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Welcome to my blog. I share my views on issues related to K-12 Education (and sometimes, on general non-political issues) in this blog. I hope that you find it interesting.

30 July 2012

Cambodia and India: Historic ties

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This morning's newspaper too carried a  news report which reads somewhat like a travelogue. The report reminded me of 2008-09 when I...
29 July 2012

Travelogue: A review

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Though many newspapers and magazines publish travelogues, most of these are confined to stories about Western countries or Austalia/New Zea...
28 July 2012

Sreejith's birthday

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Today is the birthday of Sreejith Karthikeyan, about whom I have mentioned in my post on 5 September 2010. Sreejith and I were colleagues i...
27 July 2012

Shree Vara Lakshmi Pooja

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According to Hindu calender, everyday is an auspicious day as it is a gift of Shree Hari (Almighty) to us. Today is also auspicious because...
20 July 2012

Too many cooks spoil the broth

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We have all heard the saying "Too many cooks spoil the broth". What happens if many of them are not cooks at all? I think that th...
19 July 2012

Crafts and arts in the school curriculum

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This post is related to some extent to my post published on 1 July. This afternoon there was yet another nice TV programme on Podhigai chan...
16 July 2012

Lunch time, long wire antennae and Radio Lotus

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As any homesick expat from India would do, I used to carry a lot of audio and videotapes from home, when I was working in Southern Africa...
12 July 2012

Quality in K-12 textbooks

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Large textbooks with not much of quality have been a matter of concern to K-12 professionals in our country for the past 30 years. In...
09 July 2012

Exceptional example in ECCE

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This afternoon duirng lunch time, when reading an online newspaper, I came across a very interesting and thought provoking article . It rem...
07 July 2012

Our exams and marking keys

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This post is related to a newspaper report which I happened to  read yesterday. The report touched upon a very important issue of concern ...
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Guruprasad Panamalai
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.
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