स्कूल में आज मेरा पांचवा दिन था। जैसे जैसे बच्चों को पता चल रहा है कि मैं इंडिया से आया हूं, बच्चे मुझसे मिलने आ रहे हैं। और सबसे मजेदार बात यह है कि बांग्लादेशी बच्चे,पाकिस्तानी बच्चे, तिब्बती मूल के बच्चे और नेपाली बच्चे यह सब मुझसे मिलने आ रहे हैं। आज अनुष्का मिली जो दिल्ली से ही है । अब सीधे हिंदी में ही बातचीत शुरू हो जाती है। अनुष्का इस बात से अवगत है कि उसका नाम भारत में बहुत प्रसिद्ध है। Shanghai, पाकिस्तानी शहर लाहौर से है। Hassan मिले जो कि इराक से हैं। और वंशिका उत्तर प्रदेश के शहर बनारस से हैं। सभी बच्चे हिंदी या उर्दू बोल पा रहे थे बातों बातों में ही,

Can we have CCTV Please

The news that the Delhi government is going to install CCTV cameras in all the classrooms of various Delhi Govt schools and that the parents should be given access to see the classroom processes, is making headlines in the media.

Professor Krishna Kumar has written a very well-thought piece arguing against the installation of CCTV cameras in Delhi Government Schools. In principle, no one can challenge the stand Prof. Kumar has taken in his article for Indian Express.

 राजनीति विज्ञान पढ़ाते हुए यूं ही कभी -कभी यह सवाल बच्चों से पूछ लेता हूं कि क्या राजनीति में उनकी दिलचस्पी है । एक-दो बच्चे अपना हाथ उठाकर अपनी दिलचस्पी दिखाते हैं और जो बच्चे हाथ उठाते हैं बाकी बच्चे उनकी तरफ बहुत ही हिकारत की नजर से देखते हैं । 

Most of the teachers, I meet these days have been turning euphoric thanks to the recent decision of introducing board exams for junior classes. This news is being received with such euphoria that it is being welcomed as nothing less than a ‘golden era’ in education! The level of excitement has personally left me wondering about how such a significant percentage of teachers are supporting the introduction of board exam in junior classes. I am not able to comprehend their joy.

In-service teacher training is an integral part of the teaching profession. Every year; both, public and private schools conduct in-service trainings for their teachers as it has been made mandatory by the NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education)- the regulatory body for teacher education in India.

Nursery of innovation

The story of a  Delhi Government school-GBSSS, Dhakka

I recently attended a 2-day workshop titled ‘Reflecting Pedagogy in Context of School as a Learning Organisation’.

प्रिय विद्यार्थी,

A revolution in the making- The story of the turnaround of public education in Delhi
An Insider’s (Teacher) account

Every morning, on the way to my school, I pass by a government school in the vicinity. It’s a spectacular new building which has been constructed in the old campus of the government school. It’s hard to believe that the building is a government school! A government school with such a g

A social science teacher in the classroom is like an unwanted guest. Students keep asking the time and they immediately inform the teacher once the bell rings. The expression on their face is evident that they don’t welcome the teacher. In the parent’s teacher meeting parents meets the other teachers but often ignore meeting the social science teacher. They are more concerned about the performance of their wards in ‘core’ subjects like Math, science and English.