Are we learning?

It’s exam time once again and various education boards have established counseling centers for students who are almost on the verge of splitting vertically.
We live in very strange times and stranger still are our total acceptability of the ills and apathy towards them.

The failure of a student indicates the following

1) The failure of the framework which considers X amount of learning to be done in Y amount of time as success.
2) The failure of content developers who are not able to put forward knowledge in a form which is all inclusive.
3) The failure of the delivery mechanism wherein the actors involved are unable to inspire and motivate learners towards learning
4) The failure of parents who are not ready to work together with the child towards identification of their special gifts and aptitude.

….in fact everything except the failure of the student. While all of us are amidst this gold rush for seats in engineering, medicine and finance what we tend to forget is that these positions merely apply existing knowledge and are at best resource exploiters; history has shown us that the true masters of Science, Arts and Business are people who had been rejected by the traditional schooling methods. As to why we are not ready to work towards that big change which can create an environment fostering creativity is an unknown factor. Do you have any clue?

Teach India

The induction program is scheduled on the 14th of October, and I’ve been tagged with an NGO called Project 511. After the induction program we will get the details of our training program. For years together, I've always thought of giving back something, but somehow was never able to get out of the ‘me, my family, and my job’ routine.

Thanks, Teach India Movement.

Children benefiting from this movement are only one part of the story. A critical mass had developed in the society which was waiting for the right launch. It had the right intentions and the desire to make some difference but somehow was just not able to give shape to its ideas. A platform is all that was required to break the inertia. Close to a hundred thousand will get exposure to social responsibility in this movement, and I can see immense possibilities. What if just a hundred out of these volunteers get the impetus to execute the next big movement? I sincerely hope that this movement is a resounding success, because in its success lies the hope of building a nation in which the youth don’t just ideate and ask questions, they also act and provide solutions.