A syllabus for emotional stability
The Hindu
Teachers’ Day is a time to think about what children and their educators have to face together in an ‘educational arms race’
At long last, vaulting over an intense concentration on the material world and attempts to pass on an understanding of it to children in watertight blocks of knowledge (mathematics, history, biology, physics and so on) is a deep concern about their emotional condition as they return to their classrooms. In previous years, lip service was paid to emotional quotient and life skills, but now everyone knows for sure that without these inner resources, all education is doomed to produce a generation of people who understand themselves and the forces acting upon their environment even less than their parents or grandparents did in their time. In India, children are lucky to be attending school at all, given that unlettered millions join the workforce every year as child labourers.Chambers for new Ministers being spruced up at Andhra Pradesh Secretariat. Arrangements are also being made for the swearing-in ceremony of Chandrababu Naidu as Chief Minister. Authorities are also making arrangements for the conduct of the Legislative Assembly session to enable the MLAs-elect to take oath.
Fissures in TDP-JSP alliance to the fore in Pithapuram Assembly constituency. TDP in-charge Varma, who had sidestepped to enable JSP supremo Pawan Kalyan to enter the fray and emerge victorious in the elections, alleges bid to eliminate him by the supporters of JSP’s Kakinada MP-elect Tangella Uday Srinivas on the night of June 7.
Minister for Medical Education and Skill Development Sharan Prakash Patil on Saturday rejected all accusations against him in connection with the Karnataka Valmiki Development Corporation’s financial scam, saying he was ready for any probe over the alleged meeting at his office at Vikasa Soudha over destruction of evidence with regard to the alleged scam.
Neglect of freedom fighters in academic content of State universities “shocking”, says T.N. Governor
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Saturday expressed shock over what he described as the neglect of Indian freedom fighters in the academic content of State universities.