India is the second-largest generator of plastic waste, second only to the US. Plastic is cheap and convenient, but ultimately, we pay a steep price for this convenience. Harini Nagendra, in Deccan Herald, explores the way out. 

The Karnataka government’s move to change the Pre-University (PU) exam pattern for the academic year 2023 – 24 signifies a shift towards a more comprehensive assessment of student abilities, writes Shilpi Banerjee, in Deccan Herald.

Dedication and coordination can deliver what’s needed to raise the quality of schooling at low cost, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.

उद्योग जगत अपने सामाजिक उद्देश्य के प्रति सजग और सक्रिय हो रहा है। सुधीश वेंकटेश, प्रभात खबर में लिखते है कि हम औद्योगिक क्रांति के पांचवें दौर में दाखिल हो रहे हैं, जिसकी जरूरतों के मुताबिक हमें खुद को ढालना है। 

Merely axing portions of existing syllabi in the name of content rationalisation and reduction of students’ workload will not help. We need other constructive solutions to enable students to regain their lost learning, writes Anshu Saluja, in Deccan Herald.

For the guarantees to become the basis for a substantive welfare-centric ​‘Karnataka model development’, much more is needed than what the budget has proposed, writes Narayana A, in The Times of India.

Focusing on the Hindu-Muslim binary deflects attention from the smaller histories, often more complicated, that played out in micro-contexts in the run-up to independence, write Malini Bhattacharjee and P C Venkatraman, in The Wire.

Online education cannot address the core requirements of good education — neither core educational goals nor the fundamental process of learning. And that is why it has very limited effectiveness, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.

Kamlesh Chandra Joshi, in Learning Curve, highlights the importance of providing students with meaningful reading experiences to ensure that students can improve in the areas of reading and writing.

A public library is a social institution and despite the sweep of digital content, will continue to exist as a social space, an antidote for the isolation of the digital world, writes Sudheesh Venkatesh, in The Times of India.

एआई के बड़े विशेषज्ञों द्वारा चेतावनी दी जा रही है। यदि हमने ध्यान नहीं दिया, तो हम जल्द ही एक और रसातल के मुहाने पर होंगे, ठीक उसी तरह, जिस तरह परमाणु प्रौद्योगिकी के समय थे, अनुराग बेहर, हिंदुस्तान में लिखते हैं।

Using AI tools to outsource thinking is likely to weaken this fundamental human faculty over time, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.

ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯವು ಒಂದು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಕಂಟೆಂಟ್ ಗಳ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೂ, ಸಮಾಜದಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನ ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವ ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಈಗ ಇದು ಕೇವಲ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆಗಷ್ಟೇ ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗಿರದೇ ತನ್ನ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಈ ಕುರಿತು ಸುಧೀಶ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್ ಅವರ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ ​‘ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ’ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗಿದೆ. 

ಉದ್ಯಮ 5.0 ಮಾನವ ಕೇಂದ್ರಿತ, ಸುಸ್ಥಿರತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಿತಿಸ್ಥಾಪಕತ್ವದ ತತ್ವಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿರ್ಮಿತವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಅನೇಕ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನಗಳು ಸಂಯೋಜಿತವಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಲು ಇದು ಸಹಾಯಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಕುರಿತು ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾದ ಸುದೀಶ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್ ಅವರ ಲೇಖನ.

Verdict Karnataka 2023 has an unmistakable class character to it. Even a cursory glance at the results shows that the economic situation influenced the people’s choice, writes Narayana A, in The India Forum.

Aditi Mutatkar and Akash Lugun, in Learning Curve, illustrate with examples, how physical education enhances teaching-learning practices in school.

Dinesh Patel, in Learning Curve, shares his experience of running an active and creative library, and the interesting things that came up while working formally with children in school libraries. 

A good teaching-learning practice involves conducting interesting activities that bring scientific phenomena into the classroom and enable children to see science in action, writes H R Madhusudhan, in Learning Curve.

Surrendering to money, power or praise can send people and organisations off their original goal, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.

Vinatha Viswanathan and Ruchi Shevade, in Learning Curve, highlight how children’s magazines can play a role in the classroom learning process and how Chakmak has been used as supplementary reading material.

Haneet Gandhi and Neha Varma, in At Right Angles (AtRiA), illustrate an approach through which students can be involved in making and solving many problems generated from the basic problem in the textbook.

The state government in Manipur, in the wake of the current crisis, should not reduce the complexities of social relations among diverse ethnicities and fix them in temporary, unstable, and provisional ways, writes K C Adaina, in Deccan Herald.

We are losing invaluable palaeontological history because we have neither a legal framework nor the awareness to protect fossils, writes Nandita Jayaraj, in Frontline.

The costs of these measures have been high but their benefits are contested or unknown. Instead of accountability for deaths, there is authoritarian arrogance, write Anjor Bhaskar and Rajendran Narayanan, in Scroll.

Mukta Gundi, in The Times of India, highlights the need for knowledgeable and competent health educators who can engage with adolescents from diverse backgrounds in an empathetic way.