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man capital development. I humbly are unemployed because they are
request Mr. Thakore to consider inadequately skilled for the new era
joining politics as the country is in of digitalisation. To successfully
urgent need of changemakers. bridge this burgeoning skills gap,
Suresh Kumaran skills training must start in primary
COIMBATORE school.
Adrian Sangma
I promoted the Children First Party KOHIMA
of India in 2013 but it received no
public support — Editor
Editorial opinions
RE YOUR KARNATAKA Education
Confusing headlines News ‘Online system smokescreen’
I NOT ONLY read EW but care- (EW March), although it read well,
fully follow your website for instant it could have done without edito-
education updates. On March 15, I rial opinion especially since the
MARCH 2023 was appalled to see an online news state is election bound in a couple of
headline that read ‘Will consider months.
including law on right to education Many of your education news
Enlightening comment in curriculum, BCI tells Delhi HC’, stories have editorial opinions and
AS MUCH AS your cover story ‘Na- whereas the article was about Bar analysis. My request to EW editors is
tional Curriculum Framework (NCF) Council of India’s intent to introduce to substantially expand coverage of
for School Education: Great Expec- the RTE Act as a mandatory subject education news without expressing
tations’ (EW March) highlights the in law colleges. individual bias.
urgent need for NCF to standardise Urgent need for some editorial Rosamma Thomas
the quality of school education coun- attention here! TRIVANDRUM
trywide, it also exposes the confusion Chandan Mahato
that most educators have about NCF, PATNA EW is a news and analysis maga-
its purpose and implementation. zine. We believe in not just reporting
Be that as it may, I was enlight- news but also interpreting it for our
ened by the interview of Dr. Deepak Support gifted children! readers — Editor
Madhok, chairman, Sunbeam Group THANKS FOR highlighting the
of Educational Institutions, Vara- achievements of whizkid Rishi
nasi. He rightly says that NCFSE’s Prasanna (9) in your Young Achiever Not a not-for-profit
focus should be on developing the section (EW March), as also for IN YOUR PEOPLE section (EW
‘whole child beyond academics’ beaming a spotlight on the neglect of March) I wish to draw your attention
through integration of non-academic gifted children in India. The Indian to the ‘Reach to Teach CEO’ profile
activities into the curriculum, and K-12 school system ignores gifted where the organisation is repeat-
competency and skills education to children unlike the West, where edly referred to as a not-for-profit
enhance children’s employability and many schools offer special nurtur- or NGO. Kindly note that Reach to
entrepreneurship skills. ance programmes for them. Teach is a social impact organisation
Dhanya Suguna I hope NEP 2020 has made rec- that provides free-of-charge services
TUMAKURU (Karnataka) ommendations for developing gifted to government schools. Registered
children. in 2007, RTT worked extensively
Anwesha Bose with communities in the field in its
Enter politics advice! KOLKATA former years. In 2020, there was an
CONGRATULATIONS ON your organisational shift as the Board of
second lead feature ‘Union Budget Directors decided that India needed
2023-24: 260 Million Children Elephant in room to be the focus of RTT’s work. As a
Shortchanged. Again’ (EW March). THE SPECIAL ESSAY ‘Bridge skills result, RTT’s corporate office moved
I am a regular reader of EW and gap to boost job creation’ by San- from the UK to India.
over the years, I have observed and jay Viswanathan (EW March) was Would be grateful if you could
admired the dedication with which thought provoking and insightful. make the correction in your online
the Editor draws up a schema year The biggest elephant in the edition.
on year for greater investment in hu- room is that millions of youth Anandi Sen on EMAIL

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