Tuesday, June 30, 2009

To be terribly disruptive school education

It’s not a new if somebody proposes a model for Indian school education. In that line Mr Subir Gokarn saysThe goals and strategy of the primary education system must be defined in terms more fundamental than passing a board exam. What attributes do we want our kids to enter adult life with? I would submit that there are four “core” and two “elective” attributes. The former should be imparted to every student, implying that they constitute the focus of the first few years of primary education, with a largely common curriculum. Two of these attributes are behavioural, which I would label “values” — ethics, appropriate conduct in a social context, respect for law and institutions — and “teamwork” — individual responsibility and accountability within the framework of collective effort and outcomes. The other two are the more conventional literacy and numeracy, each with an appropriate component of IT.”

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