08 September 2024

World Literacy Day

Today is celeberated as World Literacy Day. In spite of numerous National Education Commissions since our country's independence in 1947 and numerous International Education Conferences including Dakar Summit, involving our country as a participant, our country has not reached a satisfactory target. I honestly think that neither successive Central or State Governments including those of Kerala and Punjab, have made any commendable achievement in boosting up the literacy level in financially poor communities in cities, towns, villages and remote areas. I think that our Governments should consider Basic Literacy as priority.




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Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.