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If we take low income or growing setups, which cater to majority of our population, schools include some value education words & phrases in their MVO but in reality it's always about taking a syllabus and completing it within a session.  Below are few gaps in education planning in many affordable private schools: # No learning objectives are set from classroom lessons in this regard.  # Educators are not trained to handle conflicts and turn them into learning opportunities and inflicting values. I believe educators should stop teaching & address to behavioral issues rather than continuing with lessons after silencing children.  # gap is in not utilising the full school time. Like designing morning assemblies, using competitions and sports properly. They're not only about giving I, II & III prizes.  # not including parents into the process of value generation.  # here, end product is Xth board result. In between everything is routine and non essential.  # Schools &am

 - Many organisations in the world are making plans and efforts to reorganize the way we educate our children into a humane, productive and constructive way. Below video from YouTube discusses about, 6 problems with our school system: Source: the video is directly linked to YouTube. please check the YouTube details to know the video creator details.

- Teachers appraisal. Every school must practice teachers appraisal in good spirit. Sharing some crisp thoughts the writer has gathered, they may seem half baked tho, this is just a starter information. You can add your thoughts on comment section. What is teacher appraisal? Teacher Appraisal  is a thorough yet supportive and developmental process designed to ensure that all  teachers  have the skill-competencies, and support they need to carry out their role effectively.  The regular appraisal helps to ensure that  teachers  are able to continue to improve their professional practice and to develop as  teachers . Thereby developing student performance and behaviour. Appraisal is performance management of teachers. • First of all, I think since each school is a different eco system, the need of appraisal is definitely going to vary. So we should not cut paste any model.  Schools must have an annual appraisal process for teachers. • Each school must scientifically identify as to WHY the

-  Many of us feel that counselling is for people who are weak and incompetent. In reality, many people miss this expert help and guidance because of these misconceptions. There are few myths related to counselling, like it is only for major issues or crazy people, admitting that you need help and going for counselling means you're weak, counselling doesn't help or will make the situation worse, the counsellor doesn't know me - so they can't help me etc. (https://calgarycounselling.com). But really if you see at the counselling, these are the professionals who are trained to help humans in their day to day life needs. There are specialized people who are called as ‘school counsellors, who work with school stakeholders for students and school success. Out of all needs, mental health needs are very prime. Mental health affects not only academics but also other areas of life. The problems of children are different in each type of school. One school in my study is day sch

 - We are sharing with you 'StoryWeaver' from Pratham Books! This learning support system is designed to provide children with reading resources, where children can be engaged towards developing literacy. StoryWeaver is a digital gateway to thousands of richly illustrated, open-licensed children's stories in mother tongue languages. Click to read:  https://storyweaver.org.in/ "There's more to StoryWeaver than just reading. It is also a first-of-its-kind platform that provides easy-to-use tools to create, adapt, and translate new stories for children. It's the ideal place for parents, educators, writers, translators, and illustrators to come together to weave new stories for children and help to create a pathway to nurture the next generation of readers!" Source: Our blog has shared this link and info for benefit of our readers. The owner of the content is provided in the link above.

 - Many of us, our children, and students have been visiting the library and reading books and newspaper. During lockdown are they missing the library? Don't worry.....  A team of librarians have created a digital library. You can read books, magazines, newspapers etc.   Instructions: Step 1: Click the below image which is put after step 3. Once you click a pdf image will open. Step 2: After pdf image opens, zoom the picture & click/touch any book/magazine on the shelf.  Step 3: It will open the book in your internet browser (Check your browser after clicking the book, it should open automatically). Source: We received the pdf from Whatsapp, we tried to integrate it with our blog. All the credit goes to the original creator. 

 - Counsellor also has a very core role to play in overall school development. They are not just a part-time worker, they are also part of school stakeholders. The counsellor has many responsibilities at school­— -           They c onduct individual and group counselling sessions to advise and assist students with academic and life skills development. -           They conduct student SWOT analysis. Evaluate students'  attributes  and assist them in realizing their objectives. -           The counsellors also develop and implement counselling strategies with contemporary methods of mentoring /guiding. -           They also deal with student mental health  issues. -           They also deal with challenges such as stress, bullying, suicidal tendencies, gender issues etc . How do counsellors engage with children at school: When we interviewed one of the counsellors in our study, she said that for counsellors engaging children in regular classes is very helpful. Generally,

  -            The pandemic has made every one of us explore the information and technology to continue our children’s education. One of the websites has taken an initiative to organise all the open-source apps available for online teaching and learning. Please click on below link to learn more about a set of apps in each category (Categories are mentioned below). https://sites.google.com/nirmalacollege.ac.in/icttools/home?authuser=0 (Refer the above link for the source of information) These tools will contribute to high quality lessons, they will connect students to many information sources, support active in-class and off-class learning environments, and let instructors to allocate more time for teaching and facilitation. This is a good opportunity for schools. Categories: Online course LMS Whiteboard Quiz Video conferencing Presentation tools Assessment tools Digital tools Productivity tools Mind maps Infographics Video editing Utilities Cloud sto

- Below is the question asked by a student:  I am an Inter/12th/ II PUC student. For me to acquire >95% in PCB, is hard work for 15-16 hrs a day enough?  What are the other essential spices required to make it happen?  Below are the few essential ingredients you should have to perform well in any exam or assessment: 1. Passion 2. Grit 3. Goal 4. Smart work 5. Guidance 6. Strategy 7. To read the subject keeping the following things in mind. i) Concept-based ii) Memory based 8. To practice to sit in "one place for 3 hours", this to develop the capacity in the exam hall without losing focus. 9. Practice of writing and speed of writing will help in maximum representation. 10. Referring to previous year question papers is very important. And knowing the topics which are frequently asked and focussing more on those topics makes a lot of difference. 11. And also a representation of the answers in a beautiful way with the help of drawing the relevant things makes the difference. 1

 - According to psychologists, a child is a developing being, parents have the right and responsibility to take care of them.   As a child (minor), by law, children do not have autonomy or the right to make decisions on their own for themselves in any known jurisdiction of the world. Instead, their adult caregivers, including their parents, teachers and others, are vested with that authority, depending on the circumstances  (IGNOU, N.D) . This again opens up a big question, is counselling the engineering of the minds of children or just a scaffolding? This also gives us space to think of the role of a parent and caregiver in upbringing and character building of children. In today's society, we are seeing an unprecedented need for counselling. The need for counselling in current times is also due to emerging disorders in children, one such disorder is Autism. In psychiatry Autism is defined as, an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short atten

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