Edu Research & Insights

*Summer vacations around the corner. Parents make them busy searching for suitable camp for the kids. Almost 2 months break... Art, theatre,Football,basketball,robotics, dance, nature walk,cooking,painting...poured with options... Interested parents include the following also in the list: 1. My kid this time learns to wash her plate. A 12 yr girl last time shocked me when I asked her to put the plate in the sink by saying ' oh sorry aunt. I did not know this is my duty. My house, either maid or ma takes it..' 2. My kid , every morning learns to fold her bedsheets and and arrange the pillow and bed. 3. During this 2 months period, my kid learns to eat what I cook instead of what she likes to eat. 4. My kid , gathers her friends, going for evening walk, introduce themselves to neighbors. 5. My kid, along with her friends make lemonade after their outdoor play. 6. She has 2 cousins at hometown. When she is going to visit them, she is taking only one set of toys, not 3 s

By: SV Manjunath Source credit: http://www.bfirst.in/category/critcolumns/physical-education-456002 Beyond conquests, defeats, individual accomplishments and failures, what is critical is that we all come together and play in the true spirit of the game, striving to perform better, though many of us are well past our prime. We do not mind carrying a sour bowling arm or a niggling injury for the next few weeks; for, the joy derived from the game is far superior to the transitory pain! A certain camaraderie is generated amongst the players that gets carried beyond the playing arena too.   This brings us to the question: how to infuse this spirit in our schools. Efforts are on to prepare champion sportspersons at the grassroots level to enable us to grow as a sporting nation at the international level through programs such as Khelo India. While these efforts should go on, there is a need to look at health and physical activities as an integrated and inseparable part of the school cur