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ICSE vs CBSE: What is the Difference Between Them?
ICSE vs CBSE: What is the Difference Between Them? ICSE vs CBSE: The Difference During the admission process and selecting between which board is best suitable for your child can be a tough task, especially when it is your first child’s admission as many people have different opinions when it…
Elocution Competition: Rules, Objectives, Importance, Topics & More
Elocution Competition: Rules, Objectives, Importance, Topics & More What Is An Elocution Competition? An elocution competition is the art of public speaking that gives us self-boost and confidence to speak in front of a large audience. It enables children to create a connect with the audience who is listening to…
Importance of Uniforms in Schools
I’d like to begin with a famous quote by Robert Baden Powell- a prominent Canadian Politician: Over the years one has seen that uniforms in schools, have been given lesser and lesser importance. Today’s children prefer not to have a uniform in school. They love the freedom of wearing clothes…
Do not undermine the fact that “Health is Wealth”
It is very easy to be laidback and fall back. Sometimes you do need that extra push to get out there and do whatever it is your doing to achieve your goal. That “extra push” could manifest in the form of a famous person, an ordinary person, an image, words,…
How Inspirations make you a better person
It is very easy to be laidback and fall back. Sometimes you do need that extra push to get out there and do whatever it is your doing to achieve your goal. That “extra push” could manifest in the form of a famous person, an ordinary person, an image, words,…
How can we make our kids Global citizens?
A Global citizen implies a citizen of the world. Our world is as big or small as we make it. Our sense of belonging to a community, a town, a city, a country, a continent, the entire world. In Sanskrit is a saying, “Vasudeva Kutambakam”, “The World is my family.”…
Computer games or Outdoor games….. what is better?
Well, I really don’t like to take sides but nor do I like to sit on the fence. So, let us we look at this very contemporary matter which looks us straight in the face. A question that comes to mind is, are we turning our children into mechanised robots…
The burning issue of a heavy school bag
Taking the load off young shoulders According to a study conducted last year, nearly 60% of students under 10 years of age are facing dire consequences because of the weight of their school bags. An insight into the issue… A burning issue ever since 2008 The discussion on the issue…
What kind of education can make a child human
“Why do we go to school?”, wailed my ten year old as she wore her monumental school bag on her tiny back while preparing for school. “To get educated”, pat came the reply from her elder I-Know-Everything brother. “For?”, she shot back defiantly. “So that we get educated and find…
Only a curriculum which follows the principal of differentiated learning will be successful.
<strong>“ Education is not about learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” Albert Einstein.</strong> Differentiated learning simply means providing different ways of learning to different students to help them understand a concept. Students vary in terms of socio economic backgrounds, cultures, languages, their ability to understand,…
Intro- The committee that set up the National Policy of Education has submitted a report to the Human Resource Development ministry, wherein it has recommended administering an online board exam for students of Class XII. The committee has also suggested changes in the examination system for Class X, whereby it…
Empower your staff
A good principal has to be a good manager, who keeps his/ her teachers and staff motivated at all times. Here is how you can do the same in order to bring the best out of your team… As a passive agent Sometimes, it is good to be a passive…
Competitive Exams in India from 2nd Grade to 12th Grade
After a day of exhaustive learning and concept understanding, one needs to asses one’s knowledge as to where he/she stands and this is where assessments help. Every curriculum has its own set of exam patterns to assess the understanding of students. To go a step ahead there are various competitive…
7 ways of giving effective feedback to students
“People may forget what you said to them or what you did with them however they always remember how you made them feel” One of the major responsibilities of a teacher is to give a feedback to the students about their academic performance and overall development. A feedback should be…
Did you know that one of India’s most prestigious institute of educators, where only the brightest of the bright are given admission, keep their gates to the terraces closed during campus interviews and the result/report days? It’s because they are scared that there might be a student who will buckle…
Do students study to educate themselves or just to score higher.
Exams are over but there is no time to rejoice because now the stress of finding out how much did I score is eating up every student. Parents don’t make it any easier. In fact this pressure is inadvertently put on their wards by the parents themselves. For students it…
Curriculum is not just books, it is the DNA of learning.
Curriculum is the backbone of the educational system. It is like the Geeta which lays down the principles of learning, The main objective being how to impart knowledge, values, skills for the overall holistic development of a child so as to gear him with the know how of facing challenges…
Is life only about A+
We still live in an age where grades matter to our children and us. We still have to look beyond the other brighter side and live to accept the fact that a child scoring lower grades can be successful. We are living in an era where we talk a lot…
A Healthy body keeps a healthy mind.
Why have schools become just academic centers? Why is that we care more about academics? Why is that most of us when we go for school meetings or on report days, do we just end up meeting the core subject teachers and skip/ keep meeting the PE teacher the last.…
Can A School Administration Run Like A Corporate Entity?
Today I am going to ask you a question. A tough one to answer. Can a School administration run like a corporate entity? I have been in a school for the first 18 years of my life and in the corporate sector for 12. And isn’t it strange that I…
4 key factors of teacher credibility in classroom
About “John Hattie” and his research, I heard for the first time in a conference for school Principals conducted in Lucknow, India. He has researched over 800 meta-analysis relating to achievements, he has compared the effect sizes computed for more than 800 different meta-analysis that, in turn, bring together the…
Great teachers create great students. A school is made by the teachers it keeps. A motivated, dedicated, empathetic and a knowledgeable teacher, who can inspire students into becoming positive thinkers, is the biggest asset a school can ever have and there can be no second opinion or a substitute to…
Empowering one & all through education
Bringing about a change in the education is no mean task, but every little step counts. And Neha Swain, who was recently awarded Queen’s Young Leaders Award in Buckingham Palace by the British monarch, has already taken several in this direction. She talks about her NGO Rubaroo in Hyderabad, which…
Bringing about equality in access to education
Intro- Karti Sawhney has been awarded the Queen’s Young Leaders Award at the Buckingham Palace. What makes his achievement even more special is that he is visually challenged. He inspires today’s youth, including the specially-abled, to widen their horizons in Science & Maths …. How does it feel to be…
The Right to Education Act
The Right to Education Act(RTE) was enacted By the parliament of India, on 4 August 2009. This Act is a fundamental right of education for every child and explains the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children of India between the age group of 6 and…
Role of Sports in developing a healthy body and mind
“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.” Joseph Chilton Pearce Today, at every corner you will find a school, preschool or a day care. Rapid progress has made education available just round the corner. But just one look deeper into the way the school’s curriculum…
The school of my dreams…
By Mr. Pope AFTER having served in the educational field for the past 26 years, I know that an ideal educational institution is difficult to come by. A school today is but a commercial enterprise where there is much profit for both the undividable and the establishment. However, such an…
Can Values be imparted in schools?
By- Anu Sukhija Let’s forget for a moment whether your kinder gartner can mellifluously croon a twinkle twinkle little star or your fourth grader can write a 500 word essay or whether your teenager is good atPythagoras Theorem. Consider instead whether they can tell good from bad, right from wrong,…
How school infrastructure Impacts the overall development of child
By- Anu Sukhija I need to confess this that after having hated my school for half of my life along with things that come as part of the deal, namely early morning alarm, uniform, homework, exams and punishment; I am now convinced that those were In fact the best days…
Games to be made compulsory in the curriculum.
Why are we biased towards the child’s brain and undermine his body is a worrisome question we all need to ask ourselves.. When we talk about schools and their curriculum, it is always the academics that comes to our minds. Most schools are just academic centres and undermine sports. Even…
Does your child study for the love of it or for the fear of it?
Does your child study for the love of it or for the fear of it? Our education system is well designed but because the parents get overly concerned, the pressure gets transmitted to children. Children begin to perceive studies as some kind of unpleasant activity that needs to be quickly…
Exercise Improves Memory
It has been scientifically proven “Exercise Improves Memory, Quicker Reaction Time and Creativity”. Remember “your body is the only place you have to live in, so take care of it.” Do you believe in the age old adage of ‘All Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Most…