Former Karnataka Chief Minister writes Ramayana poem Vishva Mohan Bhatt invents Mohana Veena Javed Akthar lives life on the fast lane! These are only just three examples. There are so many others in so many diverse fields! They are all creative people. They are creative artists. There are inventors, designers and builders of visions and…
Category: Education
Teaching science? Teach first the science philosophy!
Science lessons must be part of ethics teaching too! Sciences have been held up as glamour knowledge.But science today is different from yester years. Today,science and technologies have also led to many problems.In India sciences were held as holy cows.They are no more.In today’s world we confront several issues that fall outside pure sciences and…
Teaching English?
Read what the English and Americans write these days! Poor expressions, more cliches, more ungrammatical writing habits,the very titles of the books would give the readers some ideas: Lost for words, obbledygook. Yes, this is the message for the Indian schools and colleges! Why? See the way the English language is written by even the…
Teach science or education is simple ignorance!
Dangerous Asian bird flu threat! Yet we live in bliss! Already hits 3 countries! There are serious knowledge issues.Science only gives the students,more so the parents too,what is happening in the world.What is likely to happen in our own lives. We were happy to see that readers of the previous editorial in this place had…
Update the school standards!
International Baccalaureate? IGCSE? Public Schools and established schools must go for them! Indian schools need updating!Indian schools must become international standard schools. There is an Indian Public Schools Conference organisation.Not much is heard of its activities, perhaps its activities are not worth reporting in the press or worthy of public attention. It is time we…
Hostility to new knowledge! To outside knowledge!
Exam-driven schools, Schoolheads showOver- schooling is killing students and teachers! Bureaucratisation of school education had reached its limit in India.So too the minds of students,teachers and parents in the unshakeable government fixed school texts,exams etc. The other day we visited a well-established school in a district suburb.There was also a National Award won Headmaster in…
Education entrepreneurs make for rapid education growth!
Karnataka shows positive role models! There has been rapid changes in the Indian education scenario.There are now highly dedicated education complexes where you can see a large number of education institutions under committed education leaders.These education leaders come from different backgrounds, many are Hindu and other religious leaders,mutt heads and they head a large number…
Indians don’t have a sense of shame!
Retired Indians don’t make room for youngsters! See the nominations to the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies Not much news coming out from the education ministry,rather pompously rechristened one day under very unfounded optimistic day by an young leader. It is better to go by conventional wisdom and stick to words that could mean something….