Online Class, AI, and Future of Higher-Education
Till now, the major change that has already occurred to our education system is the shift of classroom teaching to an online-mode.
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My experience with relief work during lockdown
Relief work is a lot more of an emotional cauldron, and being a social worker, it is very important to understand and channelize your own emotions while you go out to support families. It is also important for us to understand that we are not the centre of the work.
Horatian political satire in Malayalam news channels
Some of them are simply called infotainment programs, perhaps in an attempt to dilute the intensity that comes with the notion of satire. Perhaps the people working on it choose to reiterate that they intend to keep the act simple and bias-free
India’s education system in a limbo
Indian education system in the time of COVID 19 [responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] The current disposition of academic pedagogy around the globe has been jeopardized due to the COVID 19 outbreak. The virus has demonstrated the value of health workers and service executives and the demeanor of Asian Nations…
Digital Divide and schools of Punjab during the lockdown
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Hindi Male” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] The spread of the Corona epidemic is currently worldwide. As of April 19, 2020, almost 2.4 million cases of coronavirus have been reported worldwide. Of those, around 1,65, 000 people died. India has reported around 17,000 cases of coronavirus. Amidst the pandemic situation, a countrywide lockdown…
Education is not merely to generate wealth
In the discourse about the status quo and the zeitgeist of the modern times, it is evident that the emphasis is majorly on the building and sustenance of financial capital. The World Bank’s The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018 report shows that the global wealth grew an estimated 66 percent ($690 trillion to $1143 trillion) from 1995 to 2014…
Why studying Humanities is important?
Everyone’s favorite career advice to give and to listen to is ‘follow your passion’. No matter how charming it may sound, it’s not easy to follow and even harder if your passion is not anything related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). What to do if, in this world obsessed by STEM, you like studying…
Education should lead India towards unison
(This article on education received a book prize as part of the Republic Day OpEd contest organised by The ArmChair Journal) On 28th November of 2019, while surfing Facebook, I came across a picture of a burnt body. Not painted but photographed. A burnt, blackened human body. With the photograph of the body, was a…
Are schools and education system killing creativity?
It was like any other normal day. Hundreds of people wearing the same clothes entering a building around 8 am and leaving after around six hours, doing the same activities as always. You have probably guessed which building I am talking about, if not let me give you one more hint. Entering into this building…
Teachers – Nourishers in the age of Data!
(This is article is the first in a 3 part series on ‘Nourishers in Our Lives – What They Leave Us With & What We Give Back?’ The remaining two would be published in the coming days) Nourishing It was in a cab ride involving two newbie teachers that this conversation on nourishing came up. As…
How much fee should JNU students pay?
Needless to introduce either JNU, or the recent protests by students that have been happening about fee hike. There will not be much dispute if one says India is an opportunity-scarce society. Meaning, there is a substantial amount of its population living in poverty, it observes exponentially rising inequality, and there are social barriers like…
Teacher’s day Memoir
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending” C. S. Lewis The Student I am Sowmya. I am a popular kid in my school. I’m known for my brazen attitude. Apparently, I’m good at academics and extra-curricular activities. You could call me an All-rounder….
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