A very important question, any discussion on it hinges on the definition of ‘quality education’. The schools as we see today, ‘the industrial society schools’, have a very simple definition of quality – maximise the fraction of total students who excel in the public examination that assesses the knowledge of the prescribed syllabus. In other […]
Read more >It is very revealing to explore the evolution of the organizational aspects of schools over the past 200 years. To be specific in comparison, we have chosen five important organizational dimensions as listed in the tabular representation. We have analysed and reported the state of each dimension at the two end-points – 1810s (chosen to […]
Read more >Strangely, consistency in quality of delivery is the hallmark of excellence (as long as the quality is above par). The highest level of quality is desirable but subordinate to consistency of the stated quality in order of importance. Conceivably, measurement of quality is a seriously tricky business; it gets bad if there are multiple ‘stars’ […]
Read more >And the Pulitzer goes to Robo journalist To date, our ideas about AI have been shaped largely by fiction writers and the time has come when AI can itself write works of fiction. Writer bots are already penning short stories and novels but the plot and prose may be far from keeping many readers interested. […]
Read more >Institutional goals have the single-most important impact on institutional outcomes. The importance of goals becomes all the more critical for institutional efficiency and effectiveness when an institution is under stress, much the way school education system finds itself stuck in. Goals get knotty for schools because the implicit goals override the explicit ones. Here is […]
Read more >The issue of slow and poor handwriting is a fairly serious educational challenge. Digitalisation is no reason for acceptance of poor handwriting among school-going children because writing has a role in the larger development of children and a few academic subjects (such as Maths) are far from being computer friendly. The neural processes involved in […]
Read more >The future of the architecture profession – Donnelly Brandon Architecture schools need to teach more about business and making money. There would still need to be an ‘architect of record’, whose name would appear on the building permit and who would ultimately end up shouldering the liability for the design. You see, a bifurcation has […]
Read more >The need for innovations in the teaching of English needs no emphasis. ‘Learning good English’ is the most aspirational educational goal families across India hold for their children.However, innovations in teaching English have to be ‘home-grown’ because no other major country in the world uses a second-language (such as English for Indians) as the medium […]
Read more >Arm wrestling with technology In 2012, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, with his prosthetic limbs, became the first double leg amputee to participate and compete with able bodied athletes in the Olympics. What was more remarkable is that he proceeded to win two gold and one silver medal. However, this wasn’t without controversy because of […]
Read more >Why you and I are so busy? “Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts.” – Brigid Schulte, Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time Selina Wang in a blogger for Huffington post and Lori Deschene, author and founder of […]
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