The contemporary design of schooling concentrates on mechanical learning without taking into consideration the learner’s needs. So we end up emphasizing skill over talent, memory over spontaneity.
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Indian Garment Industry’s Shutting Down of Creche Services is Anti-Women
Garment factories have opened but creche services remain dysfunctional, leaving lakhs of women employees distressed and compelled to leave their jobs amid the pandemic.LJP-JDU Tussles in Bihar May Roughen the Ride for NDA Ahead of Assembly Elections
A leader of the LJP made a comment about the unbreakability of the NDA coalition ahead of Bihar assembly polls leading to strict party action against him, as the party is still undecided on the conditions for joining the alliance.Is this indicative of a rift within the NDA?Odisha Government Announces Balaram Scheme to Empower Over Seven Lakh Landless Farmers
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West Bengal residents express discontent over mismanagement and unfair usage of funds dedicated for Amphan relief by Trinamool Congress.
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Indian women are experiencing a major ‘sanitary pad crisis’ amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Music, Poetry and Art Sound Like “Hope” as the Pandemic Pushes Us into Isolated and Lonely Existences
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Patal Lok throws light on high-profile crime while taking us to the dark realm of the underworld.- CINEMA
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Parenting at the time of a pandemic/ A Journey Inwards
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With online education becoming a new trend amid the coronavirus pandemic, its ability to become democratic and egalitarian in terms of its dissemination is highly debatable.Kerala’s Mass Movement for Democratising Virtual Learning and Bridging the ‘Digital Divide’
At a time when education is entirely halted for a majority of school students and a push for online education amid a lack of infrastructure asserts itself, Kerala is witnessing a historic mass movement for democratising virtual learning.The Resurgence of Ed-Tech Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic: Implications for an Altered Educational Landscape
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Garment factories have opened but creche services remain dysfunctional, leaving lakhs of women employees distressed and compelled to leave their jobs amid the pandemic.The Absurdity of Opening Pubs Before Schools in England Highlighted by Paediatrician Anthony Costello
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The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has meant more hours of work, sustained community resistance, institutional apathy and personal risk for India’s ASHA workers.
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Lack of Documents and Registration Deprive India’s Migrant Class of State Offered Benefits & Welfare Schemes
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Hundreds of Uttar Pradesh's 30 lakh-migrant workers who returned back during the lockdown are going back to cities like Mumbai for employment even though it puts their lives at risk.‘Reverse Quarantine’ Deprives Over Four Lakh Elderly MGNREGA Workers in Kerala
Kerala has put its senior citizens under reverse quarantine, this will deprive over four lakh elderly MGNREGA workers of employment.Women in the Informal Sector Worst Hit by Lockdown, Suggests ISST Study
Women working in the informal sector are faced with unprecedented hardships amid the lockdown that only highlight and underline a highly gendered cultural ethos based on discriminatory practices.
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Absolutely brilliant. A great piece of imagination and pedagogic significance.