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Preparing teachers to nurture wellbeing of children
Wellbeing in educational settings rests on the quality of relationships and responses to interpersonal needs, interests, capabilities, and challenges, writes Rajashree Srinivasan, in Learning Curve.
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How crèches impact the lives of tribals in Jharkhand
To make the crèche initiative sustainable, the state must support this like the Anganwadi centre, write Arima Mishra and Sapna Mishra, in News18.
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Digital assets should not be dismissed as an asset class
Sahil Deo and Mandar Kagade, in Mint, highlight the importance of critically evaluating crypto assets in the context of public policy.
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Going beyond rote learning key for learning outcomes
We must strike the right balance between making exams transparent yet unpredictable, to ensure that the education system can be rid of reliance on memorisation, writes Jwairia Saleem, in India Today.
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The Mahatma’s beliefs remain vital to school education
Education develops capacities and values in individuals, and these must be aligned with and arising from the vision of the society that we are striving to build, writes Anurag Behar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation, in Mint.
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ಬಹುಮುಖ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯ ವೃತ್ತಿರಂಗದ ಸಕಲ ಕಲಾವಲ್ಲಭರು; ಈ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಬಹುಶ್ರುತರ ಅಗತ್ಯ
ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣವೆನಿಸುವ ಇಂದಿನ ಜಗತ್ತನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸಲು ಒಂದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡಿರುವವರ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿದೆ, ಅನೇಕ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಕುರಿತ ಆಳವಾದ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವವರ ಒಳನೋಟಗಳು ಹೇಗೆ ಈಗಿನ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ವಿಶೇಷ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರಿಹಾರ ಸೂಚಿಸಬಲ್ಲರು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಸುದೀಶ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್ ಅವರು ಸೂಕ್ತ ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ.
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Why do we treat internal communications with disdain?
Do not inundate people with memos because a well-calibrated stream is more effective than a torrent, writes S Giridhar, in The Hindu Business Line.
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Greening the country: Talk is cheap
Harini Nagendra, in Deccan Herald, states that the environment ministry’s new approach to ecological restoration is the right path forward. However, she wonders if the budget commitment of INR 3,079 crore will match the stated intent.
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Green growth: Budget numbers don’t add up
While the output and growth narratives are clear, the increase in capex also signals increasing pressure on the environment, writes K C Adaina, in Deccan Herald.
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Supporting neurodiverse learners in universities
Neurodivergent students are capable of visual thinking, pattern organisation and creative thinking, and they should not be defined as intellectually disabled, write Bhuvaneswari B and Sharoon Sunny, in Education Times.
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Carbon offsets are a fraudulent way to buy yourself a green certificate
Do those vast acres of rainforest supposedly regenerated by the global carbon market really exist? Harini Nagendra, faculty member, Azim Premji University, in Deccan Herald, explores if they are really the way to reduce your carbon emissions.
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Average people can do really good things, that’s how the world changes for the better
Anurag Behar shares his thoughts on education equity and access, edtech, and National Education Policy 2020 while speaking about his new book A Matter of the Heart: Education in India, with Chintan Girish Modi, in Moneycontrol.
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Fun with Archimedes’ Principle
Manish Yadav, in i wonder…, presents how a group of Science teachers explored Archimedes’ Principle, and related concepts, with well-loved fables like the Thirsty Crow, and a series of simple, open-ended experiments with readily available materials.
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आर्थिक अंधश्रद्धा आणि वास्तव
२०१९ नंतर करोनाचा धक्का इतका मोठा होता की दीर्घकालीन कलवरसुद्धा त्याचा परिणाम होतो
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#Budget2023: Rural jobs programme budget cut by 18%
This is the first time, based on data from 2014 – 15 to 2022 – 23, that the budget allocation has been lower than the previous year, writes Shreehari Paliath, alumnus, MA in Development (2014 – 16), in IndiaSpend.