Coding is tomorrow’s language of creativity. Today, we are already headed on a path towards digitalization and it won’t be an overemphasis to expect a tech-reliant world in the upcoming years. While the education curriculum throughout the globe prioritized literature in order to strengthen one’s communicative authority, similarly the future education curriculum will empower coding […]
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As part of our journey to instil interest and excitement for new-age digital technologies among children, Curiosity Gym recently joined hands with Smart Village Movement (SVM) to educate rural kids residing in villages of Meghalaya. Curiosity Gym, a leading Edtech company in India, is participating in this movement to empower young children and introduce them
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Just the other day in one of the teacher training workshops, teachers spoke openly about the challenges that were thrown at them during the pandemic. A sudden change in the script, a different stage/platform and the lack of a live audience, teachers found themselves completely unprepared initially. Once the initial hiccups had subsided there was
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“The New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) is a long term investment” as was repeatedly emphasised by Dr. Sasmit Patra, Member of Rajya Sabha representing the political party from Odisha, Biju Janta Dal during the webinar organised by Curiosity Gym on 12th December 2020. The conversation revolved around the New Education Policy 2020 and its implementation
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“Who would like to come forward and solve the maths problem on the board?”, teacher asked the class. Mishal raised his hand confidently. Teacher gestured to him and handed over her chalk. Within minutes, Mishal solved the maths problem. Then, to everyone’s shock, he turned around and flung the piece of chalk away and dusted
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What is one thing that entices children towards games and nudges them away from books and classroom teaching? It is incorporating interactivity and the ability to participate, act, and react as part of the lesson plans and curriculum that has failed often. The one way flow of information from teachers to pupils has not just
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‘Every child is born curious’ was the highlight of one of the recently concluded webinars organised to discuss various facets of the National Education Policy 2020. While every educationist is hailing the welcoming policy, little do they emphasise the enormous damage their educational institutions have always been doing with the imposition of rote learning.
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“Stop having babies”. An eleven year old shocked the entire class on a teacher’s question “How can we save forests from destruction?”. Another student responded in a similar manner, “we should decrease the population”. Both the students meant we should control the population. Just that they conveyed the ideas differently. In another class, a teacher
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Sunny is a 35-year old man. Few months back, when the whole country went into lockdown, Sunny started working from home, where he lived with his aged parents, wife and 2 year-old child. One fine day, Sunny felt feverish. His wife suggested getting a COVID test done. But, he denied. He assured everyone that he
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With the announcement of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, India foresees a revolution in the education system. The new policy aims to offer learners an opportunity to combine play-based learning of the previous foundation stage and gradually move towards interactive, discovery and activity-based learning. Interestingly, the buzzword- ‘21st century skills’ has caught everyone’s attention
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