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Open minds please: School can't teach children everything but must foster lifelong learning

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- In 1960, at Gombe in Tanzania, Jane Goodall watched a chimpanzee strip the leaves from a twig, push it into a termite mound and draw it out crawling with insects. She wrote to he... और पढ़ें


Oracles of AI are gambling with the future of children, workers and others. Why let them?

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- One of the richest men on the planet has decreed that in a world drenched in artificial intelligence (AI), children need not learn math. Skip addition, subtraction, multiplicati... और पढ़ें


The OECD's school report obfuscates a global education emergency instead of raising the alarm-why?

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Imagine the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publishing a report tomorrow showing that the GDP of virtually every country on earth-rich and poor, ea... और पढ़ें


Why fewer state-run schools does not signal neglect of education: it's learning that matters

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- Since a Niti Aayog report surfaced in June 2026, a familiar refrain has returned to public debate: nearly a lakh government schools have shut down over the past decade-proof, say... और पढ़ें


School children shouldn't have to pay the price for untenable orthodoxies about learning

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- A teacher sits after school with an open register. Its columns carry the names of her 30 students; its rows have indicators-participation in group activities, an ability to relat... और पढ़ें


Children must not be deprived of real learning in the process of trying to make education fun

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- In the past weeks, I have written about two school-education insights that ended up as orthodoxies-'constructivism' and the 'whole language' approach to reading and writing. Both ... और पढ़ें