My four-year-old son is going through a phase where he hits and kicks us often. If I am on the phone, he disconnects it, or yells and screams till I attend to him. How do I cope with such behaviour? — Anita Pradeep Kumar D, Trichy
The art of persuading, inspiring and winning over a crowd — small or big — is an essential skill for success in life and the workplace, says Jayalakshmi Vaidyanathan.
The deadly online Blue Whale Challenge, which targets and goads teenage children to self-harm, mutilation and finally suicide, has created a wave of panic among the parents' community in India. Given the psychological vulnerability of teens, counsellors advise parents to encourage two-way communication, monitor children's internet usage, and quickly address signs of teen depression and self-destructive behaviour, writes Arundathi Nath
•An English-medium class XII sociology textbook of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education ascribes ugliness and handicap” as the main reasons why Indian parents have to pay dowry for the marriage of their daughters. If a girl is ugly and handicapped, it becomes very difficult for her to get married. To marry her, the girls bridegroom and his family demand more dowry. The helpless parents of such girls are then forced to pay up,” explains the author.
Creativity is dying a slow death as the Indian educational system emphasises rigorously on rote learning rather than critical thinking and problem solving,” says Mitsuyo Tamai, CEO of Japan-based tuition centre Kiwami.
After completing school, choosing the right college is one of the most important decisions that a student takes. The choice he/she makes at the time determines his/her whole future in terms of jobs, career growth and standard of life. College is not just a place to pursue higher education but it is a place where students have access to innumerable possibilities and they also get the right resources to realize their dreams. The right kind of college will help a student grow, enhance their personality, brush up their skills, provide them with a platform to exhibit their talent and above all, it provides them with quality education.
To ensure smooth and transparent conduct of Management Aptitude Test (MAT), the All India Management Association (AIMA) has asked candidates to bring several documents to the centre of MAT exam for verification purposes. These documents would assist in verifying the identity of the applicants and approve their candidature in MAT.
Preparing for engineering? You should be capable of tackling complex technical challenges by inculcating certain key skills and qualities. Even today, engineering is still a highly sought-after career. Vast and dynamic, this field needs experts who have the ability to adapt to new challenges persistently. Listed below are the top 10 traits of a successful engineer:
Summer vacation forms an integral part of every child's life owing to the conclusion of a fruitful educational year, facilitating a gap of two months. Yet, children are found to while away this time indulging in pointless pursuits such as staying indoors with their video games, leaving parents worried about the lost time. Certainly, time is precious and children need to utilise this time more wisely to productive causes. For the children, it is the best time to learn new things that they do not have the time for during the academic year. Listed here are three ways to spend summer vacations in a productive way.
JEE Main and Advanced, the most coveted and sought-after engineering entrance examination in India has just wrapped up. As soon as the results are declared, students are going to flock at engineering colleges around the country to seek admission in any of the courses in engineering. Many students prefer enrolling in an engineering course for an undergraduate degree. The fact that nearly 13 lakh students appeared for JEE Main this year is a testament to that. A promising career is perhaps the most driving factor that encourages students to pursue engineering. However, in a race to crack the entrance exam, students often fail to pay attention to the course they enroll themselves in.
Two roads diverge in the metaphorical woods of your mind, and you know that you cannot travel both. Which one to pick? The email that you have just typed asks you the same question over and over again: Is your university recognized or is it recognised?
Past trends have revealed that a lot more emphasis is placed on Reading Comprehension while designing the Common Admission Test – an examination taken by roughly two lakh people - to make their IIM dreams come true. Ever since its increased weightage from 45 to 70 percent in 2013, cracking this section has become very essential. Reading and interpreting complex passages have come to be a vital aspect of the CAT examinations.
In today's competitive world, awareness of life skills is essential to meet everyday needs, challenges and demands of life. Possession of such vital knowledge is not only necessary for adults but should also be imparted to kids from an early age. Alongside providing the kids necessary tools to deal with life issues, these skills further empowers them to make well-informed decisions that have long-term implications.
In schools, children not only discover how to read and write, but also learn how to develop social skills. Social skills can be defined as the skills we, as humans use to communicate and interact with one another, both verbal and non-verbal. Although there is no formal system in place where teachers can grade students based on their social skills, an appropriate parameter to gauge the same can be how a student behaves and interacts with his/her peers on a day-to-day basis.
As a student graduates from high school and steps into college, he/she is often in a dilemma about making life-changing decisions. Deciding what course to pursue and from which college is one of those decisions. Worldwide, the governments encourage every child to at least attend school and then further pursue a degree in various specialisations. And why not? Aterall, humans are also a resource for development.
Biology is an interesting subject but can also be quite challenging. If you are aspiring to become a doctor, then Biology is critical to your CBSE NEET success. Concepts like Plant Morphology, Cell structure, and Genetics can give many sleepless nights. If you too find the subject tough, these tips will come in handy for you. Here's how you should approach the subject.
With JEE around the corner, aspirants are gearing up with preparations for one of the toughest examinations in the world. To excel at this arduous competitive exam is no easy task; it requires developing a certain mindset, understanding, and stamina, which is different from what students are taught in a regular school. Student needs to have an agile mind that is capable of analytical thinking and understanding of complex core concepts. They need to build a strong and solid foundation of scientific and technology knowledge students, which is possible through deep levels of determination, focus and concentration. This is the reason why Gurukul systems are considered to be the best places to facilitate a sound learning environment.
By 2025, India will have 119 million 18 to 22 year olds, which means India will be home to the largest student population in the world by then. Indias education institutes will face several challenges if they are to be able to meet the demand for courses of all types from vocational to academic and at standards acceptable to both students and the government.
Stepping out of the sheltered environment of a school and a comfortable life at home under the guidance and support of parents marks a major turning point for every student stepping into a university. Just like every other phase of life, it is not the academic and theoretical knowledge alone that we gather but also incur several practical real-life experiences during the course of time and thus, have our respective take-away lessons from them. Becoming financially independent in terms of handling your own expenses and allocating a suitable budget for yourself, is one thing which comes across as both a responsibility as well as a feeling of growing up as an adult.
Minerva Schools at KGI, one of the most innovative institutions in the world, announces the commencement of admissions to its undergraduate courses for the academic year 2017-2018. The online application form is free of cost and the selection will be based on merit. The last date for the submission of forms is March 15, 2017, for all courses.
Parents who have taken the decision to home-school their children in the last decade or so find themselves in a comfortable space, thanks to the exponential growth in technology. The anxiety over where these resources are available was always a factor while considering the decision. Well, not anymore.
Employment assessment programmes at colleges are typically designed to help students attain their goals at the completion of the course. It helps students to recognise their strengths and areas of improvement, identify industries and functions that may suit their skills and interests, measure gaps and provide feedback. These are necessary for students to prepare themselves to get selected and perform at workplace.
In a growing technology-driven and industrialised world, increasingly people are forgetting the traditional crafts and moving towards new innovations. Due to this, the artisans are moving to alternative sources of income generation, for instance – daily wage labours and farming; and the art is losing its grip. Preserving and protecting the skills and knowledge of traditional crafts is a growing challenge. So it is desperately needed to revive the art and form and spread awareness about them in urban space. It should be a world where the handmade things are given the respect they deserve and the artisans are also recognised for their talent and effort.
India has over 3500 B-Schools but only a handful are recognised across the globe. On the other hand, the top 30 American and European B-Schools have established a reputation across the world. These schools offer their students a strong dose of ‘Character Building, besides teaching them Business Management. Corporates insist that the young people they recruit as executives, must be imbued with the right values. This helps students to understand that corporate life in todays ‘VUCA World is tough and also requires perseverance, agility and discipline, besides the domain knowledge. This enables the top global B-Schools to radically transform the thought processes of the students and differentiate themselves significantly from the crowd.
Banking is one of the fastest growing sectors and is one of the most preferred avenues of employment in India. Banking sector index has grown at a Compounded Annual Rate of over 51 percent since 2001. In the next five years, banks are expected to recruit almost 7.5 lakh people. It is because of its compensation schemes, job security, housing and medical facilities that the sector has always been attractive for job seekers.
A robust education system reflects any country's growth and prosperity. Education acts as the foundation for a brighter future of an individual. Over the last few decades, great strides in India's education system were made though the focus on developing the right set of skills and providing training to create global citizens is still missing. There is a dire need to empower individuals who have the power to make a difference in the world by eradicating the most of the complex issues.
The term biology comprises life and living beings in general. Since humans fall under the category of living beings, Biology is helpful in explaining the various phenomena both around and within us. After going through this article, one can appreciate the importance the importance of biology in our day to day lives.
In a class of students, every child has a unique personality which develops over the course of the academic years until he or she becomes an adult. More than what is taught in the classroom, children learn from interpersonal interactions with other children in the class as well as their teachers. However, among the majority, there is a fraction of children who are unable to cope with their social environment and may display symptoms of anti-social behaviour. In such cases, timely detection and intervention can help in managing the child's behavioural issues.
Personality as a whole, is the sum total of traits a human is entitled to have - both inner and outer. It is the sole entity that is unique in every person. It constitutes of body language, intuitive intellect, confidence - all the focal points that serve as a differentiator between individuals. This use of personality is instrumental to success in life.
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