Most of us are aware of the fact that one of the biggest factors that is changing the face of our world is the technological advances and the disruption that it brings with it. This fact is well understood by the educational planners and educators worldwide and there is a lot of focus on coping with the changes that come…
Fashion and social media are not the only domains that thrive on trends and in vogue, the education space has a fair share of its trends if you have the ability to look closely. Some school trends are started by school managements while most are started by education service providers. Most schools are run by the government and like everything…
In the good old days there were schools and children went there to study. Some schools were good and most schools were not so good. All parents wanted to put their children in the good schools, but there were not enough seats in those schools so most parents had to settle for the not so good schools. The closest they…
Ability to handle stress, ability to fail & an ability to accept rejection! India is the suicide capital of the world and this is a know fact, what is also common knowledge to most educators is the fact that students form the majority of the suicide cases in India. Students land up taking this extreme step especially around the exam…
I have been interacting with a lot of high school students over the years and have had open conversations with them about their future and careers, in all these conversations I sensed that there is still a big conflict between what the students aspire to become and what their parents want them to be. Taking up science stream and building…
The first thing that is taught in school to any kid that starts schooling is to read and to write. From that day on for the next 2 decades students go through a rigmarole revolving around reading and writing – tests, exams, assignments etc. Infact the very term ‘Literacy’ means our ability to read and write. Have you ever wondered…