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- When we see a school board topper we feel that he has succeeded in life and he can win in every situation in life. Now here is a question for schools and the boards of education, have they prepared children to the challenges and the needs of day-to-day life and career.  The Indian express did a four month investigation to find out how the toppers of Indian school boards doing in their career, their perception of education, and the challenges which they had to face in their further career due to gap in education system. One expressed that they should have informed about career opportunities which are available for them. Another said that they should have taught report, essay writing, and expression techniques. Toppers feel that schools stuck to text books and did not prepare for challenges to face outside.  The report says, 'While  board toppers marks and ranks may have given them a head start, looking back, they now see crucial gaps in their school curriculum and in the way they

  - Children's success in school and life is directly linked to their mental health. Many of us either do not understand the connection or just ignore it. Mental health affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.  There is a very crucial need to understand this area of children at school. This is a manual (See at the end) published by CBSE board, which lays down perspectives on MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING. The 21st century emerging challenges have necessitated that the schools also shift the focus to the psychosocial needs of students and take care of the overall wellbeing.   The schools should take actions and adopt strategies for identification and prevention of various mental health and wellbeing needs, which would create safe school environment. The priority in schools should mainly be about early identification at the individual and systemic level. This document attempts to align the role and impor

 - This is the career guidance document prepared by West Bengal. It has details about courses and colleges of National level. Few aspects are related to only West Bengal state, you can ignore those if you are from different state. Most of the aspects discussed are common for pan India. Click to read: Source: received through whatsapp Click to explore more career guidance articles 👇

 - 'Any training and facilitation should not be a one-shot engagement, even if it is spread over two weeks may not be enough to change the beliefs of all teachers. We need to present the same ideas in multiple forms to strengthen the understanding so that it translates into teachers’ practice'. 'We need to have an effective planning if the training is done online. Only voice could create boredom in the listeners on an online trainings. Participants may lose interest if there is only one facilitator, so it is better to involve two or three people to facilitate the session. And also include interaction among participants with few videos and activities. One of the most important elements in any teacher professional development program is student learning. Teachers must be made to think and deliberate around it. For this to happen, we should consciously include classroom scenarios in the beginning and make teachers think about their own students. This will help teachers to con

 Teacher education in our country is all set for an overhaul that sets teachers on a path to become lifelong learners and meet the expectations of 21st century learners. The National Council for Teacher Education has recognized the importance of standardization of the processes and management systems to strengthen the teacher training institutions of the country as an integral component of the NEP 2020.  A National Webinar - Reflection on National Education Policy- 2020 - “Standardization of Teacher Education Institutions” was conducted by NCTE and Ms Arti Khosla (Founder & CEO- COAE) was invited to address this group of policy makers, researchers and practitioners from the field of teacher education. A comprehensive road map to meet the global standard, comply with the national & regional requirements with an underlying measure of acceptability and credibility was shared by Ms Arti.  The NCTE has to be appreciated for this step to encourage ownership by every stakeholder, impr

   Nutrition is important  at every age. And it is very crucial particularly during early childhood.  Children  need proper  nutrients to  stay and also grow up healthy and  strong. Nutrition  for  children  can also help establish a foundation for healthy eating habits and  nutritional  knowledge that a child can apply throughout life. - A good nutrition is the key to good mental and physical health. Eating a balanced diet is an important part of good health for everyone. - The kind and amount of food we eat affects the way we feel and how our body works. Why nutrition is important in childhood: During childhood, under-nutrition causes children to have less energy and less interest for learning, which negatively influences cognitive development and academic performance.  Under-nutrition will also affect physical growth and maturation, thus affecting growth rate, body weight and ultimately, height. Indicators of a nutritious diet: (www.activehealth.sg) > Body composition.  > Hea

- You would have stared at the article heading by seeing Crores, Google and age 6 written on the thumbnail picture of the article. This is how sometimes parents get misled by ads regarding coaching classes which charge lakhs of rupees as fee and promise an impossible success, which is 200% impossible to be achieved by all children, instead a small percentage of children might achieve the advertised target. Many parents want their children to get into good professions when they grow up. For the children to get into good professions, they need to get a good education, in order to get a good education they need to get into good universities/academies, in order to get into a good university/academy a child has to get a good competitive entrance exam score. In order for children to get a good competitive exam score, children have to get good foundational education and training. Thus parents put lakhs of rupees into the competitive exams coaching classes, hoping to see the magic. Many coach

- Watch a well-orgnised maths lab at Government High School Nada village, Beltangadi Taluk, Dakshin Kannada district, Karnataka, India. Click to watch: When you want to achieve something, a thousand ways will open in front of you, and at the same time, if you do not will to do something, even a single way will look impossible. This is proved by a teacher of this village government school who has developed a very magnificent maths lab. In another video, a teacher said that even one day is not sufficient to explore the entire laboratory.  Source: video is linked to youtube. This article is presented by CLF.

- LET'S BRING PEACE ON EARTH.🤗 The interdisciplinary approach of subjects for the fusion of syllabus to understand existence and their co-existence 🌍 with other existence for  _ UTILITY & COMPLIMENTARITY_ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 of larger order🌏🪐. If we are not able to develop the conscience of the child, then value education also will become another subject. Conscience refers to t he part of your mind that tells you if what you are doing is right or wrong. Through education, we should focus on 3 aspects- relation, order and coexistence. Please watch 8:21 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx2RMhGFcek The above discussion is by Ashok Kumar Thakur, Founder- Muni Internationalschool- Delhi 🌳🌴NATURE BASED EDUCATION.🌲🦚🌲 🙏🙏🙏 Please SHARE   Source: The information is received through whatsapp and the blog is designed by CLF.

-  --CALL FOR TEACHERS TO FILL IN A SHORT SURVEY-- 'Raspberry Pi Foundation India'  invites teachers in India to fill in a 15-minute survey to help them understand computer education needs. This is an exciting survey for computer teachers or teachers who are interested in teaching computers (T eachers from Grade 1 to 12th/ PUC  can fill) .  It will ask you questions on your experience so far and it mostly has MCQs in the entire survey so it should take you around 15 minutes to fill it.  WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? Please do try and fill it as 10 random teachers will also be selected to get an Amazon voucher worth Rs 1000/-. Survey to be completed before December 16th  2020 Take the survey in language of your choice (Please select only one language) English- Click to take the survey in the English language or Hindi- Click to take the survey in the Hindi language (If you are not eligible to fill the survey, please circulate in your connections) This survey is only for the teachers

 - Azim Premji University is inviting students in Class 12 to apply for their full-time residential Undergraduate Programme 2021, based in Bengaluru. *Stream-1 :* 4 year Integrated Dual-Degree programme  - B.Sc.B.Ed.(Physics | Biology | Mathematics & Education) (This is a professional degree programme approved by NCTE) *Stream-2 :*  3-year B.A.(Economics | English | History | Philosophy) and  3-year B.Sc.(Physics | Biology | Mathematics).  Along with a disciplinary major, students can also study Interdisciplinary themes like Understanding India,  Sustainability, Development, Education, Media & Democracy. Option to pursue honours degree.  *Early Admissions 2021* Selection process includes a written test and personal interaction for shortlisted candidates. Entrance test on 10 Jan 2021 - Interviews in Feb 2021 - Provisional offer letters by Mar 2021 - Classes commencing in Aug 2021.  *Scholarships* We believe that no one should be denied education at Azim Premji University due to

 - Many of the education programs are focusing on academic development, and do not look at other factors which are necessary for learning. There are important factors like socioeconomic, socioemotional, health, nutrition etc. which are necessary for an effective learning to happen.  In this article we are focusing on child's nurtrition and it's connection to learning. A child's nutrition and health are directly connected to child's learning. The three things have to be focused by a preschool environment. H- Health N- Nutrition E- Education The child's learning is also connected to the child's brain engagement. If a child has to learn effectively the brain has to receive balanced and sufficient energy. For brain to receive a sufficient energy, the proper nutrition (Food intake) is necessary. Therefore the child's learning is directly connected to the child's nutrition. A child's learning happens in a sequence of few aspects, i.e. - Focus (Concentratio

- Every job which is available on earth has got some value to society. According to the jobs, there are college degrees to prepare the students. When it comes to careers especially in India, the MBBS course is overvalued. The overvaluation is caused by the plethoric ( excessive)  attraction and seat demand  this degree has gained from a few decades. In recent years this degree has become something like 'Shahi' (Royal). This degree more than a societal need-based has become a pride or job guarantee scheme (But things have worsened in this career aftermath MBBS degree too).  This degree as said has attracted a royal tag which comes with a tittle ‘Dr Saab’ or ‘Dr Ji’ or 'Doctorre' in Kannada. Because of all these nonchannelized career guidance or no guidance at all, many important jobs of a hospital which are also very important are undervalued. At the same time, the need for an  MBBS degree is not ignored, this is a very crucial healthcare qualification in our health syst

 - The high cost of educational resources and textbooks creates a serious obstacle to the access of post-secondary education. It makes the access of information a tough job. It is very important that teachers and students get the access to more and more resources. We are introducing to a open book resources, 'The B.C. Open Textbook Collection' is home to a growing selection of open textbooks for a variety of subjects and specialties. Discover open textbooks below. - You can search your topic book on top. - You can read without downloading also. Click to explore: https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/ Note: we are giving this link to our readers for benefit, we don't have any connection with this organisation.

- There are multiple roles a counsellor does for student development at school- academic performance counselling, family related counselling, career counselling, school adjustment related aspects and so on. One of the major tasks for a school counsellor is also to help a child plan for his future, whether that means continuing on to higher education, doing entrepreneurship, entering the workforce and so on. Ideally, a school counsellor should be involved with this process since a student entered school, providing guidance and study skills and intervening during times of poor or declining school performance. As we discussed in our previous articles, there are myriad challenges which counsellors face to discharge their duties. As reported in an article from UWA online of USA, there are some school counsellors who go an extra mile, even accompany students on college visits and walk them through the application process (uwa.edu, N.A) . This cannot be possible in all situations, as coun

 - National Education Day is celebrated across the country, every year on November 11 , to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s First Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad served the country from 1947 to 1958 as the first minister of Education in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. A reformer and the freedom fighter, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was not merely a scholar but committed to building of the nation through education. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the man behind the IITs and many key institutes in the country. Here are 8 inspiring quotes from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1.” We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen. 2. “Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.” 3. “Climbing to the top demands stre

 - Counselling skills are seen as an important area in educational institutions. The education boards like CBSE mandates schools to appoint counsellor. The schools which have appointed counsellors in the school environment, the counsellor face few challenges, as school involves multiple stakeholders- Teachers, Children, Parents, Management, Civil society (Civil society- When school is involved with collaborative programs with external institutions). There are some kinds of stigma attached to counsellor and counselling practices. When counsellor calls children to meet, they become very conscious to go to the counsellor even to have general interaction. Some responded that if a child goes to a dedicated counsellor, the child might think he has negativity in him. A counsellor said that rapport building takes much time. Children are afraid because they have misinformation about counselling. Class 1st to 5th children know counsellor as a Lifeskills teacher and not as a counsellor. It he

- As the document is published by a different organisation, we have not published the document in our blog, instead, you can access it through our Google drive below.  Click to explore the scholarships: Note: This document is prepared by SYPA. This document consists of details of scholarships from School to Phd. Our blog does not have any connection with the publishing organisation, nor any scholarship-funding organisation. The scholarship should be applied based on your own responsibility. We are sharing this for the benefit of our readers.

 -  Children’s wellbeing is necessary for a healthy and sustaining life. Schools also have a major role to play in child’s wellbeing as children spend much of their productive hours at school. At school, the wellbeing is not only the responsibility of counsellor but parents and teachers also. The parents and school should work together in collaboration. The approach from school is to console, convince and counsel the child as well as the parent. A well understanding and equipped teacher can support the children in many ways. Wellbeing support by teachers, parents and principal: Below are the roles played by these stakeholders for wellbeing support at school and home. Role of teachers: Teachers are role model, they influence children at the classroom in multiple aspects- behaviour, motivation, patience, career aspiration etc. The teacher is the first contact at the school environment to whom the children can easily reach. In my study teachers said that if they have prior knowled