
There’S Always Another Way
Schooling is an important part in every child’s life. Our constitution guarantees the right to compulsory education for all children in India. Although there is a steady increase in the number of children enrolling for education, there is still a ...
What Is Alternative Education?
Alternative education as a concept is not widely known in Malaysia (and this blog aims to promote such a concept). But what exactly do we mean by alternative education? Alternative education, quite simply, means any form of education that takes pl...
Ten Signs You Need To Find Different Education For Your Child
Many parents don't realize that the education world has changed drastically since they were in school. Schools and class sizes used to be smaller, dropout rates lower, in-school violence almost unheard of, and teachers weren't terrified of showing...
Paths Of Learning: An Introduction To Educational Alternatives
Teachers in alternative education use the same words as other teachers but often mean completely different things. Sometimes, they even mean completely different things from each other. When more conventional educators stick to subject matter such...
Is Homeschooling Good For Your Child?
While quite a few schools in Chennai rank among the best ones in the country, it comes as a bit of a surprise that many urban parents are doubling up as teachers of their own kids. Chennaiites say that home-schooling is definitely catching up in t...
Jiddu Krishnamurti And His Insights Into Education
For most of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s life what he said and wrote sparked both interest and controversy. His observations on religion, nationalism, tradition, organizations, and relationships often ran counter to the convention of the day. If they are ...
10 Reasons Why Montessori Education Is Good
While we stand right in front, cribbing about and blaming the education system, we fail to come up with constructive solutions to solve this problem. Pointing fingers at the education system and policies won’t help, the need now is to learn from v...
National Open School Offers Education After All
The National Open School aims at universalisation of education, greater access, equity and justice leading to the evolution of a learning society. The school has a number of distinct features from the formal system of education. In the Open School...
What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner-Waldorf Schools
Rudolf Steiner was a central figure of the occult revival at the start of the 20th Century. He believed he had access to a higher consciousness through a clairvoyant knowledge of the spiritual world. After splitting with Madame Blavatsky and Annie...