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Make schools safer for kids: Stop the bullying right now!
Teachers must have their antennae up at all times and they must remember that punishing the bully is not the solution.
18 Apr 2019 5:38 AM
Invest in primary teachers, kids’ future at stake
By paying a pittance to our primary level teachers, we are succeeding in driving away much needed talent from this section.
07 Mar 2019 12:08 AM
Let’s focus on the well-being of our young people
In order to make our country a happier place, we must focus on the well-being of children first as this would have a long-term impact on their lives.
23 Jan 2019 1:24 AM
Disagreement, dissent, disobedience are vital
I don’t know why I didn’t get into serious trouble but I used to teach my pupils the value of disobedience.
30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM
What can we do about our vanishing values?
Instead of living in a “gilded age”, we could, through a robust value system, embark on a golden age in India.
13 Oct 2018 2:08 AM
It’s a mistake to make young people worry about careers too early in life
It is abundantly clear that the objective of being “college-ready” and “career ready” is not being met.
08 Aug 2018 12:34 AM
Why sex education in schools is vital
Our children are already exposed to much more than we would like to believe.
01 Jun 2018 1:13 AM
India’s exam system needs an overhaul, not just tinkering
We must not ruin our children emotionally and cerebrally in this manner. It is the quality of learning and teaching that must be the focus.
17 Apr 2018 12:30 AM
Explore the Finnish model, but to bring a change in India’s schools, look within
Finnish children do not appear for examinations until the last year of school.
07 Mar 2018 3:03 AM
Know India: Let’s appreciate its diversity
Many of us do not know our own country well. School students should be encouraged to know India firsthand.
19 Jan 2018 12:51 AM
Ryan saga lessons: How schools must change
It is high time that the powers that be sat up and began overhauling our examination system.
17 Nov 2017 12:27 AM
Keeping kids safe: Schools must get basics right
The most recent instance was the horrifying Ryan School incident in Gurgaon when a Class 2 boy was found in the toilet with a slit throat.
30 Oct 2017 12:13 AM
A ‘bridge’ to link high school & varsity helps
The learning outcomes of this entire exercise were abundantly clear.
22 Sep 2017 1:52 AM
Inflated marks: 100% and still galloping
The debate over grades, marks and points is definitely over — high marks are here to stay.
11 Jul 2017 6:41 AM
Libraries will never be obsolete
The way the world is headed and in view of the clash of religions, we need to protect our civilisation.
19 May 2017 12:30 AM
Some leaders, at least, make right noises
Yogi Adityanath has said many other curious things, but in this case he deserves to be supported.
28 Apr 2017 5:43 AM
One step forward, two steps back
It is our children who usually pay the price for the vagaries of politics.
07 Apr 2017 2:26 AM
It’s time we let our kids ‘tinker’
Tinkering, which is defined as an attempt to repair or improve something, is the most natural way of learning.
23 Jan 2017 4:23 AM
Mother House in Kolkata a ‘mini-Vatican’
The Mother House in Kolkata turned into a mini Vatican City on Sunday after Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, in Vatican City.
05 Sep 2016 7:02 AM
CPM rules out apology for land acquisition in Singur
Refusing to accept the Supreme Court verdict that the land acquisition in Singur was “illegal”, CPI(M) state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra on Wednesday contested that the land was acquired as per the
01 Sep 2016 2:06 AM
Columns
On August 7, 2020, the SII, the country’s largest private vaccine manufacturer, signed an agreement with the global vaccine alliance GAVI
Little is told about regions like Odisha and Bengal, while Assam hardly figures
The Queen had a reception for the rich patrons who are going to pour money for fighting climate change
At the current rate of around thirty-four billion tons of CO2 emissions per year, we could exhaust our carbon budget in less than a decade