my thoughts

India has new government in office and the people of the country have lots of hope and expectations from the prime minister and other ministers. The focus of the government might be on reducing the inflation, curbing the corruption and bringing the economy of the country on the right track but other areas are also to be looked into seriously and should be in the priority list. One of those is, the education and in that too the school education. The country witnessed some changes in the form of RTE Act and the reforms introduced by the central board of secondary education New Delhi. I wrote it before also that we must assess the impact of the reforms and the right to education act and must make amendments wherever necessary. Our prime minister said that the countrymen should be ready for some difficult decisions which would bring the desired improvement in different fields. I agree that the government should think for the entire country and all the people and not only for the pe...

It has been almost five years when CBSE New Delhi introduced the new pattern of assessment and evaluation popularly known as CCE. There were apprehensions and problems related to the proper implementation of the system. This was same for all whether it be a student, teacher or the parents. The then HRD minister was very fond of this and wanted to give autonomy to the schools so that comprehensive evaluation could be done and the performance card reflects complete picture of the child`s personality and gives a fair idea to the child and the parent about the areas of strength so that they could work to build on the strengths of the children. Another important reason was to reduce the stress of the school going children and make learning an enjoyable exercise. In the first two years CCE was expanded with different words, confusing everyone how to implement it. Though CBSE tried to its level to provide best possible assistance to the schools and the teachers and a number of schools a...

March is the month every year when most of the families are focused on the final examinations of the students (school as well as the college/universities) and everybody prays that the students succeed. Earlier it used to be in case of public examinations only but now this custom has started even in primary classes also. Though there have been reforms introduced to reduce the stress of the parents and the children but it had little impact. Though we keep getting inputs that the children are less stressed now but the real picture does not match with this. Very unfortunate news was telecast yesterday which must have disturbed all the people who are concerned about the children of this nation and I am talking more in context of India. As per the news two girl students of a school in Bengaluru died (some say committed suicide) and the reason quoted for that is, that they were stopped from playing Holi in the school. The reports suggest that they were scolded by the principal and a t...

Bullying in the schools An article published in one of the widely read monthly magazine should act as the reminder for parents and the school teachers. This is not something new but has been there in the schools for the last many decades and not much has been done by the responsible people. Yes, I am talking about menace of bullying in the schools. Many school going children suffer from the act of violence, physical or emotional, at one or the other time. This may happen in the classrooms, games field, in the bus or some other areas which may be deserted by time. Bullying has very negative psychological effect on the personality of the kids which may drive them to isolation, depression and lack of interest in doing anything. The schools are the place where children come to learn and imbibe values so that they can prove to be productive citizen of the society in future. The schools provide the space to showcase and further develop their skills in the positive direction. And the ...