Children must be taught how to think, not what to think
Volume 3 Issue 9 April 2019 CHANGING TEACHERS’ LIVES EVERYDAY, EVERY WAY!
Margaret Mead
STRAIGHT
Group Editor Ravi Santlani Deputy Editor Parvathy Jayakrishnan
TALK
Reporters Anushka Yadav, Ashima Sharma, Anuj Kr.
Ravi Santlani, CEO
Website Team Pranav Sharma, Ojas Godatwar Art Direction Rexsu Cherry Advisory Board: Anand Kumar, Founder, Super-30 Dr Jagpreet Singh, Headmaster, The Punjab Public School, Nabha Dr Neeta Bali, Director- Principal, G D Goenka World School, Gurugram Dr Swati Popat Vats, President, Podar Education Network & President, Early Childhood Association India Geeta Dharmarajan, Founder & President, Katha Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar,Trustee, Vidyadan Trust & Maharana of Mewar Foundation Lt Gen SH Kulkarni (Retd), Director, Mayo College Meenakshi Uberoi, Education Evangelist, Founder, De Pedagogics Nishi Misra, Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior Prajakt Raut, Co-founder, Applyifi & The Growth Labs Sandeep Dutt, Founder & Chairman, Learning Forward India Skand Bali, Principal, The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet Pics Pressfoto Pixabay, Shutterstock Cover Design ATLT Inc
Founder & CEO Ravi Santlani Vice President Operations Vinay K Singh Vice President PR Vanya Bhandari Sales & Communication Strategist Monica Singh BD Manager Virendra Kashyap, Ajeesh Joseph BD Executive Yashwant Parmar, Shivam Joshi, Aryan Mudgal, Shoaib Ali Sagar Nagpal EDITORIAL OFFICE EduPulse Media Pvt Ltd, J-3, Jhalana Institutional Area, Second Floor, Jaipur 302004 India Email: editor@scoonews.com FOR ALL SALES QUERIES Virendra Kashyap + 91-99532-19439 Ajeesh Joseph + 91-74120-73091 sales@scoonews.com FOR SUBSCRIPTION +91-72405-17913 subscribe@scoonews.com PRINTED AND PUBLISHED by Ravi Santlani on behalf of EduPulse Media Pvt Ltd PRINTED AT Popular Printers, Fateh Tiba, MD Road Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. PUBLISHED AT,J-3, Jhalana Institutional Area, Second Floor, Jaipur-302004, India Editor : Ravi Santlani Publishing Date: 10 April ‘2019 Total number of pages 48, including Covers
Educate, empower
F
rom among the many students in a class, a small percentage of toppers may join the IAS or become engineers, corporate executives and join Microsoft and Google and so on. But what about those like Ravi Santlani, in his childhood? The back-benchers, the ones who never obsess over marks and grades, the street-smart but far from bookish breed? I was not very bright in studies but from young, I was well aware of my natural ability to solve problems of different shapes and sizes. I knew how to talk, build relationship and network—yes, even back then! In fact, this ensured I was rather a famous child at school— not always for all the right reasons, of course! These, contrary to most harried teachers’ beliefs, were natural leadership characteristics asserting themselves. Invariably it’s the ‘badmaash bachchas’ who possess these leadership skills, and accomplish far more than expected. It does not follow that students who aren’t too academically inclined won’t be successful vis a vis the toppers of the class. A lot of so-called ‘failures’ in academics have proved to be great entrepreneurs. Like Alibaba’s Jack Ma, many others who are at the top in their entrepreneurial journey, were not necessarily good at academics. I think if entrepreneurship education existed when I was in school, I would have been a better entrepreneur today. Entrepreneurship does not require a certificate. But does that mean we wait till our kids are adults to provide them with the knowledge, skills and motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in a variety of settings? With society developing with technology and innovations, it’s time to rejuvenate our stagnant K-12 school scenario. Education is the driving force behind every country’s economy and it is time to ensure our students do not lack the advanced skills and innovative thinking to work through the challenges in the workplace. Not every child will grow up to be a Mark Zuckerberg. But the least we can do is equip them to think creatively and ambitiously, and thereby nurture talents and skills, create opportunities, instil confidence and stimulate the economy. Yes, so many pluses and we are still pondering the issue?
April 2019
3