tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post5514033469829569360..comments2024-02-12T15:47:06.198+05:30Comments on Progressive Indians for Change: No Child’s Play…Progressive Indians For Changehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-16488780878738080512012-05-15T16:20:41.206+05:302012-05-15T16:20:41.206+05:30I am glad that you have connected with the Blog so...I am glad that you have connected with the Blog so well Krishnam. Hope that this post will help the Ministry to get their policy straightened out soon. If you have thoughts on issues India faces please do write in to tharooriansforchange@yahoo.com. KatieProgressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-92071868094187950452012-05-15T16:18:25.952+05:302012-05-15T16:18:25.952+05:30Yes I agree with Nitish. Devyani do share your tho...Yes I agree with Nitish. Devyani do share your thoughts with us on Issues you think pertinent and send them to tharooriansforchange@yahoo.comProgressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-63168241889231651322012-05-15T16:17:24.850+05:302012-05-15T16:17:24.850+05:30Hi Devyani you made perfect sense but I reiterate ...Hi Devyani you made perfect sense but I reiterate here that the reason behind this blog is to create an awareness and initiate a public dialogue on the issue. The reason I try to "warp" the whole idea into a near - perfect state is precisely because I am only giving you the Model based on which the concerned authorities can work on a working model for India. The Point is to change the view that it is absurd to have child psychologists on the Team. I hope that convinces you!Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-43470720084702389832012-05-13T02:24:55.262+05:302012-05-13T02:24:55.262+05:30Your thoughts MAKES COMPLETE SENSE in reality.
I ...Your thoughts MAKES COMPLETE SENSE in reality.<br /><br />I totally agree on what you've expressed<br /><br />1) Every child needs his/her own time to understand the facts or the subjects. Some kids are fast and some are slow.<br /><br />2) Every kid needs to be assessed individually and its the responsibility of the teachers.<br /><br />3) Our education should focus more on project or practical based system than the text book / theory based system.<br /><br />4) These BLIND PROMOTIONS TILL CLASS 8 will paralyse kids and they will fall straight in to the well when they suddenly discover their weakness and they might never recover.<br /><br />One more thing I want to add after I went through some opinions expressed in the comments. I don't believe/agree that Indian education system is based on mediocracy and not meritocracy. Indian education system is all about meritocracy and I believe it is till date.Krishnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301347682106370490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-39184143265408428702012-05-13T01:19:06.624+05:302012-05-13T01:19:06.624+05:30Devyani, I don't totally agree with you when y...Devyani, I don't totally agree with you when you say that our system is based on mediocracy and not meritocracy. Actually, I think, it's not possible to describe it on the basis of these two factors. It's more of a blend of a lot of different approaches and our own tradition. It's the kind which is still evolving by the day. The current RTE looks at increasing the literacy rate but the question is, at what cost? The question is, what parameters do we define to measure literacy? Here, I would like to bring to your attention an interesting fact which I've witnesses myself. The way they certify one as a literate in a village is by giving the person a couple of lines to read and bam you're considered to be a literate member of the society. Now can we really assume that an education which just makes you capable enough to read can be all that fulfilling and productive?. I guess, No. <br /><br />The policies regarding the education system are not compelling. It does have a lot to do with the economy. Katherine is right when she points out the defects. Devyani, You're right about child Psychologists and councillors. But the first imperative step to be taken is to improve the number of admissions in primary schools especially of those kids who belong from a underdeveloped background. <br /><br />PS: Devyani, I suggest you should write something on issues related to our society and post on this blog. All of us can really use a perspective of a Sociology student. You can talk to Katie about it if you want. <br /><br />Thanks.:-)Nitish Bhardwajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346892693711077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-27726382475754865762012-05-13T00:32:49.790+05:302012-05-13T00:32:49.790+05:30Firstly, a very thoughtful take on the subject.Bli...Firstly, a very thoughtful take on the subject.Blind promotions till middle school is the reason why we are still ranked under third world countries, seeing as the education of the masses is deemed as a country's wealth.<br />Having said that, i find some of your arguments/suggestions a bit too warped into a bubble of perfection.We forget that our education system is based on mediocracy rather than meritocracy.<br /><br />There is no uniformity in institutions, hence the idea of child psychologists and counsellors would seem absurd to those in power.<br />Although to avoid this corrosion at the basic level, the ministry really needs to see address this basic concern of blind promotion.<br /><br />I dont know if I made any sense, but you really did :)<br />Great job Katherine :) hope to see more from you.Devyani Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04166893383898991889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-39556834572244648972012-05-12T23:26:00.838+05:302012-05-12T23:26:00.838+05:30Thank you Nitish! I am glad we share views. Unfort...Thank you Nitish! I am glad we share views. Unfortunately the long term effects of the blind promotion policy is something the Ministry has forgotten to take into account. I hope they will reconsider their stance sooner rather than later...Progressive Indians For Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756067502608323774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988152957371992552.post-15093480204324578682012-05-12T23:20:55.955+05:302012-05-12T23:20:55.955+05:30First of all I would like to congratulate you on e...First of all I would like to congratulate you on expressing this perspective. It sure is worrying that how detrimental the blind promotion policy can be to a child's development. As you said, it's an experimental policy, the basic objective of the policy is to assure 100% primary and secondary education. This step seems to conform that objective. But the side effects as you've mentioned are worrisome. <br /><br />Now that this policy is already implemented in our country, I would suggest that once over a period of time we have achieved the primary objective of absolute literacy or closer we can then have this policy go through a revision to address the concerns mentioned in your blog and more. <br /><br />Great job yet again, Katherine. <br />Thanks.Nitish Bhardwajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346892693711077102noreply@blogger.com