Today I was listening to an orientation class by MAD and there was a mention that MAD follows an open class policy. In an open class, the student is free to walk out of the class room if its not interesting enough.
MAD is the coolest NGO in India and they teach English and Computers to kids in orphanages. They are driven by passion and a desire to Make A Difference. The open class policy is used by MAD as a parameter to evaluate...
I came home today evening to see a horrible news on TV. 11 year old school girl dies after being tortured by a teacher. The little girl was unable to recite the English alphabets in order and the teacher hit her head on table and made her stand in the sun for 2 hours. The girl fainted, went into a coma and later died in the hospital.
This is the face of education in India. When I was 12 years old, my maths teacher beat me and palm...
This post is a actually a comment that appeared on this blog. I thought it qualified to be a post. Read and do comment your thoughts about the issues raised here.
India is a mess. It’s that simple, but it’s also quite complicated. I’ll start with what I think are India’s four major problems–the four most preventing India from becoming a developing nation–and then move to some of the ancillary...
The other day I was talking to a student who graduated in August from my school. He is in OPT for almost 75 days now. He is trying his best to find a job but with an economic recession he is not even getting interview calls. He was so sad and telling me “since I have some good friends I am surviving. I don’t have any money to spend nor any work”. I found him very low in confidence and cursing the luck for his inability to...
Only last week did I happen to come across the article wherein an AIG Executive VP put in his papers addressed to the CEO on the New York Times Op-Ed section (read it here). My first reactions to this were those of shock and disbelief, but then I started reading the whole thing and slowly realized that what he did was not entirely wrong although if I were him, I wouldn’t do the same thing but it is also worth noting that I’m...
During my high school and college days, labs were always scary. I am pretty much sure the situation has not changed after hearing a recent experience a friend of mine had.
Labs are treated as places where the staff gets to torture the student. Everything has to be perfect, the lab record, the drawings etc. Most times students are forced to do lab sessions of stuff they have not yet learned. My physics and chemistry labs during...
It is with much amusement that i see the proceedings of Shiv Sena , Ram Sena and other godly Senas against Cupid struck couples on valentine’s day every year. Chasing them down the alleys, over the park and to rub salt we also have the police (the cops you know with star strapped shoulders and all..) engaging in moral policing. This cruel thamasa or should I say ghastly acts of self appointed guardians of national culture...
