25 March, 2018

Kerala Higher Secondary Exams and Associated Question Leakage Issue..

What a pity state of affairs... Do they bother the future of our children.... God's sake be committed.. Otherwise you can't wash off your sins in any holy river.... Public must be aware of people who take salay from our tax money but non-committal to society... Govt and politicians just wanted to protect their vote banks and fool the common man... Take care of the future of your children... Choose wisely... its the future of our children... An investment to the future.. 😊

The Butterfly Story


One day a child goes to his mother and asks her, " Ma, who is that old man sitting on the mountain? " Mother answers, " Don't call him an old man, for he is Lord Lord Shiva, who knows the answer to every question in this universe. " " Really, he knows answers to all questions? " asks the child. " Yes my dear " replies the mother. The child goes to the mountain where Lord Shiva is meditating, catches a butterfly in from the garden, and cupping the butterfly gently in his hands, he aproaches Lord Shiva. Keeping his hand behind his back, he asks Lord Shiva, " Is the thing in my hand alive or dead? " The child thinks that if Lord Shiva answers that the thing is alive, he will crush the butterfly in his hand and show the dead butterfly proving Lord Shiva wrong. And if Lord Shiva answers that the thing is dead, he will open his gently cupped hand, allowing the butterfly to fly away showing that the butterfly was alive and again proving Lord Shiva wrong. Thus Lord Shiva did not know the answer to all questions. " Is the thing in my hand alive or dead? " repeats the eager child. The Lord Shiva opens his eyes, nods his head and replies, " My dear son, the answer lies in your hands! "

Answers to all questions about our life is within us

Rote Learning and Fading Aspirations of Learners..

Our 'rote learning system' which forces learners to move from one exam to the next... we classify them based on scores... all these crimes are compounded with parental ambitions... Final output.... we kill their passion, curiosity and natural instincts... they become an outdated hardware produced by a system which we claim to be the best.... after 10 to 12 yrs of schooling we search for coaching centres, spoken English classes, softskill centres to train them.... and the latest of all assessments to find aptitudes and career counselors.... The irony is we still discuss and fight on irrelevant issues like which syllabus or curriculum or textbook or school our children should follow... the core issue of approach to facilitation of learning to improve our school system never comes to the forefront of deliberation neither among policy makers nor among community of educators... we fail to understand the fact that lifeskills can be imparted to learners not through academic assessments, but through sports, music, dance, club activities, finearts, theatrics, opportunities for experiential learning, etc... etc...Even today we focus more than 80% of our school time for classroom teaching and this contributes to their success in life less than 20%... A real parodox.... We never wish to discuss these brute facts...

By Radhakrishnan C