How Far Has the School Scenario Changed in Recent Times?
Now- a- days people are much worried about the changes in school curricula. For example, the recent decision of the Central Board of Secondary Education to do away with 10th standard examination – that once considered being very sacrosanct- has been received with shock by many. The Kerala school system also has been in a flux of sweeping curricular changes for more than a decade. What is the true nature of these changes? Are these changes influenced by the system itself or by outside forces? Have the teachers, headmasters and the general public imbibed the real spirit of curricular changes? Is there a shift in the very purpose of schooling itself? What will be the nature of schooling in the coming decades? Are we going in the right direction?
Let us have a sincere close look at the school scenario in terms of the following components.
1. Physical appearance of the school, buildings, facilities, profile of students and teachers, management, cost of education, interest of various stake holders etc.
2.Curriculum and syllabus, teaching- learning approaches, assessment practices, technological inputs for learning, importance of co- curricular activities etc.
3. Planning and implementation of lessons, students’ role in learning, student- teacher relationship, professional development of teachers, etc.
4. Parents’ involvement, community participation, local bodies and government initiatives etc.
Have a close look at them taking at each one from the above four areas. Please share your findings and concerns.
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ReplyDeletesir how can I prepare a note on interest of various stake holders?
hello Ragi..
ReplyDeleteGud morning
Thank you very much for your query
by stake holders i mean those who have some 'stake' or claim or role or interest in education
you have to look in to the changes of their interest in recent times
interest of managers / teachers / students / department might have changed....
you can collect date during ur talk with them
Is there a shift in their interest in edn in recent times?
you think over these points and prepare ur notes...please upload ur comments on my blog
1) I think it is high time to consider and analyse the attitude of the general public towards changes. In spite of the improved appearance and methodology of the common schools, which to some extent even supersede that of the ‘elite’ schools, why the general public still continues to stick to the fashion of elite schools? This is even when there are enough testimonies of children of the elite schools being detached from the realities of the society and being made inefficient in many walks of life. Also, no realistic study has come to my notice regarding the ability of common children who are not supported by parents or extra tuition to come successfully out of the ‘elite’ schooling. There is also widespread complaint about the greediness and profit making traits of those schools which do not offer that much of returns to the cost invested. Still why is this attraction? Also how far are the new generation and the parental generation political and civic?
ReplyDeleteDon’t these imply the need for more social education; education in values and social outlook?
2) How far have the co-curricular activities linked to the curricular activities and how far the potentials within the personality of children are nurtured seriously inferring that such and such are the fields of the children in their future life?
3) Don’t suggesting and imposing too many programs, which often overlap, become detrimental to the academic concentration on the part of teachers at schools?
4) Hasn’t the great concept of continuous evaluation become farce? What steps can be taken to raise the importance of Process Based Learning and continuous evaluation?
I think these questions also should be addressed while evaluating the present educational scenario.