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Special Report

Agree (%)
WHAT TEACHERS BELIEVE Government Private

Strict discipline necessary for proper teaching 42.6 47.6
No discipline without fear of teachers 34.4 25.4
Inattentive students need punishment 17.6 1.6
Indisciplined students need punishment 25.5 2.4

Jokey teachers lose respect 19.5 6.3
Internet enhances teaching-learning 86.0 92.9
eLearning apps enhance teaching-learning 78.0 74.0
eLearning apps can replace teachers 29.4 4.8
Social media improves teaching-learning 64.7 41.3

Source: CASS 2022

students’ learning outcomes. The re- schools, children learn through mem-
port confirms that children in govern- orisation for tests and exams. There is
ment schools experience greater diffi- talk of change but it’s very slow on the
culty in mastering basic competencies ground. For things to change, we need
such as spelling, appropriate word us- to overhaul curriculums, pedagogies,
age and simple arithmetic. In surveyed exam systems and re-train teachers.
top-ranked private schools while chil- CASS 2022 is also accurate in stating
dren are better schooled to attain basic that in most schools, SEL, gender and
competencies, they continue to accord citizenship education is severely ne-
high importance to rote learning and glected. The onus is on school leaders
memorisation. and teachers to consciously and care-
“The CASS 2022 revelation that fully integrate SEL into the curriculum
even in private schools rote learn- of their schools. In Heritage Xperien-
ing and memorisation continue to be tial we accord high importance to SEL
accorded high importance is hardly and implement a specially designed
news. In 99 percent of India’s private SEL programme which equips chil-

Manit Jain: overhaul call
WHAT PRIVATE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS BELIEVE
The valuable CASS 2022 report
highlights several other disturbing
trends on school climates. For in-
stance, students don’t regard their 12.1% 12.1%
schools as secure, positive environ-
ments conducive to learning. More- 54.5%
over, half of government school stu- Teachers 12.1%
dents interviewed reported abuse cannot improve Students inherit
intelligence
from schoolmates and/or teachers. intelligence
Astonishingly, private schools fared Leadership skills
worse — 70 percent of students inter- inherited Teachers
viewed reported peer and/or teacher can't improve
abuse, presumably an outcome of teacher-parent
greater awareness than reality. engagement
Apart from assessing SEL skills of
a representative sample of children in
K-12 education, CASS also assessed Source: CASS 2022

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