For some time now, I’ve been taking some interest in Indian History, Ancient Indian History. And in the same vein, I had written about My India a year back. Fact is fact, no matter how harsh it may sound. And indeed bad, that post hasn’t been able to make it to the ‘Most Read’ Posts in… Continue reading
Category: Education
8th April 2012
April 8th means everything to me – my life, my career, my prospects, future, family, love, relationships, friendships, money, job, books and may be whatever else you could possibly think off under the sun… This was the reply when by chance I had asked my old junior friend about his studies some days back . I… Continue reading
Education and Marks in Schools
Few days back I wrote about our Education system in our country, more precisely when I talked about surprise tests and their drawbacks. When we criticize a system, more often than not, people forget that mere exhibition of blatant criticism just adds to trash, when we criticize we must remember to provide certain solutions for the problems… Continue reading
Surprise Exams – Food for thought
Few days back I read on the newspaper that the Govt. of West Bengal wanted to reduce “study-pressure” on school students and hence have come up with an alternative to exams – the alternative is “Surprise Tests”. While doing a Google search on whether surprise tests will be beneficial or not, I came across a little… Continue reading