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The writer is a veteran school educator based in Kolkata
    Thousands of schoolchildren in India have regressed disturbingly in the past one and a half years. (Representational Image. DC Image)Opinion
    Devi Kar | Going back to ‘normal’ in the classroom sets off fresh...

    With every fresh discovery of a new variant, a frisson of fear is now felt across the world

    8 Dec 2021 3:03 AM IST

    Amartya Sen (File photo)Opinion
    Devi Kar | How Amartya's memoirs hold some valuable lessons for life

    The great advantage is that Prof. Sen writes lucidly about a stupendous range of topics and ideas that a general reader...

    23 Sept 2021 12:49 AM IST

    Justice Prateek Jalan ordered CBSE to consider as representation a petition by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school here, who had paid Rs 2,100 as examination fee. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Devi Kar | With ‘flexi’ exam formula, focus on quality learning

    In brief, the Central Board of Secondary Education plans to split the examination of Class 10 and Class 12 students into...

    20 July 2021 2:38 AM IST

    As schools across the state gear up for the reopening with sanitisation, and social distancing protocols for students, there is a dearth of cleanliness service personnel in government schools. (Representational Photo:DC)Opinion
    Devi Kar | Blame schools if India's kids can't show creativity or be...

    There are many deep-rooted reasons for this intellectual famine that our country has been experiencing

    28 May 2021 1:33 AM IST

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    Devi Kar | Being politically correct in times of Covid & polls

    Politics dominates society so powerfully that everywhere and at all times we are required to be 'politically correct'

    1 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    Devi Kar | Educational activism of a different kind is needed

    Educators have observed to their satisfaction that many examination reforms were necessitated by the current Covid-19...

    13 Jan 2021 11:22 AM IST

    Children wave from a tram during a joy ride in Kolkata, Nov. 14, 2020. (PTI)Opinion
    Devi Kar | Prepare kids for future as worries rise amidst COVID

    It is such a difficult time for school-leavers that the past seems unnaturally alluring while the future looks pretty...

    20 Nov 2020 11:06 AM IST

    Justina Michael, a teacher from Saint Anns Girls High School gestures as she gives a live streaming online class at her home in HyderabadOpinion
    Devi Kar | Surprising outcomes as schooling goes ‘virtual’ in...

    Online schooling was generally vilified, and it was felt that the already poor state of school education in India was...

    3 Oct 2020 6:46 PM IST

    A student (R) carries a laptop to download study materials as others line up to collect text books before attending a tele-learning class at their home. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Devi Kar | Learning virtually: The key is to keep kids engaged

    The pursuit of higher studies involving admission procedures of colleges and entry into various professional courses...

    22 July 2020 5:52 PM IST

    Masked students sit in their class, after being given a herbal extract believed to protect from COVID-19, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. AP PhotoOpinion
    Devi Kar: The shape of schooling in a post-corona world

    The free reading material, courses and resources that are on offer will probably habituate many students and teachers to...

    1 May 2020 7:25 PM IST

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    ‘No feeling is final’ in this string of 12 gripping war stories

    In these stories you come face to face with post-traumatic disorders: disorientation, hallucination and relentless...

    22 March 2020 8:41 PM IST

    In total there are about, 26,050 schools in the state of which, there are 7077 schools in a single premise in a 50m buffer zone. Of them, 459, the highest, are in Hyderabad, followed by Sangareddy with 442 schools in single premises. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Kids, parents, teachers & politics: It’s vital to understand our...

    No wonder, parents heave a sigh of relief when the long summer vacation finally comes to an end.

    13 Feb 2020 6:40 AM IST

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