The ubiquity of smartphones is so apparent with this generation of children (sometimes called Generation Z, iGen or Post-Millennials) that they consider owning a phone to...
We need to develop new methods of assessment and testing. It is proposed that a laboratory be set up for this purpose. The laboratory will design...
It is now up to parents, media, and schools to ensure that we uphold the policy on ECCE and ensure that our children are not burdened,...
When children interact daily, socially and academically with peers who are diverse and different, a certain magic spontaneously happens. They learn to understand – and invariably...
A new kind of rigorous education is now a must for all children as well, maybe from the very moment they learn to understand the word...
On whom does the onus lie for the effective training of our teachers? And what are the resources best recommended by educators to effectively train teachers?...
Forget about what students ‘need’. Students themselves tell us what they want! Are we ready to listen, minus judgement? Here is the third part in our...
Forget about what students ‘need’. Students themselves tell us what they want! Are we ready to listen, minus judgement? Here is the third part in our...
Forget about what students ‘need’. Students themselves tell us what they want! Are we ready to listen, minus judgement? Here is the second part in our...
Forget about what students ‘need’. Students themselves tell us what they want! Are we ready to listen, minus judgement? This is the first part in our...
Top priority now will be the measurement of outcomes of education over the inputs available to impart education, to assess if teachers are school-ready. With this...
Anil Pant spoke to ScooNews at the Aptech Career Quest, Doha 2017. Career Quest is an annual student confluence which also serves as a valedictory function...
A parent’s responsibility does not end with waving bye to the child. A more proactive approach is necessary, whether it is increased involvement in the PTA,...
In today’s social media obsessed world, it has become even more important for schools to tell their story to keep parents, staff and the larger community...
Meenakshi Uberoi, Founding Director De Pedagogics, talks to Anjana Deepak about tech finally being accepted in an exclusive interview at SGEF 2017
The world today needs doers, innovators, thinkers, and makers, which is only possible when the foundation is laid at the school level itself. Admittedly, the education...
Technology and innovation alone cannot transform learning but mindful strategizing by educationists, to integrate these tools with principles of learning, can enhance knowledge acquisition experiences and...
We must build a critical mass of leaders, including parents, bureaucrats, corporations, politicians, school administrators, teachers and students who are interconnected. For example, someone working in...
Education has helped two young boys from the upper reaches of Himalayas, who migrated practically penniless. They are now an electronic engineer and a merchant marine...
Work and education are separate entities but they are integral parts of the curriculum. Work establishes linkages between the syllabus and life situations. It links the...
We have the richest subjects of art, music, Sanskrit, yoga but we seem to push that aside, instead of having that take centre-stage.
The regulation of fees would lower the standards of private schools by destroying the competition, feels Raman Bansal (Director), Scholar’s Pride Sr. Secondary School, Dhuri (Punjab).
Millennial teachers are champions of financial education. Younger teachers are stronger supporters of teaching financial education at an early age, and use classroom time to do...
One of the most interesting facts about learning a new language is the way it allows one to see the world in different light. Today in...
Mithun Kamath, CEO of Arc Skills, emphasizes the importance of implementing a combination of new age technical skills blended with socio emotional competencies, crucial for employability...
