When the counsellor of a major US school was asked what is the major issue that students brought to her on a regular basis, she answered by saying “I am overwhelmed”. In fact, Harvard has an ongoing program where the research is on to find out the most effective ways to “detoxify” modern students...Read More

Unlike the pre-primary stage, students hold a lot more responsibilities in senior school admission. Here, the focus is more on you and your answers rather than your parents. To clear the senior school admissions of any of the top 5 schools in Gurgaon, you will have to show more mettle than your marks. You will...Read More

Rohit may want to become an engineer. Shruti may be showing interest in astronomy. Vishal may be struggling in mathematics while Nisha may harbour the desire to work in the United Nations one day. Can all these students sit in the same classroom and learn the same lesson at the same pace? Can they really...Read More

STEM has been around in the educational system since the year 2000. STEAM, on the other hand, is fairly new. Both these terms came into existence owing to the trend of the job world as schools tried their best to prepare their students to join the future workforce. STEM, as thought, was successful for some...Read More

Children are always curious. And while that curiosity is good when they are exploring, but this very trait can become distracting when focus is required at a particular task. Untamed curiosity in the classroom can disrupt the entire lesson. Fidgety habits at home can come in the way of completing homework. Thus, as a parent,...Read More

Modern-day corporate experts believe that whatever skills professionals hold today, are sure to become obsolete in a matter of a decade. Just in two years, a new skill will come into demand and by the time half a decade passes, professionals will have to master an upcoming skill to stay in the workforce. And if...Read More

With exams knocking at the door, nothing can make students more anxious than an unexpected class test. Examinations are the career-building blocks for the students especially the ones in high school. After receiving an excellent grade high schools students then move forward to pursue a college degree on the subject of their choice. But to...Read More

It is only natural to assume that, just like any other educational parameter, assessment must have also evolved to have taken a modern shape. The process of setting students questions periodically to test their knowledge and grading them accordingly is undoubtedly conventional. Not that it should be phased out, but the current times demand a...Read More

The term digital literacy is often confused with the knowledge of using the internet. And by internet, the extent is often limited to search engines like Google or YouTube and social media like Facebook or Instagram. Many parents, and even schools, often approve of the former and frown on the latter but in reality, the...Read More

A headteacher of a US school, while speaking about the need for oration skills among children, stated that he was first appalled to find seventh-grade students having difficulty in their mathematics class in pronouncing the term “denominator”. The students were more comfortable with pointing at the board or indicating the number as the “figure at...Read More