Travel and Education The world we live in is very complex and varied, and is changing constantly. But our education system is generally insensitive to both the variety in the world and the changes that take place all over it. If education is to serve its purpose as a support to lifestyles, it should provide us enough knowledge about the ways of our world. A reliable knowledge of people and places,...

Discipline in Life Or Values of Discipline Essay No. 01 No nation can be great unless its people are disciplined. Discipline in life leads to success. No country, school, college or home without discipline, can function properly. Thus, it is necessary for all walks of life. There is the discipline in our house. Everything goes on smoothly. Children obey their parents. Parents too love them. There is perfect quiet and peace...

After 70 Years of Independence India’s achievement of independence is a landmark event of the twentieth century. It marked the beginning of the end of colonialism, which had engulfed much of the globe, and held large populations under its sway for over four hundred years. In less than fifty years since India’s independence, the last of the colonial bastions – in South Africa – collapsed, to rid the world of one...

Classroom Discipline Discipline is a necessity for proper living and has importance throughout a person’s lifetime. But usually emphasis on it is considered essential only in the early period of life, particularly that spent in school and college. Discipline during this period is more the result of compulsion and coercion from outside, than of self-realization of its utility in successful living. Most disciplining techniques concentrate more on the end result —...

Salvaging The Education System The problems and challenges that India’s education system face are so complex that the chances of any conventional method succeeding in overcoming them are very remote. Cosmetic changes in the operational and administrative aspects of the system have not made any meaningful impact on it, because the causes of its problems are numerous and widespread. Hence, before trying to improve the system, it is necessary to identify...

The State of Education in India Since Independence, India has made great progress in industrialization, food grains production, international trade, and to a lesser extent, in eradicating social evils like untouchability and casteism. But for many reasons, the enthusiasm that helped us realize such progress has been lacking in our efforts to create a useful and effective education system. It is indeed surprising that, a region where such famous seats of...

The Use of English Language Indians have been familiar with the English language since the start of British colonization a few centuries ago. As they felt that the knowledge of English would help them understand the progressive ideals of the West, as well as enjoy high status in their communities, many Indians, by learning the language, responded favorably to the British initiative to popularize English in administration and education. Though. English...

The Baneful Bandh Our freedom struggle was a pioneering and trail blazing exercise, which bequeathed to independent India several of its unique legacies. Though many of these legacies were quite effective and acceptable in the context of the struggle, their modified versions in modern times have not been very welcome. ‘Bandh’ is one such legacy, the meaning and relevance of which have been badly devastated by its gross misuse by political...