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The Madras High Court recently cautioned that teachers cannot be blamed for student suicides:

*The Madras High Court recently cautioned that teachers cannot be blamed for student suicides merely on account of disciplinary acts carried out by them in good faith*. To this end, Justice RMT Teekhaa Raman has observed, "... it is seen that, when teachers, in the interest of the institution, school/college, to correct any mistake done by the students in order to cultivate good habits and get rid of bad habits, such as stealing money, the accused being teachers on their school have scolded for stealing money and such act of the accused/teachers cannot be said to amount to abetment of suicide..." The Court noted went on to note that there has been a rise in similar cases where teachers are being blamed for student suicides. "In another case, it seems that the student has taken extreme decision to put an end to his life by committing suicide by hanging, as he has obtained less marks in Mathematics which resulted in, the concerned Lecturer was arrayed as an accused.

PREKINDERS: Resources for Pre-K Teachers:

This site which credence is spreading the word is dedicated to sharing ideas and resources to help you teach Pre-K children . PREKINDERS BELIEVRS IN HANDS-ON, ACTIVE, & PLAYFUL LEARNING TO INSPIRE YOUNG MINDS . Preschool kids can play and have fun while learning the skills they need. You will find hundreds of classroom tested lessons and ideas to teach Pre-K: everything you need from math to literacy, fine motor to classroom management. Whether you are a teacher, parent, librarian, or anyone who wishes to teach early learners, you are welcome to PREKINDERS ! They are Serving Pre-K teachers, parents, & kids worldwide since 2000. Click to open! https://www.prekinders.com Note: CLF has no connection with PREKINDERS, we have provided the link as an educational resource.

Limitless Learners Contest! (For US students only)

Hello Credence Learning Foundation blog Readers, (Update on student competition for USA students only). As some of you are aware that www.education.com spreads the word of few of their initiatives through our blog. This year, they are proud to offer $9,000 in prizes as part of their Limitless Learners Contest! We’d love to share this amazing opportunity with you, our readers, and the talented children in your community. The contest encourages kids in/entering K-5th grade to think creatively about what education means to them and use their art, writing, and language skills to express their ideas. A winner will be chosen from each grade level to receive $500 for college and a free lifetime membership to Education.com for their parent or educator! The winning child can choose to nominate their school or local library to win a $1,000 donation as well. We’d love it if one of our readers' kids were the recipient of this prize. To help spread the word, would you please share this con

Snippets by CLF based on interview on National Education Policy Draft 2019 by The Hindu newspaper with Rohit Dhankar and Krishna Kumar:

Most of us have been sharing the Draft copy of National Education Policy 2019. Today on 14th June 2019, The Hindu news paper has published an article of an interview with two prominent educationists of India- Rohit Dhankar and Krishna Kumar. The original interview has focused on these personalities' thoughts on this Draft policy document. The CLF has curated snippets of this very productive interview. Our readers could benefit from it. At the end we have shared the link of The Hindu newspaper article and also National Education Policy 2019 Draft soft copy link. Snippets, here you go: - In what manner can you be stopped from going further? Grade 10 is the most draconian barrier, Grade 12 also fails a large number of children. - Bagging a rank among lakhs of students is accepted widely as a mark of excellence. But how scientific is the examination system at determining the progress of students?  - Children do acquire snippets of information, but whether they construct that int

WHEN BODY PARTS ARE USED AS VERBS:

Many parts of the body can be used as verbs in either a physical or a metaphorical sense. You can *head* a company, but if things go wrong you'll have to *shoulder* the blame, or *face* your investors. A good leader will *back* his employees, but if you don't *toe* the line the management can *skin* you. Did you *muscle* your way into that job? You might *eye* someone suspiciously, or wait for the police to *finger* a suspect. But if you need to get out of town, you can *thumb* a ride or you can ride with me if you can *stomach* the thought. Use strong *arm* tactic if you want to *elbow* out someone. I don't always sing along with the radio, but I sometimes do *mouth* the words. That's Amazing English! (To all English-Language Lovers) Source: received through WhatsApp message

What too much education can do us (funny):

*An uneducated father with his educated son went on a camping trip.* *They set-up their tent and fell asleep.* *Some hours later, the father woke up his son.* *Father : Look up to the sky and tell me what you see.* *Son : I see millions of stars.* *Father : And what does that tell you?* *Son :* *Astronomically, it tells that there are millions of galaxies and planets.* *Father slaps the son hard and says- "Idiot, someone has stolen our tent"* *MORAL :* *Too much education can spoil our common sense.* *Don't Laugh Alone Share it.*😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Source: received through WhatsApp Message

Critical thinkers of our classroom (Funny classroom discussion):

*IT'S HARD TO BE A TEACHER AT CURRENT TIMES.*.. *WHY READ ON*🤣😜 *Teacher:* ''Construct a sentence using the word "sugar'' *Pupil:* ''I drank tea this morning.'' *Teacher:* ''Where is the word sugar.'' *Pupil:* ''It is already in the tea..!!'' *Not Easy to be a Teacher  !!!!!* *TEACHER*: Our topic for today is Photosynthesis. *TEACHER* : Class, what is photosynthesis? *Student*: Photosynthesis is our topic today. *Not Easy to be a Teacher  !!!!!* *TEACHER* : John is climbing a tree to pick some mangoes. ( Begin the sentence with Mangoes) *Student* : Mangoes, John is coming to pick you... *Not Easy to be a Teacher  !!!!!* *TEACHER* : What do you call mosquitoes in your language? *Student*: We don't call them, they come on their own... *Not Easy to be a Teacher  !!!!!* *TEACHER* : Name the nation, people hate most *Student*: Exami-nation... *Not Easy to be a Teacher  !!!!!* *TEACHER* : How ca