Further, careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) will remain the easiest gateway to professional success. No child should feel excluded from career opportunities in STEM due to poor academic performance at school. The reality, on the other hand, is that the overwhelming majority of students face a ‘regressive shock’. Students helplessly live in an […]
The primary purpose of maths and science education is the nurturance of logical intelligence (the ability to reason, deduce, infer, critically analyze and be creative). A’100% score in maths and science’ until Class X for every student is a national-community imperative as much as an educational right of every child. A logical bent of mind […]
The current school system was mass-scaled in the 19th century to meet the needs of industrial economy. An instrument of the fast-expanding industrial society of theearly 19th century, schools could not escape being built on the new-found principles of industrial organisation. We cannot really understand the schools of today if we do notstart with the […]
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 […]
The following tabular representation offers a comparison of the school education in 1810s and 2010s. Educational practices in schools in 1810s (200 years back) Educational practices in schools, as of date Teachers had to read and complete the entire syllabus Teachers still have to ‘finish’ the syllabus! -same as in 1810s Homework was made repetitive; […]
