Are our children prison inmates?
“All children must wear I-cards at all times.”
“If you lose your I-card, you will have to pay a fine.”
Experienced this?
School uniforms in India have been a thorny issue since forever.
"I don't like your education."
“I don’t like your education.” said the mother of Deepti (name changed) of Grade 3. That was the main concern amongst many others including financial conditions, mentioned by her when she handed me the application for Leaving Certificate of Deepti. I probed deeper. I had to. I was troubled with the reason given by the mother […]
Brigade of new-age, idle moms
India is changing and schools know it much better than most other places. Our students’ problems are different and so are our interactions with our parents. Ours is an international school with children coming from privileged backgrounds. In most cases the mother of the child doesn’t have to work out of necessity. More so, many females […]
