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School communities are increasingly becoming places where healthy habits can flourish. The responsibility for teaching children healthy habits does not fall only on teachers though. A healthy school community involves all partners and sends children the same message in the home, school, and community. Children who attend a healthy school can make informed, healthy decisions

In recent years, OECD countries have made significant progress in narrowing or closing long-standing discrepancies in educational and job opportunities available to men and women. Yet, gender differences remain in a number of areas across the lifespan: boys still tend to outperform girls in mathematics; girls outperform boys in reading; more women than men now

The right kind of education is not concerned with any ideology, however much it may promise a future utopia: it is not based on any system, however carefully thought out, nor is it a means of conditioning the individual in some special manner. Education in the true sense is helping the individual to be mature

Over the last five years the focus on 21st century skills has shifted from the question of why we should be teaching the skills to how we can do so. Many schools or systems are adopting an agenda for teaching 21st century skills but encountering difficulties when it comes to identifying resources to do so.

A student is required to hone many skills and abilities which is not a one-day job. A student needs to carve out these skills by practising every day and this takes a long time. These skills will be helpful not just in schools and colleges, but also in building a lucrative professional career. What are

We make the assumption that teaching leads to learning, but it is the experiences that teaching helps create that prompt learning . When a teacher uses an example from his or her own experience, learning can occur and can stimulate a desire for further learning When we steer our minds and make a step towards

For close to 50 years, educators and politicians from classrooms to the Oval Office have stressed the importance of graduating students who are skilled critical thinkers. Content that once had to be drilled into students’ heads is now just a phone swipe away, but the ability to make sense of that information requires thinking critically

What are soft skills? Often known as “people skills”, these skills refer to the abilities required to interact amicably with others in an office setup. They are personal attributes that affect your interaction and relationships with others. A few examples include: Communication: An excellent communicator can put their ideas and arguments across in an effective

Being a student in 2021 is quite different from being one is 2011. In a span of 10 years, the world of education has witnessed a sea change. As the world keeps facing new challenges, especially due to COVID-19, younger generations, and the education system they are a part of, has also become dynamic. However,