This essay on tehelka.com by Prof. Yash Pal, National Research Professor, GoI, is a commentary on the state of education here, and hypothesizes links between the cultural and evolutionary nature of Indians and their attitudes towards education. It is certainly a very interesting read, even if one may not agree with all that he says. It even speaks to some of the discussions we have had here such as the one I initiated - "Indian School Education: Good or Bad? read more

Almost every other day, we hear or read about the problems related to the newly adopted policy of introducing sex education in primary schools. read more

All around the world, Indian education - at least at the K-12 level - is hailed as being an exemplar for good education. Countries such as the US use Math scores of kids in India, to make a point of things that need to improve in their education system. Every now and then we read about some visiting dignitory praising the school education system here. Take this article (in the related link) written by an American of Indian origin in a local Oregon gazette. It paints such a positive picture of school education in our country. Reading it makes us feel proud of what we have here. read more

So says a new study as reported at this Reuters India site.  According to the scientists quoted in the article,

 "Math anxiety -- feelings of dread and fear and avoiding math -- can sap the brain's limited amount of working capacity, a resource needed to compute difficult math problems"

Helping students be more relaxed about this subject may be one more thing Math teachers need to do, it appears!

Well, February is here, and we all know what that means for millions of students and parents in our country - BOARD EXAMS! It's as if the entire country is in a state of tension and stress. Why, I came across an article on the Indiatimes website about how vaastu can help - "in education, to improve one's fate and one's concentration"! read more