English for Navodaya Vidyalaya Students

This news appears in the Hindu today, i.e. 11-07-18. What is noteworthy is the incident occurred in the capital city of the country - New Delhi. If you believe that schools are temples of learning and promote values and nurture holistic personalities, isn't this enough to open your eyes? In this case the management felt that they could squeeze out fees from the parents if they punished children. If one asks you to give an example how films influence us, offer this example without a second thought. The school tried the trick a typical villain in our  Indian films plays. He binds the hero's family members in his den and forces  the hero for a final clash.  The hero does not lodge any police complaint to free his family and get the villain arrested.  He annihilates the villain and his gang single-handedly and proves that good finally wins over evil . The police may come or may not come. Nobody sheds tears for the villain and his gang though they are kil...

Dear Teacher Friends It is important to expose our junior class children to lots and lots of interesting short compositions. But, of course, we should not forget that good writing skills cannot be acquired without good reading skills. Children who fare poorly in the exams are usually the ones who read little. The biggest complaint is 'We have no time to read.' This is not completely baseless.  Our JNVs do not run on sound democratic principles. Since the time to wake up till they go to bed children are forced to follow a routine which is devised by Organisation, which strongly believes in uniformity across the country. Years of experience hasn't taught us to listen to children. The same is true about most other schools in our country. Giving a hearing to children is an unthinkable idea to our administrators. For that matter, most of us too doubt such ideas.  Following the superior officers' instructions all the time is painful and, qu...