Teachers and Schools for Inclusive Society
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लेखक: राजेश यादव ; सम्पादन : राजेश उत्साही | Nov 16, 2023
यहाँ सम्भावनाओं से भरे ऐसे ही एक शासकीय विद्यालय के शिक्षकों और उनकी कोशिशों को लेकर कुछ चर्चा की जा रही है। यह तमाम नाउम्मीदियों के बीच उम्मीद की चिंगारी जीवित रखने वाले चन्द उदाहरणों में शामिल हो सकते हैं।
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The Courage to Teach: Going Beyond the Constraints of Contexts
By Rajashree Srinivasan | Jan 1, 2021
One day, when he asked the children about their ambitions, there was a long silence. Then, the children responded that they would continue to be in agriculture, their parents’ occupation. The response made Rajendra uncomfortable.
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Working with Children and Transforming Classrooms
By Aruna Jyothi V | Oct 28, 2020
Anoop’s deep conviction in creating opportunities for learning; engaging with children whole-heartedly; believing in the process being more important than the product; lesson plans being restrictive rather than liberating, are some of the practices that can be witnessed in his classroom.
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Confidence in Collegiality
By Rajashree Srinivasan | Oct 21, 2020
Teachers have to proactively seek the participation of parents in the functioning and improvement of the school. Parents too need to support teachers and head-teachers and understand their problems and respond in humane ways. This two-way street is what teachers like Thanendra nurture as pathways to improving quality.
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Science Brought Alive in the Classroom
By Alex Joy | Sep 9, 2020
In both the classes that I observed, I noticed that Mithun was acting mostly as a guide and facilitator, rather than as a sage dispensing knowledge. The lessons were embedded into the context of the students, built around the life of students and the environment in which they played around and lived.
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Empathy is Key to Being a Good Teacher
By Shipra Suneja | Aug 11, 2020
Head Teacher Rana felt that children needed coaching to not just be able to get admission into the Army School, but also so that they may have better chances of rising to higher positions in the Indian Army. He started teaching children content related to the syllabus of Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sainik Schools, Rajiv Navodaya Vidyalaya, Himjyoti School, besides the regular school syllabus. It worked so well that in the last 10 years, about 30 students have got admission into these schools.
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A Primary School Teacher Who Wears Many Hats
Ms Khan has been a teacher for over 20 years now. That she is passionate about her profession would be an understatement considering her complete dedication to her work. She has been posted in the same school for more than 11 years and has spent every moment thinking about ways of helping her students learn better.
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A Teacher Transformed Through Training
By Ritika Gupta | Apr 20, 2020
It is the marriage of internal dispositions and external factors that contribute to the making of a teacher. From Ms Gayatri’s example, we can see just how important a role training can play, and that has important implications on the role of teacher training.
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Teacher as the Epicentre for Change
By Ritika Gupta | Apr 13, 2020
Headteacher Joshi’s enthusiasm is not limited to the school. She actively engages with the community. During the summer holidays, she conducts summer camps for children with activities such as painting, dancing and play.
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Challenging the Notion of Ineffectiveness of Government Schools: A Case Study
By Vipin Kumar Chauhan and Ananas Kumar | Dec 17, 2019
There are government schools, though limited in number, which have changed the widespread notion of government schools being ineffective. The Government Primary School in Pataliya village in the Kotabag block of Nainital in Uttarakhand is one of these.
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Bringing Santhali Traditions to Mainstream Schooling: Lessons from Lakshmi Murmu Smriti Vidyalaya
By Shipra Suneja and Rema Devi | Dec 6, 2019
Lakshmi Murmu Smriti Vidyalaya in Chaachanpur, West Bengal run by the Chaachanpur Mahila Kalyan Samiti is an initiative by two women who believed that only education could bring empowerment among the Santhali community.
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Extending Residential Facility to Lamani Children
By Umashankar Periodi and Sunita S Rao | Sep 6, 2019
The Lamani (Lambani) tribe, when they migrate for work, take their children along which leads to the children being out of school for almost six months.
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Providing Quality Education to Children of Migrant Labourers
By Umashankar Periodi and Rachana Patwardhan | July 11, 2019
Neelamma teacher came across as someone who does not talk too much about the wonderful work that she is doing. It was interesting to talk to her and understand her vision behind the role she plays in the school.
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Bringing Child Labourers to School
By Umashankar Periodi and Sarala Kairanna | June 26, 2019
Sukanya teacher meets brick kiln owners and parents of the children working there to motivate them to send the children to school.
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Realising a Dream
By Sharad Sure and Shivukumar CM | June 18, 2019
The results of Ramana Gouda’s efforts are reflected in the children’s learning. In class II, children can read and write in Kannada which is not the case with the children going to private schools. -
A Community Resource Person
By Sharad Sure | June 13, 2019
Other than the young members, the school has responsibilities for the rest of the community as well, says Lakshmana. He believes that the school must take up the role of community development.
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Leading to Achieve the Promise of Education for All
By Rajashree Srinivasan | May 29, 2019
Given that Karnataka has the highest school drop-out rate among Muslims, Murthy’s vision that ‘All children from the Muslim community will be able to read, write and speak the Kannada language,’ is sagacious.
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A Resourceful Science Teacher
By Sharad Sure and Mahaboob Peera | May 22, 2019
Dharmapal has developed a Science Resource Room which houses various laboratory equipment that are necessary for carrying out science experiments. There are many improvised scientific equipment that are developed at low or no cost using commonly available materials.
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Every child can learn
By Rajashree Srinivasan | Apr 29, 2019
Science teacher Veerayya began to reflect on the possibility of making his classes more interesting by letting children experiment. He began to realize that experiments and activities would make the children ask questions; learn and draw inferences from their own explorations.
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The Teacher as a Change Agent
By Sharad Sure and Megha Kulkarni | Apr 22, 2019
Achchappa Gouda’s understanding of the community and the school helped him in identifying a few deep-seated problems that seemed to come in the way of the school’s smooth functioning. Topmost on the list was the problem of irregular attendance.
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Combating Child Marriage, Securing Girls’ Education
By Rajashree Srinivasan | Apr 4, 2019
Prakash has played a key role in supporting girls’ education. The practice of child marriage persists even today in and around the Koppal area, in a direct violation of human rights.