Words of Wisdom-78:

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master - Leonardo da Vinci

Words of Wisdom-77:

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world - Maria Montessori

Words of Wisdom-76:

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death - Einstein

Words of Wisdom-75:

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it - Edith Wharton

Words of Wisdom-74:

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it - Marian Wright Edelman

Words of Wisdom-73:

Only the educated are free - Epictetus

Letters-3: Study of Humanities

Apropos the article, "Higher Education Needs Overhaul" (The Hindu, Education Plus, April 26, 2010), it is pertinent to note that the technical courses insist on the manpower skill and intellectual power only. But if Humanities are included in the higher education syllabus, the learner's mind will be humanised. So the study of English Literature - say novels, short stories, biographies, lyrics, autobiographies etc. will broaden the mind and outlook of the learners. If we neglect the study of humanities, a total degradation of ethical and moral values will spread - M.S.Sankaran, Palani.

Courtesy: Reader's Mail, Education Plus, The Hindu.

Grateful thanks to Mr.M.S.Sankaran and The Hindu, India's National Newspaper.

Words of Wisdom-72:

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn - and change - Carl Rogers

Letters-2: Educating India

... it has been decades since the focus of education in this country shifted to MARKS. In the process, the system failed to educate children in other areas, such as sensitising them to their societal responsibilities, teaching them to coexist in a multi-cultural environment and creating global citizens. It is important that those of us who are 'educated' work in a coordinated fashion to overhaul our education system and redefine the very concept of education. If we don't do this, our society will continue to be full of people who are literate, not educated; a corrupt, selfish bunch that cares only about enriching itself. As Mahatma Gandhi once said, we must each be the change we wish to see - Sushmita Mukherjee, Delhi.

Excerpt from Mail Bag, The Times of India, Chennai, April 29, 2010.

Grateful thanks to Ms Sushmita Mukherjee and The Times of India.

Education News-8: Engineering College Admission

Dinamalar, Tamil daily, reports that in Tamilnadu, the sale of application forms for Engineering college admission has exceeded 1,24,000!

Grateful thanks to Dinamalar.

Words of Wisdom-71:

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life - Plato

Books on Education-3: "INCLUSIVE EDUCATION"

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION -
International Policy and Practice
by Ann Cheryl Armstrong, Derrick Armstrong, Ilektra Spandagou
176 pages
Sage Publications India P Ltd
B 1/1-1, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area
Mathura Road
New Delhi-110044

For bookreviews, product description and other details from Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inclusive-Education-International-Policy-Practice/dp/1847879411

Grateful thanks to Amazon.com.

Words of Wisdom-70:

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child - Charles Handy

Words of Wisdom-69:

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself - Carl Rogers

Words of Wisdom-68:

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought—that is educated - Edith Hamilton

Words of Wisdom-67:

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth - Marilyn Savant