First published in The Hindu, 6 Sept 2026 As AI continues to leapfrog day on day, educators are grappling with the types of assignments and assessments to give students. Due to rampant cheating using AI, many universities are shifting from…
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First published in The Hindu, 6 Sept 2026 As AI continues to leapfrog day on day, educators are grappling with the types of assignments and assessments to give students. Due to rampant cheating using AI, many universities are shifting from…
First published in Deccan Herald, 25 Aug 2026 A man comes home tired from work to find his wife gossiping with the neighbour. The man beats his wife. When Sanjana, Senior Program Manager, Enfold Proactive Health Trust, Bengaluru, presented this scenario to a group of children in…
In last month’s issue, I described the spirit of “motivational interviewing,” (MI) a conversation style developed by psychologists William Miller and Stephen Rollick to enhance intrinsic motivation of clients in a clinical context. Today, I discuss two interviewing skills used…
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a “conversation style” developed by psychologists William Miller and Stephen Rollnick to help people cultivate intrinsic motivation and a “commitment to change.” Originally conceived in a clinical setting for patients suffering from substance addiction, it has…
A few months ago, I decided to cultivate a small terrace garden, mainly to provide a more pleasant view for myself. As I’m a novice gardener, I contacted a local nursery and went with their recommendations of a random assortment…
“Why do we have to memorise tables in this day and age?” is a lament that Jasmine Oberoi, a high-school Math teacher at Strawberry Fields School, Chandigarh, often hears.
First published in The Hindu, 31 May 2026 Given that working in the real world usually involves cooperating with individuals and even teams, educators are increasingly giving students group assignments to foster skills of collaboration and communication. While professors may…
According to a post on X, a Class I student at a school in Bengaluru was allegedly made to stand in the sun for two hours for being two minutes late. Apparently, his parents’ post demanding an explanation from the…
CBSE is introducing 110 hours of practical, project-based training for students in middle school across three broad domains—life forms, machines, materials and human services from the next academic year. Kaushal Bodh, the vocational education activity.
Even as schools actively champion reading in students, do they nurture reading in teachers? What are the reading habits of teachers? A broader definition of reading For Madhu Prakash, the Academic Coordinator, Crayon Preschool, reading is a “stress…
Aruna Sankaranarayanan is the author of Zero Limits: Things Every 20 Something Should Know. She was the Founder & Director of PRAYATNA, a centre for children with learning difficulties in Bengaluru & Chennai for 22 years.