— A.K. Srikanth is the Bengaluru-based CEO, KLAY Preschools and Daycare
By blending traditional pedagogies with latest technology innovations, educators can ensure that children are academically successful and capable of navigating a challenging new world.
In today’s rapidly changing world, the education system requires radical reform. The question of whether to persist […]
— Himmat Singh Dhillon is Headmaster of The Lawrence School, Sanawar
Infusion of humanities into all subjects is of critical importance. Study of humanities develops questioning minds, resourcefulness, curiosity, self-reliance, metacognition, and reflection.
Very often one comes across industry leaders bemoaning that students who have done reasonably well at school and gone onto university […]
— Dr. Rahul Mehra is Chairman, Tarang Health Alliance (www.taranghealthalliance.org), National Representative of India, UNESCO Chair, Global Health & Education
It’s very difficult to improve health habits of the average Indian adult. Therefore the long-term solution is to educate India’s children to develop healthy habits at a time when their minds […]
— Yogi Kochhar is the Dharamshala-based former Director of Microsoft India and currently founder of YOL Happiness Foundation
Social and emotional learning is being removed from the human psyche as minds are being colonised by social media. Minds worldwide are being consumed in short 2-3 second bursts
Dr. Prof. Anand Achari is Principal at VES College of Architecture, Mumbai
Exploring ancient architectural design and construction practices offers a wealth of inspiration for designing sustainable buildings for the modern world. Cross-pollination of knowledge from the past and present is crucial
In the relentless pursuit of modernisation and innovation, we […]
Nikhil Pingle is Chief of Strategy & Research at the Mumbai-based Magic Bus India Foundation
As technologies evolve and economic landscapes shift, the old paradigm of skills acquired in college and university guaranteeing secure lifetime employment has become outdated
In this era where career paths are redrawn overnight and new skills become […]
Indifference to the dawn of the AI age is a disservice to children. It is incumbent upon school managements to ensure learners are equipped with skill sets to navitage the new AI-powered world
As rapid growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries worldwide, it’s also transforming education. The dramatic emergence […]
By integrating alternative energy education into school curricula we must raise a generation with an informed and proactive mindset towards environmental stewardship
In the wake of escalating greenhouse emissions and climate change impacts, as Planet Earth inches closer to the critical temperature rise threshold of 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels, the urgency to […]
A Learning Experience Designer (LXD) is a professional working in education and instructional design, specialising in developing effective and engaging learning experiences for students
Education is undergoing radical change, driven by technological advances that are propelling us towards a dramatically different future for learning. Metaverse Learning, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Learning Experience Platforms […]
Education is not merely about knowledge delivery… Conscious learning is a new-age pedagogy that prompts students to develop deep awareness of their thoughts, emotions and action
In the fast-evolving education landscape, there is a notable shift towards a holistic approach to nurturing young minds. Education is not merely about knowledge delivery but […]
Introduction to Conscious Learning: In the fast-evolving education landscape there is a notable shift towards a holistic approach to nurturing of young minds. Education is not merely about knowledge delivery but also necessitates shaping students into well-balanced, resilient individuals attuned with their inner selves. Conscious learning is a new age […]
2024 is promising in terms of work-life balance, greater workplace diversity, incremental adoption of artificial intelligence and climate change practices. This trend is likely to continue.
In 2023, the world pushed aside the ghosts of the pandemic, and rebooted. However, remote-work habits acquired in the pandemic have survived. In addition, […]
Education has already undergone a remarkable transformation with the advent of the internet, but the integration of AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT has revolutionised teaching-learning
(Shivam Dutta is promoter-CEO of Alma Better, a Bengaluru-based AI and data science company)
Devyani Mungali It’s no longer a secret that artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over every aspect of human […]
In the absence of safe, nurturing neighbourhoods there is a sudden void. Schools need to step forward to ensure the well-being of parents, children and educators
(Devyani Mungali is founder of the Sanskriti Group of Schools, Pune, which has 9,000 students and 500 teachers on its muster rolls)
At a time when NEP 2020 is being rolled out, it would be a good idea to mandate a dedicated sports class starting an hour before academic classes commence, or after school gets over
(Puru Singh is founder-director of the Push Sports Academy, Delhi)
Recalling his early years in his autobiography My Life, legendary basketball player Earvin […]
Through their contrasting narratives, two movies compel us to reflect on the condition of K-12 education in India. They force us to confront uncomfortable truths and inspire us to strive for change
Dr. Prashant Narang, Senior Fellow (Research & Training Programs) at the Centre for Civil Society, Delhi
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today” — Malcolm X (1925-1965)
American Black power activist Malcolm X’s insightful words resonate deeply in the realm of education, underscoring the importance of preparing students for the challenges and opportunities that
All school teachers must become familiar with Chat GPT as soon as possible. They should utilise its speedy capability to produce lesson plans, worksheets and assessments writes Lawrence Fray
Nations are vying for Artificial Intelligence (AI) supremacy, businesses are harnessing it for their own ends and educators need to come to terms with it. It’s clear […]
With appropriate tools and strategies, educators have the opportunity to harness the power of AI to provide personalised, engaging and effective learning experiences for children writes Robinson Philipose
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has made headlines around the world and scared educationists with alarmist predictions of widespread testing malpractice. But on the other side, AI has […]
Studio pedagogy takes a very different approach. A substantial number of contact hours and credits are given to undergrads to resolve live workplace problems individually or in team writes Pratyush Shankar
Traditionally, engineering education has been perceived to be a higher education discipline that requires good grasp of theoretical concepts and a fair amount of workshop or […]
Liberal arts students learn to use imagination, experiences and sensitivity to create new knowledge, learn to empathise to understand human sensitivities, and learn for the joy of learning writes Sanjay Padode
The industrial age was dominated by concepts of division of labour and specialisation. This was the most efficient strategy for achieving scale and efficiency in […]
While some learning loss is inevitable because of switch to online teaching-learning, many assumptions about learning loss suffered by students during the pandemic lockdown are exaggerated writes Rajesh Khanna
India’s education sector experienced a tectonic shift during the pandemic that forced schools and higher education institutions (HEIs) to re-think and re-invent the way mainstream education is […]
The agile classroom is built on the foundation of people, process, collaboration and problem-solving through practice of 21st century skills
OUR CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM WAS designed during the first industrial revolution (1760-1820). In that era, the general public was largely uneducated, unable to read and knowledge was in short supply. If you wanted to learn […]
THE DESCRIPTIVE ‘LEARNING SPACE’ EVOKES the image of classrooms in which teachers and students are involved in face-to-face interaction. Undoubtedly, classrooms are the principal theatres of teaching-learning. However, in present times of internet connectivity and hybrid education, learning spaces need to be more broadly defined. In my school, students sitting by a pond or […]
To be useful, feedback has to be timely, specific and actionable. Teachers are often buried under day-to-day demands of the profession. But delayed feedback loses its power and utility for students, writes Tara Quigley
OVER THE COURSE OF MY 24-YEAR TEACHING career, I have assessed and provided feedback to students on countless assignments. But only after […]
As the world begins to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic which severely disrupted K-12 schooling, the challenges confronting India’s education system need to be urgently addressed, writes Elisabeth Evi
Indian education was severely disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. While many children missed school altogether during the world’s most prolonged schools lockdown — averaging 82 weeks — […]
Under the mentorship model unthrea-tened by audit-style evaluation teachers are likely to experiment, innovate and improve classroom management and lessons planning and delivery, Prachi Bhardwaj
Upgrading the quality of teaching-learning in India’s 17,000 teacher training colleges is one of the most important prerequisites of introducing academic rigour and improving students’ learning outcomes. This is acknowledged in […]
In this age of rudderless drift towards liberalism fuelled by mobile phones and social media apps, educators need to confront new threats posed by the internet and dangerous apps, writes Lawrence Fray
During the past two decades, progressive schools have successfully moved from the treadmill of lecture-based instruction to more personalised forms of learning where students […]
– Sanjay Viswanathan, an alum of University of Strathclyde and Harvard Business School and founder-chairman of the London-based Adi Group and Ed4All
In the 21st century India will overtake the US and China to become the most prosperous nation in the world again. To attain this objective we need a National Doctrine starting with mindset change
Vedant Thadani, an alum of Goldsmiths College, University of London and works with Muskan Productions, Delhi
The crisis in Ukraine has alerted many Indians to the plight of their fellow countrymen who were stranded in that country. The overwhelming majority of them were medical students who had left India to pursue undergrad degrees. Ukraine isn’t […]
When students return to school following the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, the focus of institutional managements shouldn’t just be on academics. They will also need to help children with the transition back to in-person classes while supporting their mental health and well-being. According to several authoritative studies, anxiety and unhappiness rose among youngsters throughout the […]
– Aadya Sharma, Kunal Jaluka and Suresh C Joshi, Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.
Graduating from high school is the first step into adult life for a student, and choosing a career path is never easy for teenagers confronted with multitudes of possibilities and opportunities. This essay focuses on […]
In March 2020, schools in India and worldwide came to an abrupt halt because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Surprisingly despite the massive disruption, quite a number of schools managed to cope well, taking teachers, students and parents on an online adventure! As with most adventures, there were teething troubles but eventually things […]
Despite politicians endlessly debating the rights and wrongs of history and the country’s towns and cities hosting large numbers of monuments of historical importance, India’s education institutions don’t encourage historical thinking.
Historical thinking or thinking with history mandates a sense of time and change over time. Second, it requires careful understanding of context and putting […]
The sustained preference for study abroad is due to the variety of electives, degree options, specialisations, better research platforms and diverse pedagogies that universities abroad offer, says Ramananda S.G.
As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc leaving uncertainty in its wake with travel restrictions by most countries firmly in place, Indian students are turning to twinning […]
Explosive grades inflation has jeopardised the credibility of school board exams. Therefore the criterion referenced assessment (CRA) system is receiving new traction, says Venunadhan Pillai
In many countries around the world including India, examination boards have cancelled or postponed exams because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This decision has not been taken lightly. Public board exam scores […]
Political will is required to grasp several thorny nettles and radically restructure India’s isolationist higher education system to improve the ranking of our universities in global league tables, says Amarendra Sahoo
The London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) which publishes its World University Rankings rating the world’s Top 1,000 universities, recently released its 2021 list. Only 21 Indian […]
In its recommendations the Kasturirangan Committee identified faculty capacity building as a critical prerequisite of improving HEIs. But NEP 2020 makes only a passing reference to it – Dr. R.S. Grewal
THE NEW NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY (NEP) 2020 was presented to the country and public on July 29 last year. But as was the case with […]
Sarojini Rao is the principal of Indus International School & advisor, Indus Startup School, Bengaluru
21st century India is re-discovering its entrepreneurial roots. It is now among the world’s top 5 countries for the number of start-up enterprises. However, according to a 2017 IBM Institute for Business Value and Oxford Economics Study, 90 percent of Indian […]
Sumesh Nair is the Mumbai-based co-founder and CEO of Board Infinity, a career exploration platform
In recent years, larger budgets for digital learning programmes, new tech innovations, enhancement of virtual training tools and rising popularity of social media, have given a huge stimulus to e-learning.
According to a 2016 report by US-based Statista Research Department, the […]
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