The Covid19 pandemic has compelled the government, schools & colleges to push the start of the new academic year to September 2020 instead of June 2020; further parents & their unions are not ready to send their wards till Covid19 pandemic completely stops.
Can this be considered as a chance to change the archaic academic year from the current April – March to January – December?
It is also pertinent to note that the Central Government wishes to shift the financial year to January-December from the current April-March pattern.
The move is aimed to align it with the agriculture production cycle and as well as suits India much well now than the British era. The current academic year was decided at the convenience of the British since Indian summers were unbearable by them and so they decided to keep those months (April, May) as vacations.
India has been following the April-March financial fiscal year since 1867 and maybe the same time around the academic year too.
As it is the government education departments are planning to keep the current academic year from September 2020 to April 2021 with the reduced syllabus. Can we take a little pause and think over this?
If planned properly (and we have the time for planning too) this is the chance to change the academic year as of January – December. If the academic year is done from January to December, it can prove to a very good academic improvement. This will be similar to the international education system of the ‘Spring’ admission season.
Some suggestions for implementing the new academic year from January 2021:
1. The pending final year and semester examinations for the academic year 2019-2020 can be taken somewhere between October-November 2020, by which it can be hoped that the Covid19 pandemic would be in much better control. The backlog and ATKT students can also be allowed to appear for examinations in this period.
2. Results of all (regular, backlog, and ATKT) examinations can be declared by December 2020, and the start of the school and college can be done from January 2021. Doing this will help in removing the apprehension in the minds of students and parents about being called the ‘Covid batch’!
3. The months of June to September can be spent studying new teaching methods and planning their implementation. This will help educators to get trained and be ready for the new normal. The hybrid model of teaching (classroom and online) can also be implemented.
4. If the academic year starts from January, then there will be continuity in teaching as there are not many long festivals till June. Holidays can be given in peak time rainy season for any natural calamities. Diwali can be one week off, post which sports / cultural activities and exams can be conducted in Nov/Dec.
I feel this should be discussed and brainstormed by educationists & government, jointly.
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To ponder over the fate of the Indian economy in post covid era, we cannot ignore the moral aspects of education which is the pillar of prosperity with human values.
We cannot confine to peripheral concerns with lip service (superficial remedial steps) but calls for a concrete plan of action with a solid foundation for moral education with its boundaries at all levels. There is a strong case for moral education which promotes values of human life. We have to stop the death of human values in the age of moral decadence.
To convert a human being into human capital needed for the knowledge economy, we need to complement and supplement knowledge with values flowing from spirituality flowing from the epics including Gita and Anu –Gita.
We have to develop moral standards for the Indian youth including discipline in the post covid era. It is the fundamental duty of the stakeholders of education at all levels to ensure moral education as sacrosanct.
To sow the seeds of moral values in the minds of the students, there is a definite role for parents and teachers to foster the spiritual atmosphere. Righteousness is a moral value requires to be inculcated. It must be noted that the bad temper of the parents and teachers affects the behavior of the student.
The quarreling, war of words, and blame game cause trouble and should be avoided. It is important to mention that the spiritual bankruptcy and commercialization has led to a deterioration in the polluted relationships and standards of education. To cultivate faith with patience, we should stop the war of words that drain off all the energies.
We have to develop tolerance as an important human value in all kinds of relationships with compassion.Avoid backbiting as a bad habit. Jealousy is a negative trait caused by the so-called competition in all walks of life. One should always be aware of the implications of making mistakes.
The attention deficit (AD) for the stakeholders is more dangerous than all kinds of deficits including fiscal deficit (FD), revenue deficit (RD), primary deficit (PD), the budget deficit (BD), and trust deficit (TD). This calls for remaining alert, aware, and awake with Vivek for everything happening around in the society.
There is no place of the state of boredom and enjoy the limited time of only 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year with a focus on all aspects of life including economic, social, health, education, and spirituality. We should be curious to understand, analyze, and interpret the issues of relevance for preparing ourselves with a positive outlook.
It is relevant to mention that the teachers should not preach the thoughts which they have not practiced. ‘Practice what one preaches’ is the mantra for the success of the teacher to be remembered and followed for all times to come.
I am sure; the lockdown will form good habits also as a discipline of life by a changed lifestyle of all in the economy including consumers, producers, distributors, and traders.
To forget the pains of lockdown, we have to stop anxieties, stress, and tensions. For avoiding confusion, there should be consistency in thoughts and actions.
To form good habits, the desired moral education starts at home which could have been strengthened during lockdown when parents were working from home. This calls for formulating the policy by the employers to allow the parents of school-going children to work from home on alternative days if both are working.
As good habits become an asset, we have to practice good actions repeatedly. To effect the change in society, we have to ensure moral education. Personal discipline can have an impact on others around which is long-lasting.
To give up addictions of all kinds, we have to take a pledge which will prove priceless for saving the human misery for all times to come.
To develop mind beautifully, one must have beautiful thoughts that will give a beautiful life to lead to goodness if not greatness.
It is the duty of the teachers to explain the scientific basis of the harmful consequences of bad habits. By doing good deeds one can become powerful for creating a win-win situation for the self and the society at large.
This calls for hard work, confidence, good thoughts, and prayers to God which falls in the domain of moral education. After all, work works are a two-word success story and prove ‘work is worship and vice versa’. I have been able to prove worship as work too based on my personal experience as it has increased my efficiency and productivity as an academician.
Teachers need to be respected which can be commended and not demanded by them. To become good and great, one should strive hard every day to be better than yesterday.
This calls for confidence leading to creativity which leads to knowledge and is instrumental in thinking to become really prosperous with wealth in all its dimensions including health (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual).
One has to learn to smile inside (not plastic smile as an actor). As an enlightened person who has control over senses and mind, perform actions with god at the center and observe a moral code of conduct.
Actions, speech, and lifestyle of a person should reflect godliness which calls for changed mind-set for real prosperity. To keep the smile intact, one has to keep calm without interfering in the lifestyle of others. Let us learn to hope with enthusiasm in a period of crisis with uncertainties.
To survive, exist and excel in post covid era, we need to understand, analyze, interpret and adopt street SMART & SIMPLE models of moral education developed by the writer in the book ‘Economics of Human Resource Development in India’ (2011).
SMART means simple, moral, action-oriented, responsive, and transparent attributes as components of the personality of an individual with values of life.
To adopt and accept the normative approach to holistic human resource development (HRD), it is essential to understand a SIMPLE model of HRD consisting of six human development activities such as Spiritual Quotient (SQ) development, Intuition development, Mental level development, Love oneself attitude development and Emotional quotient (EQ) development.
The synergy of these six aspects of HRD in the beautiful word ‘SIMPLE’ is an essential requirement for all of us to emerge and realize our full potential in a holistic sense. An enlightened life as street smart helps in developing skills, values, wisdom, and vision to align and harmonize new connectivity among various economic sectors in society.
To become prosperous in post covid era, we need to follow spiritually guided materialism (SGM) strategy flowing from Gita (sloka no 22 of Chapter 9) justifying ‘needonomics’ (economics of needs).
It is necessary and sufficient to say no to all the socio-economic problems including terrorism and corruption of all kinds spreading hatred, discontent, and discriminations in my beloved Bharat- the knowledge seeker economy enjoying the status of Vishav Guru based on dharma (not religion) which is humanity with spirituality.
To combat coronavirus caused the crisis, we need to think positively, act wisely with good character, sincerity, compassion, focus, determination, obey the laws, courage, and convictions as unique qualities of moral education as the pillar of prosperity.
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Association Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Sunday said the government has set an aspiring objective of accomplishing a 50 percent gross enrolment ratio (GER) when contrasted with the current 26.5 percent in higher education by 2030 to furnish the working populace with employable abilities.
The minister was talking at a capacity in which he congratulated 87 worthy students from the nation over here on the Republic Day.
An official discharge said Pokhriyal featured that India has one of the world’s biggest education frameworks with more than 1000 colleges, 40,000 universities, 10725 independent organizations, more than one crore instructors, 16 lakh schools and 34.6 million (34.6 crores) students.
He included that India has the biggest number of youth populace and this quality can make the nation a worldwide superpower and a financial mammoth.
“The government has set an aggressive objective of accomplishing a 50 percent net enrolment proportion contrasted with the current 26.5 percent in higher education by 2030 to furnish its working populace with employable abilities,” he said.
The minister said a few researchers have depicted education as “parasmani”, which is a brilliant general method for accomplishing the objective and motivation behind life.
He said the government is focused on giving quality inventive education to all students which prepare for multi-faceted advancement. The Minister stretched out his all the best to the students in the coming assessments.
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Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia said while his first term was used in improving the administration schools here, the following term, if reappointed, will be tied in with concentrating on the higher education in the national capital.
For the term that closures one month from now, the columnist turned-government official has a couple of unfulfilled wishes, yet he was “fulfilled” with the work they could do.
Sisodia said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will win on all the 70 Assembly situates in the February 8 races. The AAP chose in 2015 by sacking 67 of the 70 Assembly situates, has changed the Delhi government schools and was commended for the changes both broadly and all-inclusive.
“A ton is to be done in Delhi. What we have done over the most recent five years ought to have been done years back. Be that as it may, nobody minded improving the schools and the education area here,” he said.
He said more often than not of his residency as the Education Minister of Delhi was utilized to improve the fundamental framework and the education quality in these schools.
While that is as yet a work in progress and will proceed towards a total redesign of the educational system, the Minister has greater designs for the following term, whenever chose, with an essential spotlight on higher education. Among different wishes, Sisodia said he might want to work to build the admission limit at the college level.
“Being the national capital, Delhi ought to have more admission limit in higher education as understudies from outside the city additionally come here. Significantly more should be done in the higher education division. We have passed two bills in the last session (of Delhi Assembly) for two colleges in Delhi. Presently, we will work to make two major colleges in Delhi. We are expecting to expand the admission of colleges by around one lakh in the following hardly any years,” he included.
In December 2019, the Assembly passed the Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University Bill and Sports University bill. As indicated by Sisodia, the admission limit of Delhi ought to be around five lakh in higher education yet said that the city needs more offices to oblige its very own understudies.
“Our attention will be on attempting to expand the seats with the goal that an ever-increasing number of understudies can be obliged,” said Sisodia, who holds Education, Finance, Planning, Land and Building, Vigilance, Services, Women and Child Development, Art, Culture and Languages and every single other office not explicitly designated to any Minister.
He likewise pummeled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by saying that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) isn’t what the nation needs, and the administrations the country over should concentrate on improving schools, colleges, and business rates.
For the term that finishes one month from now, the writer turned-lawmaker has a couple of unfulfilled wishes, however, he was “fulfilled” with the work they could do.
“There are such a significant number of wishes and dreams left which I was unable to satisfy over the most recent five years as we expected to make the base of education solid,” Sisodia revealed to IANS when gotten some information about the second thoughts he has as the term was reaching a conclusion.
“No other government has worked in such detail on the administration schools. I wish we could have accomplished such a great deal, however, I will say I am happy with what everything I could do over the most recent five years.”
Aside from education, the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister stated, water will be another need of the AAP on re-appointment. “We will work to improve the nature of water and guarantee funneled water arrives at each family. The old pipelines additionally should be fixed. The spotlight will likewise be on the administration and nature of water in the following five years,” Sisodia included.
The administration had begun the work on funneled water and sewage the board in the continuous term, in any case, it was halted after a request by the National Green Tribunal because of extreme air contamination, he educated.
“The work is going on and a lot of details are included. The work was halted as the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was forced because of serious air contamination in the city. Presently the work is under advancement all over the place and very nearly 90 percent is finished,” he told IANS.
Managing unapproved settlements was another motivation on AAP’s survey guarantees in 2015. The Minister, notwithstanding, blamed the BJP for “duping individuals”. “Individuals have comprehended that they (BJP pioneers) are giving phony libraries to them. Individuals are not in any event, applying for the procedure. This shows the lies of the BJP have turned out before the individuals,” he stated, including a legitimate vault is impossible except if the land use is changed. The 48-year-old pioneer will battle the decisions from his home turf in Patparganj on February 8.
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