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The writer is a veteran school educator based in Kolkata
    Devi Kar | Life can be full of paradoxes… But say ‘no’ to contradictionsColumnists
    Devi Kar | Life can be full of paradoxes… But say ‘no’ to...

    Perhaps we don’t realise that not only do we have many unnecessary contradictions in our lives, but we also instil...

    29 March 2024 12:15 AM IST

    Devi Kar | Hiring teachers gets increasingly harder for most schools in IndiaColumnists
    Devi Kar | Hiring teachers gets increasingly harder for most schools...

    From flawed applications to uninspiring demo lessons, the process of selecting school teachers in India faces numerous...

    21 Feb 2024 12:20 AM IST

    As schools become a big business, its vital they deliver a quality educationOpinion
    As schools become a big business, it's vital they deliver a quality...

    School owners know the branding exercise well and are aware that they have to make a big splash

    6 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Devi Kar | Why philosophy is crucial for young minds: It will help think betterOpinion
    Devi Kar | Why philosophy is crucial for young minds: It will help...

    After having worked with children for the greater part of my life, I find that younger children in their quest to...

    21 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

    SOPs have been designed to ensure safety and security of students, particularly girls, while teachers and staff members in each school are being sensitised on the POCSO Act, 2012.(Representational Image)Opinion
    Devi Kar | Schools need to teach the basics, not just prepare kids for...

    The other night, a student who had passed out of my school this year was killed in a nasty road accident. Her college...

    15 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the worldLifestyle
    Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the...

    The other tragic story of neglect that is told through these writings is that of the teachers

    9 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    The government wanted NEP implementation and rolling out of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in a phased manner in Anganwadis and primary and upper primary schools and further transformation from the 10+2 academic structure to 5+3+3+4 structure. (Representational Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Devi Kar | Schooling after Covid-19: What appears normal is not always...

    Almost two years of disuse has led to multiple problems of different kinds

    4 May 2022 12:21 AM IST

    Trained counsellors can make a marked difference towards helping elderly people deal with their emotional problems. (Representational image : Pixabay)Opinion
    Devi Kar | Young and old can help each other & bridge generation gap

    An interdependent and connected society can yield rich dividends and make human existence far more meaningful

    20 April 2022 12:23 AM IST

    Cover Image of the book Stolen Focus by Johann Hari.Lifestyle
    Book Review | Attention! Big Tech is conspiring to purloin it and make...

    One of the features that makes the book valuable is that it has been exhaustively and excellently researched

    13 Feb 2022 1:34 AM IST

    Thousands of schoolchildren in India have regressed disturbingly in the past one and a half years. (Representational Image. DC Image)Opinion
    Devi Kar | Going back to ‘normal’ in the classroom sets off fresh...

    With every fresh discovery of a new variant, a frisson of fear is now felt across the world

    8 Dec 2021 3:03 AM IST

    Amartya Sen (File photo)Opinion
    Devi Kar | How Amartya's memoirs hold some valuable lessons for life

    The great advantage is that Prof. Sen writes lucidly about a stupendous range of topics and ideas that a general reader...

    23 Sept 2021 12:49 AM IST

    Justice Prateek Jalan ordered CBSE to consider as representation a petition by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school here, who had paid Rs 2,100 as examination fee. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Devi Kar | With ‘flexi’ exam formula, focus on quality learning

    In brief, the Central Board of Secondary Education plans to split the examination of Class 10 and Class 12 students into...

    20 July 2021 2:38 AM IST

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