[MTC Global] RE: Govt seeks school students' views on education

My reply to Madam Gowri's comments on CCE is that responsibility of implementing does not lie on one person, it is the responsibility of schools and teachers. I had been practicing CCE much before it was introduced by CBSE and it had given good results. Many teachers who were trained in the process were able to make use of the skill that they developed when they went to other institutions. CCE is a good concept but it involves more work for the teachers. If they invest their time to learn the finer aspects of CCE and then take this additional responsibility, I would like to say with all humility at my command and my experience that it will benefit the children immensely and it will be able to develop listening, thinking and questioning/articulating skills among students and I believe these skills are the backbone of higher learning.

Regards

Virendra Goel

From: Fostiima Director [mailto:director@fostiima.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 2:55 PM
To: Usha Gowri
Subject: Govt seeks school students' views on education

I agree with your observations. Pls see the article by Sreeram Chaulia today.

A new Indian century? For that to happen, we need to overcome our culture of mediocrity and hatred of meritocracy

September 29, 2015, 12:04 am IST Sreeram Sundar Chaulia in TOI Edit Page | Edit Page, India | TOI

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/a-new-indian-century-for-that-to-happen-we-need-to-overcome-our-culture-of-mediocrity-and-hatred-of-meritocracy/

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-anticipated speech at the Shark Tank in Silicon Valley contained one bold, standout claim, viz "the 21st century will be an Indian century". Recounting that the rest of the Brics countries are reeling while India stands tall in economic growth and future potential, Modi thundered that the time when India was an also-ran is over.

Cynics would retort that the Indian century is easier declared than achieved and that there are far too many structural hurdles for our country to ever become the defining power in the world. Yet, the prime minister's chutzpah and confidence in India's destiny are departures from diffident political leadership of the past and a riposte to the self-flagellation and excessive problematisation in sections of our intelligentsia.

Economic historian Alexander Gerschenkron argued that ideology separates backward nations from advanced ones. A less developed country can progress only if "mountains of routine and prejudice" are miracle (which was copied by Deng Xiaoping in authoritarian China) be replicated scaled by entrepreneurial instinct and hope. His prescription to overcome "negative social attitudes" towards innovation and change rings true today for India as much as it did for late industrialisers in Europe.

By raising the bar of expectations to the level of an Indian century, Modi is trying to engineer a Gerschenkron-style mindset transformation. Only if we believe can we realise.

Modi admires Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, who remade what used to be a divided and impoverished colonial outpost into an economic powerhouse in three decades. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam credits Lee for "ingraining a forward-looking attitude in our system" wherein it "keeps looking ahead" for new opportunities, business openings, job creation and career advancement. Modi is cut from the same cloth and is asking the nation to look ahead and shake off the slough.

But can the authoritarian Singapore in a democratic society like India where power is widely dispersed and feistily contested by varied organised interest groups?

This is Modi's central challenge. On crucial reforms to speed up economic growth, he has baulked and accommodated naysayers instead of relentlessly ploughing through with conviction in his priorities. Perhaps this is the democracy cost that has to be paid and India will therefore be slower than Singapore changing India and the world" is an acknowledgement of this effect and a verdict or China were during their journeys of rapid economic ascent. Our revolution may be a fast evolution.

Whatever India's relative pace of GDP growth and systemic obstacles, Modi exemplifies that leadership holds a key to altering a nation's fate. In foreign policy, military modernisation and energy security, his distinct personal effect is making the world sit up and take notice of India.
Media entrepreneur Mike Bloomberg's tweet changing India and the world" is an acknowledgement of this effect and a verdict that we are headed upwards. But India's image makeover has to be institutionalised to last throughout this long century.

A new cadre of change agents has to be nurtured at different levels of Indian society to take forward the notion that we have it in us to make it big in the world. Our demographic bulge needs not only a sustained dose of practical skills for employability and productivity but also training to drive the global agenda.

One needs to look no further than Silicon Valley for Indians to find inspirational lessons to be international leaders. There, Indian immigrants with professional education excelled in networked and group environments to invent avant-garde products and services that redid the world. In Chidanand Rajghatta's memorable words, our IT pioneers in Silicon Valley were like "horses that flew" thanks to a cooperative ethic where individual brilliance (of which Indians never had dearth) intersected with team work.

Political scientist Francis Fukuyama has posited that "social principles of economic life" will determine the "coming struggle for world dominance". Only those societies with "a high degree of social trust will be able to compete in the new global economy". How can India surge in the 21st century if it is saddled by distrustful workplaces where dog-in-the-manger habits trample interpersonal trust and ruin the sense of higher purpose?

The culture of mediocrity in our institutions and the absence of meritocratic values of spotting and enabling talented people to bloom have held back our potential. Modi has donned the role of a preacher by appealing to our nobler instincts and attacking narrow self-centred behaviour that militates against public good.

But with no sudden crisis or imminent threat to our existence as a nation, patriotism that is event-specific or tied to special occasions alone cannot arouse society to a higher stage of civic consciousness and collective action.

What is required is a continuous, everyday nationalism that imbues value into work so that Indians are aware and appreciate that each one of us is making a contribution to the larger project.

Former president A P J Abdul Kalam's life reminded us that India has a date with posterity if it keeps its eye on the big picture. Modi himself will not be around if and when the Indian century finally actualises and is universally acknowledged.

But by setting herculean goals, the PM has parked us on the highway to greatness. It is for our youth to rev up the engine with what Gerschenkron called the "spirit" or "intellectual climate" to prosper and lead.

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.

On 29 September 2015 at 13:25, Usha Gowri <usha.gowri@gmail.com> wrote:

Sir we have lived on hope for years.

Time to ask questions on the how .Its all good feeling to be reading grandiose statements issued without any thought on executing it and fooling people.Someone said the Director is a great man.Tell him to get the CCE executed so that millions of children are not mentally killed everyday.So children have space to be who they want to be and not straight jacketed into nobodies.

Instead of hoping can we as educationists ask tough questions compelling the officials to act at the ground level instead of flying kites from their ivory towers?

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Jagan Mohan Reddy <drjaganmohanreddy@gmail.com> wrote:

Let's not be prejudiced in our response to any initiative.
Just because something didn't workout in the past doesn't mean it will be so now.
Why not hope for something better?
Best wishes.
Dr A Jagan Mohan Reddy

On 29 Sep 2015 09:55, "Virendra Goel" <goel.virendra@gmail.com> wrote:

The present feedback has been sought by CBSE from students of school affiliated to it and teachers have been given the responsibility of helping the students to articulate their thoughts. If a sincere effort is made, this feedback will definitely help understanding the mind set of present day students. Present chairman of CBSE is a proactive and motivated individual and has been experimenting with different processes during last 5 years.

Regards

Virendra Goel

Govt seeks school students' views on education

This is a good 360 degrees feedback move for no much valuable outcome. I fear how many students can understand the purpose of individual question, its severity, etc. The feedback is likely to be goody-goody.

Some USA universities are experimenting: giving participation to students in governance, management, teaching, etc.

We have got Students' Council in all universities. How much they contributed to the university brand name?

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Subject: [MTC Global] Govt seeks school students' views on education

In what could prove to be an innovative move, the Centre has invited school students to share their views on the current education system and their experiences with teachers, promising that their insights will remain "confidential".

Following an instruction from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), the Central Board of Secondary Education has created a special page on its website and listed as many as 28 questions, asking students of Class VI to Class XII to give "frank and honest" answers for them online.

The move, which has been initiated as part of the HRD ministry's exercise to hold consultation with various stakeholders to formulate a new education policy, is likely to bring to light the ground realties about the functioning of schools in the country, official sources told Deccan Herald.

"We value our students' feedback and will take it into account when making recommendations for substantial improvements in the teaching and learning environment in schools. Therefore, please be as precise as you can in your answers. Please respond frankly, bearing in mind that all students will benefit from your inputs," the board has urged the students.

"All information given by you will remain confidential," the board has assured, asking the students to submit their feedback on or before October 5.

This message has been prominently placed at the top of the online feedback form so that students feel absolutely protected as they share their views, official sources said.

Evaluating teachers
Among various questions, the students have been asked whether their teachers cover the entire syllabus. They have also been asked whether they felt their teachers were fair in evaluating their work.

The students have also been asked to register their views on the effectiveness of the continuous and comprehensive evaluation and open-book examination systems.
"How teaching in your class has helped you or helps to able to connect key concepts with day-to-day life situation and able to use them to solve day-to-day problems?," reads one of the questions.

The students have also been asked to answer if the medium of instruction used in Cass I-V have helped them or is helping them in understanding the concepts better in higher classes.

Among other things, the students will also have to speak about their own attendance and how teachers are treated by students in their school.

Students have also been asked on students from different backgrounds and the level of security available in and around the campus.

They are also required to tell how "slow learners" in their classes are treated and what help students in general are provided for difficult subjects and topics.

The board has written heads of all affiliated schools, directing them to "encourage and facilitate" students to ensure their participation in the exercise.

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