Category: February 2019

Public schools and 'secular' prayers

Tushar Goel

Secularism is perhaps the most debated concept in the country today. While it has been dissected, analyzed and digested over and over in different contexts, there is one area that has received less attention than others—secularism and public schools. If public schools are secular, why then do their assemblies follow the prayers of a particular religion? Isn’t this a violation of our constitutional rights?

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How to spot fake news

Sridivya Mukpalkar

Fake news is the new malady that has consumed this world. It most of all affects young children who are still impressionable. Can we teach children to be more alert so that we can avoid the damages caused by fake news? Following some of the advice in this article can help a great deal.

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Fake news and the pandemic of distrust

Prakash Iyer

Fake news is spreading like an epidemic and the corollary of this is the lack of trust that people now have in each other. While battling fake news is certainly important, it is perhaps more important to arrest this growing distrust among people. And as teachers we have to help our children learn to trust another person as much as they trust themselves.

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Uncommon ways to teach common prepositions

Urvashi Nangia

Grammar is important to the study of language. But the unimaginative ways in which we present grammar to children puts them off it, leaving their language learning incomplete. Why should learning grammar be boring? Here is a beautiful account of how this teacher taught her students a grammar concept playing in a park.

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