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TOO MUCH TOO EARLY
If one were to consider the inputs from the existing school system into a child's scientific thinking, felicitous use of language, competence to search for information and to work out solutions, one would find them too little and too late. On the other hand, if one examined the curricular load, it would be too much, too early, says
S. ANANDALAKSHMY, in a commentary. Form THE HINDU MAGAZINE >>

WAY OFF THE MARK
All that children seem to be doing is studying, the result of being repeatedly told that their future depends on their marks. To SHAKTI MAIRA (a noted contemporary artist), in such an environment — unlike in the West — there's an unhappy, but likely, prospect that the emerging generation will become `artless', with the seeds of appreciation of beauty and its expression remaining barren in their lives. From THE HINDU MAGAZINE >>

Shaukhat Ullah Khan describe how national curriculum is affected by saffronisation in an article of the 'The Hindu Openpage'     Read >>>