I hear and I forget I see and I remember I do and I understand – Chinese proverb Some time back, I was teaching my nephew a geometric problem based on cubes and cuboid. Though ...
The discovery of the decimal system and the invention of ZERO mounts the courage of Indians with pace and priority among the global audience. The country today needs more of concerned teachers to explore the ...
India can become an economic superpower if its youth are nurtured to become world-class researchers through a well-developed and systematic science education programme. Such a programme will produce researchers not only in engineering and technology, ...
Experts often worry that students may attend school, but do not absorb knowledge. Children go to school, but do the students learn? It is vital for students to retain knowledge and understand concepts. A recent ...
Students in schools should be made to enjoy the process of learning. Once this happens, children will not only learn better, but will also overcome their fear of appearing in the examinations. It is the ...
In a society richly steeped in culture, traditions, heritage and multilingualism, we need to reflect on transforming the attitude towards education. The educational system must allow for the fact that there are different ways of ...
A friend of ours narrates this little tale: “When studying for our diploma in electrical engineering more than 25 years ago, me and my classmates used to discuss quite a many things technical. One topic ...
The system of education in India is gradually changing. From being primarily focused on exams and marks, it is now getting focused also on creativity and critical thinking. This has come from the realisation that ...
THE CENTRAL BOARD of Secondary Education (CBSE) will establish science hubs in schools to encourage focus on science and technology. Schools that have been winning CBSE’s national-level science exhibition since 2004 will get science hubs ...