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Readers’ Forum Please have more interviews with leaders on how they cope with the pandemic. There have been so many success stories across India. Many came up with genuine ideas but kept the learning process alive. Mental health is another aspect that needs to be covered. S Srinivasan, Secunderabad

Kudos to Brainfeed for bringing out a lovely edition that was encompassing and covered almost all issues plaguing education. However, I look forward to read more on new Apps launched in the market. Meghna Mathur, Noida

The article on ‘A view of mindfulness’ by the eminent academician is unique as it ushers today’s youth with the need to understand the importance of mindfulness and spirituality in their life, along with academics. Praniti Sengar, Ahmedabad There is no doubt that design process is here to stay. Schools and colleges now need to train young minds in solving problems than just completing the syllabus. Hands on training coupled with projects and collaborating with the industry is the only way. Creative innovators are what the nation needs today. India has the world’s largest population aged between 10 and 24. What is positive is the confidence the youth exudes today. If India is to make a place in the comity of nations, the whole education system needs to revamp with originality becoming the focus and not just mugging up information. Revathi Muthuswamy, Coimbatore

Your Cover Story on the plight of today’s children (Know what your child is up to, December issue) was comprehensive. It is good to know how to handle situations in digital times. However, to solely blame technology shows the helplessness of parents and teachers.

One hopes more young edupreneurs come up with solutions and make students do rather than just hear.

Worse, by imposing restrictions, we would alienate children further in times of meteverse. The interview with Dr Purnima was helpful but a concerted effort from all stake holders can mitigate the problems of students’ extreme usage of mobile phones and being engrossed with gadgets.

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Your interview with the duo Ajay Sagar and Krupalini should serve as an eye opener. They believe in a holistic education giving equal importance to Science, Applied Science and technology and not merely make every child learn to code. It was refreshing to know there are people who think out-of-the-box lest we end up doing what everyone does. The mushrooming of engineering colleges and many not being able to sustain is a case in point.

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Editorial

January 2022 Volume VIII Issue 10

he start of a new year is always a moment to look back and forward to reflect on important milestones, developments, challenges and opportunities. A key challenge today is to ensure that schools once again brim with students as was the case some two years ago. We are getting there slowly, Omicron notwithstanding. In this issue, we have a mix of articles on motivation, well-being, personality development and National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. While articles on NEP 2020 dwell on the implementation challenges and the way forward, the other stories focus on the ‘here and now!’ Given the fact that schools are slowly limping back to normalcy, there are several issues such as coping with stigma of ‘Covid batch’, motivation for both teachers as well as students, getting back into the fold and mental well-being. In present times the immediate challenges include motivating students as well as teachers, ensuring the mental health of one and all and at the same time working towards the implementation of NEP. On the one hand school leaders need to keep the schools up and running and also prepare for the execution of the suggestions of NEP 2020. Considering the tough times we

live in, it is a handful. We have articles on implementation challenges of NEP, the aim of NEP and the way forward. Do read and also suggest. Children and mental health is an area that is talked about in almost every forum. It is a need of the hour. We have experts writing on the topic. Brainfeed magazine, in the last few years, has managed to build a platform for healthy discussions and deliberations through the magazine, webinars and social media platforms. We call upon experts to share latest surveys and studies on this important topic. The mind can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. Calmness, gentleness, self-restraint and purity are the disciplines of the mind, so says The Gita. This is what we all need during these troubled times. The only way we can beat the pandemic is by staying calm, control ourselves, maintain discipline at all times and following protocol. Wish you all a Happy New Year 2022!

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Contents 16

Professional Development

‘Invest in teachers’

Motivation................................22 Teachers up the ante

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Catch up time

How to get students back into the fold

Pandemic Toll........................ 28 Free teachers from administrative tasks Skill Set..................................... 30 Skilling India

Empowering

Empowering with Integration

Motivation................................32 Keep future line workers motivated Teacher Motivation............. 42 Let us be motivated! Let us motivate!

Policy

Implementation challenges of NEP

Policy.........................................48 Informing the aim of NEP is the real challenge Policy..........................................62 A step towards implementation of NEP

Pandemic Blues

Address Covid imposed learning challenges

Wellness

Children and mental health in post Covid era

Pandemic Toll

The stigma of Covid batch

Personality Development

44 Be Your ‘Self’

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Well-Being

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Pandemic Blues

Give teachers their due

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National Board of Examinations announced changes in NEET MDS 2022 exam

he National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has issued major changes in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Masters of Dental Surgery (NEET MDS 2022) exam timings, registration fee and addition of new exam cities this year. The board has released the application form along with the information brochure that contains key details of the NEET MDS 2022 exam pattern, syllabus, dates, eligibility criteria and registration process and the same can be downloaded from the official website of the NBEMS.

Online learning a boon for the CAT 2021 topper

hirag Gupta, the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2021 topper from Ahmedabad has aced the management exam through online learning. For his CAT 2021 preparations, he completely relied on online learning material and YouTube videos. His preparation strategy did not include studying from any books. He managed to get 100 percentile in a short duration of few months by self-studying with dedicated efforts.

The registration fee has been reduced from Rs 4,425 to Rs 4,250, but there has been no relief for SC, ST and PwD candidates as the registration fee mounts to Rs 3,250 from Rs 3,245. From now on, the exam will take place in the morning shift from 9 am to 12 pm. Sikar and Rajkot exam centres have been replaced with Bhilai and Raipur. The exam is scheduled to happen on March 6, 2022, eligible candidates can download admit cards from March 1, 2022 and result for the exam will be released by March 21, 2022. Candidates can submit their applications till January 24 by 11:55 pm.

Venkaiah Naidu: New education policy in accordance with Mahatma Gandhi’s ethos

ice President M.Venkaiah Naidu in his speech on the Silver Jubilee celebrations occasion of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University Tuesday, Wardha, laid emphasis on the importance of mother tongue to be introduced in schools. He remembered Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Nai Talim’ started in Wardha in 1937 that stressed on the need to make native language as the necessary mandate in schools, along with free compulsory education to students. He further glorified the linguistic diversity of the country and how it symbolises our strength and cultural unity.

Delhi Government tasks schools to maintain vaccinated students data

he Delhi government has sternly ordered all the city school heads to keep an updated Google Tracker data of inoculated students without any laxity. As the vaccination drive commences for the 15 to 18 age group children in the country, the capital city inoculated over 20,900 teenagers with the first dose in the first week of January.

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new cases on Monday with positivity rate at 6.46 percent. The Directorate of Education (DoE) has issued an order that all school principals and class teachers must upload the vaccination record of students in the Google Tracker by 4 pm daily without fail. The school authority should ensure that children parents are told to visit with their children to the nearest vaccination centre designated for children vaccination of age group 15-18.

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Practically: India’s First Immersive & Experiential App Has Won Hearts of Teachers and Students

he art of learning begins early on and stays with us for a lifetime. If we make education a happy space for children and young adults, we will see a drastic transformation in the future choices they make. Practically has taken keen interest in transforming this space with a vision to reshape the way the world learns. Practically aims to bring back joy into classrooms and enable better learning outcomes for students with thousands of exhilarating, life-like 3D videos, simulations, and Augmented Reality (AR)

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experiences combined with learning pathways. The app covers universal curriculum across Math and Science for 6th to 12th grades and has K-5 solutions underway as well. It is the only app in the world that combines game engine, immersive learning assets, and AI-assisted study buddy – Proton, all in one compact cross-platform app. Practically School Solution aims at bringing modern methods to everyday teaching process and empowers teachers to use the power of

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visualization and experiential content to transform dry subject areas into jaw dropping experiences. The objective being to empower teachers with the perfect tool, enable classrooms with ‘learning by doing’ approach and increase the retention rate of students to more than 90% for key subjects like Math and Science. Teachers can access 3000+ videos, 1000+ simulations/AR and features like reports, test-preps, polls, analytics, assigning homework, etc. which makes the teaching process more convenient and engaging. The key notable features of this application are: Virtual Classroom Management System is a key feature of the app. It allows for ease of scheduling and conducting classes, bringing convenience for teachers and educators and saving on operational time. It also provides unlimited Zoom licenses so you don’t have to worry about running out of free minutes and being taken aback by a sudden interruption in the middle of lessons! Teachers and students can also go back and refer to recordings if they have missed out on sessions or to revisit already taught concepts. With the Practically School Solution, you can get free access to the Exhaustive Content Library and Course Material of thousands of videos, simulations and AR experiences covering universal curriculum so that every student benefits from Practically!

Exam prep is the most important part of any learning journey. Our Test Prep And Reports give teachers the freedom to conduct tests both chapter or subject wise. Automated test papers and report card generation helps keep track of each student’s performance. We are aware that teaching is an art and when equipped with the right tools teachers can create magic in their classrooms. Newly launched Canvas as the name suggests is a feature that will allow teachers to compile their classroom teaching material or lesson plan at one place bringing together different formats. For teachers this tool will equip them with visual and editing capabilities that will help further aid their teaching process giving more scope for visual engagement. The feature will ensure that classroom sessions are planned and created more effortlessly. The 3D Model Editor is another feature that is used to edit 3D models and personalize them,

bringing the concepts alive for students. At present, there are more than 30,000 models exposed through this editor and there are lakhs of models in pipeline Study plan feature enables students to organise their daily study routine according to their requirements. Here the user can add subject wise chapters in a particular date range as per their goals. They can easily set individual targets, basis each subject and achieve them in a specific time frame. At any given time, the student can reset the study plan and create a new goal. The Analytics Dashboard is a feature that will give an overview of the students’ overall performance that includes learning, test score and various in app activities. The Analytics Dashboard consists of multiple sections like Brain Activity map, Topics Covered, Subjects covered, assessment performance graphs and engagement summary. Brain Activity map will capture the student’s app usage in 4 different

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PRODUCT SHOWCASE

ways: Spatial Processing, Problem Solving, Visual Processing and Memory Creation. It also consists of AI-based recommendations tracking student performance. There will be an engagement summary as well which will include information about active days, study session, classes attended, videos watched, doubts asked and homework completed. Practically also offers live classes, coding lessons for both beginners and experienced learners and a 24x7 Seek Help feature for doubt resolution, where students can reach out to subject experts on the platform through forum messages, AI powered chatbot and video calls. Practically is an outcome of deep-rooted insights based on several man-years of study around children’s learning & retention modes leading to the innovative use of newage tech tools such as AR, Gamification etc. to provide an immersive learning experience for children. We have observed 18% increase in learning outcomes for students who used Practically

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Professional Development

Dr M Ramachandran Principal, Sharada Residential School, Udupi

‘Invest in teachers’ An investment in teachers is an investment in students

he National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) has released a draft as a public notice “National Professional Standard for Teachers (NPST). This has been in accordance with the implementation of the New

Educational Policy which highlighted the purpose to improve the quality of teaching professionals, to attract the best talent to the teaching profession, to design preservice teacher education programme, setting standards for professional

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growth and pay-scale. Besides, NPST focuses on preparations, practice and performance improvement of grades of teachers. Generally, the core purpose of making NCTE, as a nodal agency is to

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design revolutionary changes in the learning-teaching process to update and equip Indian School faculties with 21st century teaching skills.

What is Professional Standards?

Standards in general define and measure the quality of teaching. What is quality teaching which is an equivalent of what is quality learning. In the learning context, standards are defined as learning outcomes but in professional context, standards are defined as competencies, means teachers’ competencies

including the expectations of the parents, learners and other stakeholders from the teachers. No doubt, teachers’ professional standard plays a vital role in the teaching-learning process and also in the learning outcome.

Career Progression in NPST

One of the striking features of the NPST draft is about the professional growth of teachers. As per NEP 2020, school system is broadly categorized to follow 5+3+3+4 (Foundational, Preparatory, Middle Level and Secondary Level) pattern.

Presently, a teacher reaches the level of a headmaster and principal after years of service and many retire as primary teachers. The draft policy of NPST clearly states that teachers in all categories of School Levels have growth potential within each level without moving to another level (Primary to Middle School or High School to Higher Secondary, PRT to TGT or TGT to PGT) for career progression. The teacher’s career progression depends on professional skills, quality of teaching and their

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Once the proficient teacher reaches the optimum level of performance, she/he will be guided to prepare for the next career stage that is an Expert Teacher stage. At this stage, all Expert teachers are expected to demonstrate a higher level of performance in a collaborative style.

over-all performance. The draft recommends to offer four career destinations for all the teachers like: 1. Beginner Teacher 2. Proficient Teacher 3. Expert Teacher 4. Lead Teacher. It also stresses the need for the annual assessment of teaching quality in every school by NCTE. This assessment is based on the continuous professional development and made 50 hours of professional skilling attendance either online or offline mode mandatory for every teacher. The entry level is the ‘Beginner Teacher’ who has minimum standards set by NCTE and trained or prepared by teacher training institutes like Nursery/Anganwadi, Kindergarten, D.Ed., TTC or B.Ed./M.Ed. A teacher candidate who is competent to meet the standards under ‘Beginner

Teacher stage is normally recruited by schools affiliated to Centre, State or UT Boards including aided institutions. These beginners will be supported by in-school mentors. Once the beginner settles his / her job and reaches the required level of performance, he/she will be guided towards the next career stage, ‘Proficient Teacher Stage’. At this stage, a teacher is expected to be professionally independent in the application of various teaching and assessment skills.

All Expert teachers are expected to demonstrate a higher level of performance in a collaborative style.

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Expert teachers are expected to observe peers and support team mates’ professional growth and skills. Once they display exceptional leadership in words and action and be a healthy and stimulant factor in the system, they will be guided to move towards ‘Lead Teacher’ role. At this stage, all are expected to deliver highly valued inputs in the teaching-learning process like constitutional values, professional ethics, commitment to students and community, responsible and ethical use of technology etc. It is presumed that the experts who drafted these preliminary proposals referred to standard practices followed by UK teachers, UAE professional standards and the existing practices in Australia. It is a widely accepted fact that best trainees are inducted into the school education system in Finland and their school system is boasted to be the best one. Similarly the pay and compensation packages offered for German Teachers are unique when compared to other professions. Special emphasis must be added about teachers’ social status which depends on their salaries and social security benefits.

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he world has recognised that the biggest need today is to apply the core principles of universality, integration, equity and innovation to ensure that our future is on a path towards Sustainable Development. This 2030 Agenda and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require strategic visioning, priority setting, and implementation. It also calls for a coordinated and coherent approach to implementation. There is a paradigm shift from acquisition of knowledge to developing skills; from

individual excellence to collaborative success and from performance mapping to empathetic inclusion. It is imperative that the younger generation is able to think more globally yet be more inclusive both socially and in the work place. The moving to these core needs which are more humanistic will rely heavily on refocussing structures, systems and governance in the education field.

Anjana Krishnamurthy Vice Principal, Gitanjali Devshala An educator, she has over 3 decades of experience in teaching, training, mentoring and school leadership. She is a domain expert in education, strategist and implementation specialist.

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The special needs section in the Gitanjali Devshala and Devashray are beneficial for both our general students as well as students with special needs. In our special classroom, children are integrated in regular classes and both special education and other teachers collaborate and work together. The child is the centre of his /her learning and so the curriculum must

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become more differentiated with timely intervention of practices like Direct Instruction, Sequential and Simultaneous structured multi-sensory approach. Emphasis is laid on core life skills like Decision Making, Interpersonal Relationship, Self-Awareness aiming to develop personal adequacy, social competency and economic independence. Incorporating learning styles and levels into the curriculum, helped us to achieve inclusion. At Gitanjali, our teachers are comfortably able to modify the curriculum to ensure that they cater to the learning needs and styles of all students using IEP (Individualized Education Programs), Reading strategies and Scaffolding strategies. Giving opportunities to participate in educational, recreational, community and domestic activities that are close to real life situations; help to develop self-esteem while making children self-reliant. ‘Waving for Inclusion’ Gitanjali Devshala’s

community outreach initiative had more than 20 Special Education schools participate to bring about an awareness about the need for a more inclusive society while creating a Limca Book Record. The synergy of our intent and action brought a new momentum to steer us forward. Teachers at Gitanjali help the specially abled to reach their academic milestones in a classroom by following strategies like -Breaking learning tasks into small steps; Presenting information visually and verbally; Verbalizing; rephrasing; Sequencing; Summarising, etc. As a school, Gitanjali understands that the success of the student with learning

Our comprehensive school plan includes Need assessment, individualised instructional strategy, Life skills program disabilities requires a focus on individual achievement, individual progress, and individual learning. This requires specific, directed, individualized, intensive remedial instruction for students who are in need of help and guidance. Whether the student is in the general education classroom or learning in a special class setting, we need to focus on both assessing and monitoring the progress of every child. Our comprehensive school plan that includes Need assessment, individualised instructional strategy, Life skills program and Feedback mechanism has immensely benefitted the children entrusted to our care. At Gitanjali, celebrating the uniqueness of a child and creating a joyful environment is paramount. Every Child Matters and No Child can be left behind. This will be the resonance with which we move forward building an inclusive and collaborative community which is empathetic, empowering and experiential.

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Motivation

Teachers up the ante C

orona virus has left no industry unchallenged. The teaching fraternity too had to face the brunt. However, teachers punched above their weight and rose to the occasion. With the sudden shift away from the classroom, pressed the need to follow innovative ways of teaching- learning process, teachers embraced technology and made online teaching a valuable experience. They dived straight into the alien world of virtual teaching and created a digitally safe environment for their students so that they can enjoy curricular and cocurricular activities with the same zeal in the confinement of their homes. Teachers who are motivated can trigger students’ motivation. In the present times, the role of a teacher has become much more

Archana Narain Principal, The Indian Heights School, New Delhi challenging. They need to revamp and revisit their own teaching learning approaches altogether and need to bring innovation, equity and excellence to make it more effective and impactful. The National Education Policy 2020 also advocates the shift away from the traditional

teaching methodologies to new innovative ways of teaching. So, motivating teachers and providing them with adequate platform where they can up-skill, upgrade and uplift their own knowledge and potential is the need of the hour so that they can fully nurture the inherent creativity and interest of students to obtain maximum learning outcome. This new paradigm shift in education is challenging and exhaustive for teachers. In order to fulfill the demands of this new-age tech-enabled education system, it is imperative that the teachers should be highly motivated. Teachers become educators based on their motivation to teach. If a teacher has no motivation then they are unlikely to be an effective educator. The factors that influence a teacher’s motivation include personal expectations, need satisfaction, monetary satisfaction and work climate. It is time school managements with open arms preserve, protect and promote a positive teachinglearning environment. Sir Robert John once said, “We are not just teachers, we are the managers of the world’s greatest resource, children.” With our zeal, enthusiasm and energy we mould and shape the future of our nation. Just a pat on the back and a few kind words does wonders to teachers.

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Pandemic Blues

Address Covid imposed learning challenges T

Alpana Baveja Principal, Manav Rachna International School, Gurgaon

he Covid pandemic has been a defining event for the educational sector on multiple counts. The restrictions imposed to contain the pandemic acted as a catalyst in fast-tracking the adoption of technology. However, the suddenness of changes allowed minimal time to adapt, creating numerous challenges for all stakeholders in the ecosystem.

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Challenges Learning gaps, loss in interest towards studies, increase in distractions and even drop outs from school emerged as major implications due to closure of school and migration to online mode of learning. Dispersion in test scores within a class has seen an increase. The digital divide accentuated the learning

Pandemic Blues gaps between the privileged and unprivileged children. Health and well-being of students also emerged as a key concern area. A significant percentage of students have been suffering from various types of behavioural changes to include anxiety, social withdrawal, tendency for self-isolation, lethargy as well as irrational fears. Reduction in time spent studying, tendency to leave the learning gaps and unwillingness to make the most of the time available at hand are tangible effects in many cases. Social and emotional development has also taken a back seat, potentially with long term implications. The buzz wordzoom fatigue – had its impact on students too! Factors such as agility of schools and ability/ willingness of teachers to modify the curriculum and adopt suitable teaching pedagogies for online teaching-learning emerged

as key differentiators from an organisational perspective. As schools limp back to normalcy, hybrid mode of teachinglearning seems likely to emerge as a long-term trend that may end up shaping the educational ecosystem, necessitating even further changes!

and disincentivizing online mode of education emerges as a priority. •

Identification of learning gaps (at individual & group levels) and focussed remedial learning need to be executed on priority. Moving on to the next level without focussing on the building blocks of previous level will have adverse, long term implications. Highintensity remedial classes followed by regular checks and recalibration are the need of the hour.

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An integrated curriculum with an increased focus on social and emotional learning as well as skill development has emerged as the need of the hour.

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Devising pedagogies to improve communication skills and elevating confidence levels of the students would go a long way in developing skills, behaviour and mind-set to succeed in their future lives.

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Innovative techniques like partner activities, and problem solving with peer mediation would go a long way in fostering relationships among students and address many behavioural challenges.

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Promoting sports and physical activities

Focus areas to address gaps The magnitude of challenges is truly diverse and phenomenal. This necessitates a need to identify focus areas for improvement. Certain key result areas are enumerated: •

Reopening schools, re-engaging students

High-intensity remedial classes followed by regular checks and recalibration are the need of the hour.

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Pandemic Toll

keep students engaged as every household had become a classroom. The new postpandemic environment demands a shift in mindset of teachers socially and emotionally.

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ovid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the social relationships. March 2020 will be etched in history as the schools worldwide closed due to pandemic. With this came the huge responsibility on the teachers to keep on disseminating knowledge to their students through online mode of teaching. The pandemic has not only affected the mental state of students but teachers too have undergone stress. UNESCO already identified confusion and stress among teachers as one of the adverse consequences of school closures. The role of the teacher has not been fully understood during this crisis. Uncertain how education will be affected by online teaching, teachers however, have shown remarkable spirit to keep up the education system alive through all

Surinder Kaur Principal, AGI Global School, Jalandhar their hard work by recording sessions or learning to teach on zoom platform. How has the pandemic changed the role of teachers? Two crucial factors have shifted due to the pandemic. First, pedagogical adaptations have proven to be pivotal as the traditional lecturing in-person models do not translate to a remote learning environment. No matter the type of channel used (online platforms, etc.) teachers need to adapt their practices and be creative to

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A new approach is needed to teach in this altered online paradigm. In India, it is imperative that when dealing with senior students, teachers helped them to understand the importance of resilience and mental strength in order to face diseases, natural and man-made disasters and even rapid technological changes. Despite the overwhelming consequences of the pandemic, this global crisis has also been an extraordinary time for learning. We are learning how adaptable and resilient educational systems, policy makers, teachers, students and families can be with special focus on teachers and how they had to quickly regain human connections and interactions to facilitate learning. The role of teachers is rapidly evolving. In order to build back stronger education systems, teachers are applying those teaching practices that have proved to be effective during the remote learning phase and integrate them into the regular education system. It is critical to empower teachers, investing in the necessary skills development and capacity building to exploit the full capacity of the children. Equally important is to free teachers’ time from administrative tasks.

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Skill Set

Skilling India

Rooma Pathak Principal, M M Public School, Delhi

kill based learning is one of the significant elements of education promoted by National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to make India independent. NEP has thus envisioned the holistic development of youth, with emphasis on not only increasing the Gross Enrolment Ratio but also on skill development as a determining factor in realizing the objectives of Atma Nirbhar Bharat, an ambitious mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This mission has consistently

emphasized the importance of imparting skills as a key component of modern education. There is a necessity of introducing vocational education in schools. As a result, CBSE has framed this revolutionary policy as skillbased, so that every person of India becomes self-sufficient in earning a living rather than becoming a rote learner like a parrot. Mahatma Gandhi said, “Genuine education does not consist of cramming a lot of information and numbers in mind. Nor it lies in passing the examination by reading a number of books, but it lies in developing character. It is a real education which inculcates internal virtues in human beings. If you can develop such virtues, it will be the best education.”

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Career Education, Technical Education, and Training in a specific trade or occupation can help a nonacademic become selfreliant. To put these skills into practise, great strides have been made. Under Project Kaushal, a school orientation programme, M.M. Public School provides online technical courses for gaining expertise in Coding, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Robotics Use, and Competency Based Education. Skill Education triggers curiosity, leadership skills, decision making, creativity, critical thinking competencies, building confidence, and developing collaboration and cooperation. Incorporating vocational training into schools would not only assist in the preparation of young people for jobs, but will also help India become more competitive. It will provide multiple avenues for them to study from, resulting in an increase in their learning and comprehending speed. They can hone their skills and cognitive abilities altogether. Students can comprehend things faster and reinforce what they already know when they use a skillbased approach.

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Motivation

Keep future line workers motivated Teachers are future line workers and need to be motivated at all times. All they need is a little encouragement and gratitude “

mooth seas do not make skillful sailors,” is a famous African proverb that guides almost every aspect of an educator’s life. During the pandemic, Edu-warriors confronted the challenges that redefined the conventional norms in education. A teacher is but a human and expects gratitude. Few words of wisdom and motivation keep them going. Unfortunately, in our society teaching is seen as the last career option for various reasons. Preparing for the lessons, worksheets, assessments, feedback may sound as mandatory tasks but

the involvement needed to ensure student engagement is immense. Other dynamics that adds to the motivation level is the professional development and growth of an individual educator. Today, the educators have assumed the role of the ‘Future Line’ workers. While it is true that the self-motivation is the key to success but Edu Leaders across the nation came together to ensure that enough opportunities are created for teachers to undergo requisite training to deliver appropriately in the virtual world.

Vividh Gupta Principal, Bal Bhavan Public School, Delhi Today, it is a prime necessity to ensure mental wellbeing of the teachers accompanied by constant motivation, not only in the direction of making educational breakthroughs but to stay optimistic. It is time that we join hands to develop a blueprint that accompanies emotional, moral, personal and professional growth of the educators. A system where teacher is not just a facilitator but also facilitated. Our institutions must be equipped for teacher counselling, motivation sessions, activities for emotional outlet and group discussions, open platforms for their voices. It is time India realizes the power that today’s educators embrace to transform the future of this nation. It is for sure that if our teachers remain motivated we will see engaging classrooms where students would grow holistically and this is exactly what National Education Policy 2020 focusses upon.

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Teacher Motivation

different tiers. A variety of methods need to be used to keep up the morale of the teachers. Only if the motivators of children are motivated enough, can they help the children tide over these trying times. Some ways are: Help the teachers acquire the technological expertise needed to take an online/ hybrid class. Provide means and ways of acquiring skills through various online courses.

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tudents never forget teachers and many students even after several years go back and meet their teachers. Apart from teaching, motivating students is a job that teachers do, but do teachers too need motivation is the question. The Covid-19 pandemic affected all and teachers are no exception. Overnight teachers had to work, become tech-savvy, self-reliant in preparing the learning resources, monitor the ‘virtual’ presence of all the students in the online class, teach to a screen having just the names of the students and hope that the concepts have reached them.

Provide them with learning resources that they might struggle to make by themselves. Respect their personal time and space and not intrude into that. Have Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) activities like, mentoring, huddle time, one-on-one counselling, etc for their emotional well being and make them confident. The most important one – provide them with job and financial security.

Veni. R Head of Education Samsidh Group of Schools, Bangalore A gargantuan task indeed! These facilitators needed to be kept motivated, positive and in high spirits. Different ways of motivation work at

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In short, we need to look after their professional, emotional, financial wellbeing and be that shoulder to lean on or that ear to listen to for the teachers to remain motivated. The higher the teacher motivation, the greater the students are prepared to face the life. The greater the students are prepared to face the life, the better the world shall be! Let us be motivated! Let us motivate!

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Policy

Informing the aim of NEP is the real challenge The vision of NEP 2020 needs to get disseminated from the top to all stakeholders

hanging trends are not created by any person or established by any group. We have grown into it. There are a number of practices in the educational front too that wither away when new ones are adopted. The National Education Policy 2020 is just a document which gives a structure to facilitate schools and colleges to align themselves to these changes in an organised and uniform manner. The moot question is: “Are our teachers ready for the NEP implementation”? Whatever may be the changes, teachers will gear up to handle them. How the teaching community rose to the occasion during the pandemic is proof enough. Be it art integration or mother tongue teaching or intra-disciplinary approach!! The challenge is not in the implementation of various aspects of NEP 2020. The challenge is not ‘how and what’ but it lies in understanding the ‘why’. The vision behind the NEP should be communicated clearly and disseminated from the top to all stakeholders.

Shanti Krishnamurthy Director Academics & Administration, Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore School leaders need to first ensure the vision behind the new policy is communicated and shared with the teachers who are adapting the new changes in the classrooms. If art integration is suggested in the NEP, teachers need to understand that it is only to ensure the teaching learning process embraces the different abilities in children. It should transform the child which is the very purpose of education. The main challenge in NEP implementation is the communication of the vision behind NEP to all the

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stakeholders. Yet another area where the challenge lies is in designing the assessments. Remembering and understanding are the lowest levels of learning according to Benjamin Samuel Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) an American educational psychologist. We need to assess the higher levels of application, analysing, evaluating & creating skills of children. Content being by and large the same, NEP has outlined the new methods to make an impact on the learning of Children. Remembering and understanding the content are like the leaves of a plant and over a period of time will get withered out. Remembering or understanding the content does not make a long-lasting impact on the child. Teachers aim at the cognitive domain of the learner. We need to shift the focus to the affective domain where the content needs to get processed. “Don’t Teach Children; Touch the lives of Children” says, Pujya Swami Chinmayananda.

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Policy

Implementation challenges of NEP

Ritu Kochhar Principal, MD International School, Bijnor

he new policy aims for universalisation of education from pre-school to secondary level with 100 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in school education by 2030 and aims to raise GER in higher education to 50 per cent by 2025. Apart from this, the policy also focuses on early childhood care, restructuring curriculum and pedagogy; reforming assessments and exams and investing in teacher training and broadbasing their appraisal.

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Teachers’ availability and training is a challenge. In order to deliver the curriculum effectively, schools and concerned authorities need to train teachers and understand the pedagogical needs to make a smooth transition to the new education system. Since teaching is one of the low-paid professions in India, experiential learning and concept-oriented teaching will be a challenging task. Until the teacher remuneration is revised,

Policy the implementation of the NEP 2020 will be quite challenging. The NEP seeks to enable native language learning up to class five, in order to improve learning outcomes. No doubt , early comprehension of concepts is better in the native language and is essential for future progress. If the foundations are not sound strong , learning suffers, even with the best of teaching and infrastructure .But it is also true that a core goal of education is social and economic mobility and the language of mobility in India is English.

According to a study, out of the 1.5 million schools in India, 75 per cent are run by the government. Of the remaining 400,000 private schools, nearly 80 per cent schools are ‘budget private schools.

There are some pedagogical limitations also as the document talks about flexibility, choice, experimentation. In higher education, the document recognizes that there is a diversity of pedagogical needs. If it is a mandated option within single institutions, this will be a disaster, since structuring a curriculum for a classroom that has both one-year diploma students and fouryear degree students’ takes away from the identity of the institution. The NEP focuses on formative assessment for learning rather than summative assessment. The primary purpose of changing the assessment system is to promote continuous tracking of learning outcomes. However, continuous assessment requires

schools and teachers to use innovative evaluation approaches and assignments. These approaches demand technological intervention and active involvement of teachers and students. According to a study, out of the 1.5 million schools in India, 75 per cent are run by the government. Of the remaining 400,000 private schools, nearly 80 per cent schools are ‘budget private schools. Hence, deploying a continuous assessment framework is a challenging task in these schools. There are challenges in successfully implementing changes that include

modifying the curriculum in accordance with the National Curriculum Framework. Also, educators need to rethink the learning content rubric and modify the textbooks accordingly. Despite some challenges, the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a good as it aims to make the education system holistic, flexible, multidisciplinary, aligned to the needs of the 21st century and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The intent of policy seems to be ideal in many ways.

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Pandemic Blues

Give teachers their due D

Sheenam Samuel Principal, SRM Convent School, Pohir, Ludhiana, Punjab

uring the pandemic the people in health sector and those involved in voluntary work especially non-government organisations were praised but the teaching community went unnoticed. Teachers, especially the aged and who were on the other side of the digital divide upped the ante and learnt skills which resulted in online teaching. It is no mean achievement. The government did not include our teachers as ‘SUPER HEROES’.

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Students needed the full support of the teachers to come back in the environment of the school and learning. Three components are required this time after pandemic that include cognitive, affective, and behavioral intention. Returning to the school after COVID-19 period, teachers dealt with many challenges of the students such astrauma, anxiety, aggression, behavior problem, transition problems, loss & bereavement and bullying to name a few.

Pandemic Blues

Now teachers are more patient, helpful, have positive emotions and positive attitude to technology, etc. They are offering their students the opportunity to have a one-to-one conversation with them to reconnect and discussing their concerns. They are providing opportunities for children to take breaks, move around, and re-connect with their friends and peers. Teachers are fostering feelings of safety and security by interacting and developing positive relationships with each student and using routines during the day to help children feel safe and secure. Teachers are also counselling students on regular basis.

The Federation of Private Schools and Associations of Punjab honored many teachers. Such gestures need to be appreciated Teachers are using both the platform offline and online which is really appreciable. They are making PDFs, JPG Files, Notes, using different applications, preparing and checking notes of the students (virtual & manual), doing parent-teachermeetings. They are doing counselling of parents as well.

One of the surveys indicated that teachers are also facing mental health problems. They also need support. Teachers work overtime on several occasions such as exam time, annual day preparation, sports events. Their behavior times may beaggressive. We should appreciate teachers by following different strategies. The Federation of Private Schools and Associations of Punjab honored many teachers with FAP Best Teacher Award on a common platform. Such gestures need to be appreciated. Excellent appraisals should be given to them. Breaks to be given to keep their batteries charged. Their problems to be solved by the management and the principal of the school.

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