krishnamurti’s educational ideas are premised on the goal of inner blooming rather than a mechanical process of knowledge acquisition.
Budget 2021: Is the Education Sector Even a Priority?
The article is a commentary on the government’s continued apathy towards the education sector in the post pandemic world, the subsequent budget cut, and the impact of privatisation on the sector.
Education on a Slippery Slope
Urgent corrective measures are required to counter the Covid-19 induced educational deprivation for millions of poor children.
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 learning an extremely alienating process. If creative methods are used and innovative ideas implemented learning can become a celebration beyond boundaries.
Maria Montessori challenged and changed how kids are taught, and remains influential today
One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the world still hail her innovations and educational philosophy.
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The Legitimisation of Privatisation in NEP 2020: An analysis
By legitimising privatisation in the education sector, the NEP 2020 is scripting a new India with varied imaginations and trajectories.
Post-Covid India Furthers Agenda of Reducing Government School Teachers into Cogs in a Bureaucratic...
From duties in Covid surveys to being stationed on roads to impose fines on those without masks, government school teachers are compelled to do everything apart from teaching in a post-pandemic India.
From Reduced Weight of School Bags to Lesser Homework: How the Government’s Recommendations Can...
From reduction in homework and the burden of textbooks to eliminating the compulsive carrying of heavy school bags, a new government plan may bring some respite to school children.
Fighting the Malaise of Child Marriage, the Story of Maharashtra’s Ranjitsinh Disale Who Brought...
In a remote district where child marriage was a rampant practice, educator Ranjitsinh Disale’s efforts for bringing poor tribal girls to school in Maharashtra is indeed inspirational.
