Educationwriter

Welcome to my blog. In this blog, I share my views mainly on issues related to Hinduism and K-12 Education. Sometimes I write on political issues related to human welfare and socio-economic development. I hope that you find my blog interesting. Thanks.

29 May 2012

Education in Hindu schools

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Today in a fast changing world decaying values seem to be evident in many areas of human activities including K-12 schools. Though K-12...
27 May 2012

Friend in need

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By God's Grace, yesterday happened to be less hot than previous days here in Chennai. Though I don't like to go out in such a hot w...
14 May 2012

Plant talent and Principle of Karma

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Many of us have seen ants moving in a very orderly manner (which we need to learn). But many of us don't know facts such as  leaf cu...

English language and ease of understanding

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Back in the 1960s when I was a school boy I used to read newspapers such as THE HINDU, THE INDIAN EXPRESS and the eveninger MAIL with int...
13 May 2012

My farewell to facebook

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After much contemplation, I got my facebook account deleted this morning as I don't like spending time in viewing or reading any  mater...
05 May 2012

Shree Mahaa Vishnu's avataars

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Today is a very auspicious day in the Hindu calender. It was on this day that the Almighty Shree Mahaa Vishnu took one of His  ten Avataar...

Right To Education Act

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Since the RTE became a law in our country nearly two years back, there have been a lot of panel discussions, symposia and other events cent...
01 May 2012

Easing out the enigma about interactive English

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This post refers to a newspaper  article  (published last month) and Tamilnadu Government’s move to include English medium sections in al...
28 April 2012

Sacred music via Soundcloud

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I don't have much time to write any post this weekend too. However I am driven by a desire to write after checking my email inbox a few...
22 April 2012

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As I didn't have much time to spare this weekend, I couldn't write any new post. I hope to write next weekend. Thanks for visiting ...
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Guruprasad Panamalai
Kumbakonam , 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.
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