I found an interesting article over at the New York Times titled A College Education Without Job Prospects
From what the article says, if that is really what the education system in India is like, we (as in Millennium) are doing a great job. I know this sounds as if I am blowing my own trumpet, but it is true. We are so anal about these things. We keep monitoring to check whether English is the only language spoken by teachers. We even ask teachers who teach other languages to explain in English. We try to make the children creative by asking them things they see around them, and asking them to write in their own words. We only help them when there is a spelling error or an error in sentence construction. We keep telling them to speak in English, not because its going to help us, but because it will help them. Constantly talking about this makes them think about this a little seriously – and it shows!
I hope other schools follow our example. We have to work towards improving personalities and understanding of our students, leading to their own welfare – indirectly working towards the welfare of the nation!
