Kartik Lokhande's blog

By Kartik Lokhande “There can be no denying that the existing system of education was shaped by non-nationals in non-national interests. Macauley is primarily responsible for our existing educational methods and ideals... Dazzled by the achievements of the West, it (education system) has at times encouraged a tendency to disown or look down upon our national heritage. It has also tended to encourage fissiparous tendencies. The greatest charge against the present system of education is that it has not led to the development of a national mind.” These may appear to be the lamentations of the contemporary generation, disenchanted with the state of the education system and standards in the country. Because there is a general impression, and rightly so, that the prevailing education system has failed to play its critical part in human development. These are not the conditions just typical to our times. Venerable leaders and thinkers of the past felt similarly about the s...

* Rajendra Dani, who retired as Associate Professor, conducts a study on ‘school bag burden’ and recommends measures like correct carrying of bag, division of syllabus, use of note-books with lesser number of pages etc * Sends study findings and recommendations to Union Human Resources Minister Smriti Irani By Kartik Lokhande  Seeing a kid climbing the stairs of school building or an appartment wearily with heavy burden of school bag on his/her back, is a disturbing sight. A retired Associate Professor, who resides in Nagpur, also got disturbed with this. He studied the issue carefully and has come up some with solutions to reduce the burden of school bags.  Rajendra Dani, who served as Associate Professor at Guru Nanak College of Science in Ballarpur in Chandrapur district, has compiled a study report on the issue of heavy load of school bag and has suggested ‘practicable solutions’ to lighten the load of the school bag. He has sent a letter to Smriti Irani,...