Education Minister of Delhi, believer in the power of education for solving humanity's biggest problems, lifelong learner, author of 'Shiksha'
Jul 31, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
#NewEducationPolicy2020 is a progressive, forward-looking document that accepts flaws & challenges of our system & compiles good areas for improvement. It defines future needs of our students well & lays out a grand vision for a progressive education system. However… (1/N)
It is still burdened by outdated structures & old understanding of education.
It does not talk about how current systems need to change to meet the needs of future education or how some its ambitious policy changes will actually be achieved in practice. (2/N)
Jun 20, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Some more interesting insights from #CleverLands by @lucy_crehan
about countries #UsingEducation to progress #FINLAND@liandersson
To appreciate how much this nation values education as a society, think about this - even 400 years back, you could not marry if you could not read!
Mar 30, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
To minimize the academic loss of students as schools are closed in #Lockdown due to #COVID19, the Delhi govt. has made an elaborate plan to resume teaching learning activities for the students of Delhi - major points listed in this tweet thread 🔽
Delhi govt. has decided to promote all students upto 8th class to the next class. This decision is taken as per No Detention Policy under the #RightToEducation Act. Orders being issued for the same.
