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

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

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

Modern classrooms can no longer be places where students sit in perfect alignment, with their books and notebooks open, and listen to the teacher standing on the podium and reading out notes that he/she prepared years ago. This conventional picture has thankfully changed. The current culture is diverse. There are more spaces for new ideas...Read More

The inclusion of robotics studies in the school curriculum is no longer a matter of debate. Students need exposure from an early age to be able to feel comfortable working around machines as the world is inevitably moving towards that future. However, robotics labs in schools are more than just a necessity. In fact, many...Read More

A global curriculum is truly essential for all students of the 21st century. As the connectivity of the entire world rises through the advancement of technology, only a few economic and social phenomenon will remain localised in nature. Plus, corporate establishments currently have the resources to tap into a global customer base. They hire employees...Read More