DR JACK KEEL: The schools have started again this week.
MR HIDING: That’s the end of the holidays for pupils and their teachers.
MR HIDING: That’s the end of the holidays for pupils and their teachers.
DR JK: For some pupils and teachers their holiday starts now.
MR H: That’s not fair. This remark is unjustified, baseless and highly defamatory.
DR JK: I know what I am talking about.
MR H: I don’t think you know what you are talking about. Anyway, that’s beside the point at the beginning of the school year when pupils, teachers and parents alike are looking forward to a fruitful time.
DR JK: The education sector is bubbling with life.
MR H: You remember our days, when we resumed studies after the holidays?
DR JK: There was a lot of misgiving. We used to curse the one who had invented school, as we set foot in the school yard with awe and apprehension.
MR H: The little kids who were joining school for the first time were a pitiful lot. They cried their hearts out as their mothers left them in the school compound. Some of the mothers cried too.
DR JK: Things have greatly changed, as the kids do all spend a couple of years in the pre-primary before joining a primary school.
MR H: Even those in the upper classes and those in the colleges do welcome the resumption of studies with much expectation.
DR JK: Are their expectations fulfilled?
MR H: To a large extent they are, I must say.
DR JK: The system has undergone a lot of changes.
MR H: That’s quite normal. Everything else has changed, hasn’t it?
DR JK: Are these changes adapted to the need of the country?
MR H: It’s not the needs of the country only that matter. We must also think of the needs of the global world in which we live. And the needs of the students themselves.
DR JK: Are the teachers in our schools aware of these things? Are they conscious of the responsibility that lies on their shoulders?
MR H: I should say that by and large they are, and they are also, generally, fulfilling their duties conscientiously.
DR JK: The Minister of Education is trying to take a number of initiatives.
MR H: He is laying a lot of emphasis on extracurricular and co-curricular activities, especially in the primary sector.
DR JK: This, I believe, is a good thing.
MR H: His new measures are well accepted by parents and pupils alike.
DR JK: And the teachers?
MR H: I think there are mixed feelings there. But the union leaders, as usual, don’t seem to appreciate.
DR JK: Yea, and for obvious reasons.
MR H: In the secondary sector, a vast number of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities already exist.
DR JK: I think new avenues should be opened and new activities introduced to meet the increasing demands of the changing world.
MR H: Most of these activities were carried out at the level of youth clubs in the past. They were performed after school hours and during weekends.
DR JK: But they were accessible only to the members of those clubs. Now that these activities are carried out at school, mostly during school hours, they have been democratised.
MR H: Students should be encouraged to participate in such activities. As it is, a great number of students do not take part in any of them.
DR JK: That’s a problem that should be addressed urgently.
MR H: That’s not fair. This remark is unjustified, baseless and highly defamatory.
DR JK: I know what I am talking about.
MR H: I don’t think you know what you are talking about. Anyway, that’s beside the point at the beginning of the school year when pupils, teachers and parents alike are looking forward to a fruitful time.
DR JK: The education sector is bubbling with life.
MR H: You remember our days, when we resumed studies after the holidays?
DR JK: There was a lot of misgiving. We used to curse the one who had invented school, as we set foot in the school yard with awe and apprehension.
MR H: The little kids who were joining school for the first time were a pitiful lot. They cried their hearts out as their mothers left them in the school compound. Some of the mothers cried too.
DR JK: Things have greatly changed, as the kids do all spend a couple of years in the pre-primary before joining a primary school.
MR H: Even those in the upper classes and those in the colleges do welcome the resumption of studies with much expectation.
DR JK: Are their expectations fulfilled?
MR H: To a large extent they are, I must say.
DR JK: The system has undergone a lot of changes.
MR H: That’s quite normal. Everything else has changed, hasn’t it?
DR JK: Are these changes adapted to the need of the country?
MR H: It’s not the needs of the country only that matter. We must also think of the needs of the global world in which we live. And the needs of the students themselves.
DR JK: Are the teachers in our schools aware of these things? Are they conscious of the responsibility that lies on their shoulders?
MR H: I should say that by and large they are, and they are also, generally, fulfilling their duties conscientiously.
DR JK: The Minister of Education is trying to take a number of initiatives.
MR H: He is laying a lot of emphasis on extracurricular and co-curricular activities, especially in the primary sector.
DR JK: This, I believe, is a good thing.
MR H: His new measures are well accepted by parents and pupils alike.
DR JK: And the teachers?
MR H: I think there are mixed feelings there. But the union leaders, as usual, don’t seem to appreciate.
DR JK: Yea, and for obvious reasons.
MR H: In the secondary sector, a vast number of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities already exist.
DR JK: I think new avenues should be opened and new activities introduced to meet the increasing demands of the changing world.
MR H: Most of these activities were carried out at the level of youth clubs in the past. They were performed after school hours and during weekends.
DR JK: But they were accessible only to the members of those clubs. Now that these activities are carried out at school, mostly during school hours, they have been democratised.
MR H: Students should be encouraged to participate in such activities. As it is, a great number of students do not take part in any of them.
DR JK: That’s a problem that should be addressed urgently.
Source: News on Sunday
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