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 into knowledge remains seriously doubtful.
- The possibility of children exploring on their own is limited, it seems that the exam system cannot be changed.
- The school-leaving examination was designed in the latter half of the 19th century as a means of elimination. And it has remained that all the way up to now.
- The exam system acts as a custodian which doesn’t permit a vast number of children to go forward.
- Britain, for example, makes sure that each child’s work and performance gets a fair chance to be assessed properly by more than one evaluator.
- There is a possibility of reforming the system in such a manner that it is more insightful and less stressful.
- "We don’t equip our teachers with a deep understanding of how children learn and how to assess a child’s growth. Our system right from the beginning becomes intensely competitive and stressful and starts promoting cramming as a way to move forward with high marks".
- Krishna Kumar quotes "If a child has written something sensible in slightly different words — for instance, instead of the word ‘architecture’, if a child has used the word ‘structure’ — the evaluator will strike off a mark simply because the model answer says the correct answer should use the word ‘architecture’."
Click to read whole interview of Rohit Ji and Krishna Ji on The Hindu
Click to read the National Education Policy 2019 (Draft)
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